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Session Five - Tuesday, January 15, 2015 1:00 pm
Enlargement
3144
C. Cassius Longinus. Silver Denarius (3.7 g), 42 BC
. Military mint, probably at Smyrna. P. Lentulus Spinther, legate. C CASSI IMP behind,
LEIBERTAS before, diademed head of Libertas right.
Reverse:
LENTVLVS / SPINT, capis and lituus. Crawford 500/3; HCRI 221; Sydenham 1307;
RSC 4. Lightly toned.
Extremely Fine
.
Estimated Value .....................................................................................................................................................................$1,500 - 2,000
H
ISTORICALLY
I
MPORTANT
M
ARK
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NTONY
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ORTRAIT
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ILVER
D
ENARIUS
Enlargement
3145
Mark Antony. Silver Denarius (3.5 g), 40 BC
. Uncertain mint, perhaps Corcyra. Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus, imperator. ANT IMP III VIR R
P C, bare head of Mark Antony right; behind, lituus.
Reverse:
CN DOMIT AHENOBARBVS IMP, prow right; above, star of sixteen rays. Craw-
ford 521/2; HCRI 258; Sydenham 1179; RSC 10. Outstanding portrait and well centered, some dark deposits scattered around.
Choice Very
Fine
.
Originally a Pompeian loyalist, Ahenobarbus allied with Brutus and Cassius after the Ides of March. After Philippi he engaged the fleet of the
triumvirs under the command of Domitius Calvinus, inflicting a resounding defeat for which he was hailed imperator by his troops. Subse-
quently, however, he joined Antony in opposing Octavian, but then after becoming disgusted by Antony's alliance with Cleopatra he switched
sides again, deserting to Octavian shortly before Actium. Aside from his involvement in the civil wars that racked Rome in the latter half of the
first century BC, Ahenobarbus is also remembered for being the paternal great-grandfather of the future emperor Nero.
Estimated Value ............................................................................................................................................................... $4,000 - 5,000
Enlargement
3146
Mark Antony. Silver Denarius (3.8 g), 32-31 BC
. Legionary type. Patrae(?). ANT AVG III VIR R P C, praetorian galley right.
Reverse:
LEG XX,
legionary eagle right between two standards. Crawford 544/36; HCRI 380; Sydenham 1243; RSC 57. Old cabinet toning.
Extremely Fine
.
Estimated Value .......................................................................................................................................................................... $800 - 900
Included with old envelope
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