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Cistophorus with head of Marc Antony
Roman Provincial
Republican Period
about 39 B.C.
Mint: Asia: Ionia, Ephesus (?)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 27.5 mm. Weight: 12.11 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1981.165
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Mark Antony, laureate, right, within wreath of ivy leaves and berries.
M.ANTONIVS.IMP.COS.DESIC.ITERETTERT
Reverse: Draped bust of Octavia, right, above cista mystica.
Snakes rear up on each side.
III.VIR. R.P.C
M.ANTONIVS.IMP.COS.DESIC.ITERETTERT
Reverse: Draped bust of Octavia, right, above cista mystica.
Snakes rear up on each side.
III.VIR. R.P.C
ProvenanceBy 1981: with Bank Leu A.G., Bahnhofstrasse 32, CH-8022 Zurich, Switzerland (Bank Leu auction 28, Savoy Hotel-Baur en Ville, Poststrasse 12, Zurich, May 5-6, 1981, lot 347); purchased by MFA at auction 28 and accessioned June 10, 1981