Mark Antony and Octavia, 40-35 BC. Cistophorus (Silver, 27 mm, 11.87 g, 1 h), Ephesus, summer-autumn 39. M•ANTONIVS•IMP•COS•DESIG•ITER ET TERT• Conjoined heads of Mark Antony, wearing wreath of ivy, and Octavia to right. Rev. III•VIR• - R•P•C• Dionysus, holding cantharus in his right hand and thyrsus with his left, standing left on cista mystica flanked by interlaced serpents with heads erect. RPC I 2202. Sydenham 1198. Lightly toned and well centered. Light scratches and a hint of porosity, otherwise, very fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.