Marc Antony AR Denarius. Obverse die signed by 'P.' Athens, 33 BC. Bare head of Marc Antony right; in hair below ear, small P•; ANTON•AVG•IMP•III•COS•DES•III•V•R•P•C• around / ANTONIVS AVG•IMP•III in two lines. Crawford 542/2; CRI 347; Sydenham 1209; RSC 2. 3.85g, 19mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine. Rare. Struck on a broad flan, well centred for the type and very complete for the issue. The small P on the obverse represents the only example of an artist engraving his initials on a Roman Republican coin. This fact went unnoticed for centuries, until it was first pointed out in a Santamaria sales catalogue in 1920.
Marc Antony AR Denarius. Obverse die signed by 'P.' Athens, 33 BC. Bare head of Marc Antony right; in hair below ear, small P•; ANTON•AVG•IMP•III•COS•DES•III•V•R•P•C• around / ANTONIVS AVG•IMP•III in two lines. Crawford 542/2; CRI 347; Sydenham 1209; RSC 2. 3.85g, 19mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine. Rare. Struck on a broad flan, well centred for the type and very complete for the issue. The small P on the obverse represents the only example of an artist engraving his initials on a Roman Republican coin. This fact went unnoticed for centuries, until it was first pointed out in a Santamaria sales catalogue in 1920.
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