a silver coin with an image of a woman and a dragon on it
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ROMAN REPUBLIC Mark Antony and Octavia. Cistophorus ND (39 BC), Ephesus. Obverse: M. ANTONIVS. IMP. COS. DESIG. ITER ET TERT. Side-by-side busts on the obverse, facing right, of Mark Antony, wearing a diadem, and Octavia. Reverse: III. VIR / R. P. C. Dionysus standing on the left, upon a cista, between two coiled serpents. RPC.2202 - Syd.1198; Silver – 11.26 g – 28 mm – 12 h Some minor circulation marks, particularly on the reverse. Fine portraits on the obverse, centred and detailed. With a grey patina. TTB. The reconciliation between Octavian and Mark Antony, at the end of the year 40, at Brindisium, was hailed with an ‘ovatio’ and swiftly depicted on coins during the year 39: Antony and Octavian, Octavian/Antony and the caduceus (symbol of harmony). This cistophorus was struck to mark the marriage of Mark Antony to Octavia, Octavian’s sister. They lived mainly in Athens, between journeys to various provinces, whilst the Triumvirate was merely commemorated on the coins. From their union a daughter was born, Antonia, mother of Claudius. In 36, Mark Antony abandoned his wife and children for Egypt and Cleopatra VII. He definitively repudiated Octavia in 32
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