a silver coin with an image of a woman on it
MDC Monnaies de Collection

Estimate €400
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Description
ROMAN REPUBLIC Mark Antony and M. Silanus, proquaestor. Denarius ND (summer 32 BC), Athens? Obv. ANTON. AVG. IMP. III. COS. DES. III. III. V. R. P. C. Head facing right; behind the ear, a small P (engraver’s mark). Rev. In the field, in two lines: M. SILANVS. AVG / Q. PRO. COS. RRC.542/1; Silver – 3.86 g – 18.5 mm – 3 h Probably struck in Athens during the summer of 32 BC, whilst Antony’s troops were gathering in Greece in preparation for their final confrontation with Octavian. Slight wear at the bottom on the obverse (at the 8 o’clock position on the reverse). Fine scratches on the reverse. With a grey patina. TTB. Silanus first served under Lepidus before supporting Mark Antony at the Battle of Mutina in 43. He subsequently allied himself with Sextus Pompey, was pardoned in 39 and later held the office of quaestor and proconsul under Antony in 33–32. On the eve of the Battle of Actium in 31, he defected to Octavian and was later rewarded with the consulship in 25. Silanus was still alive in 11 BC, when he and his brother Lucius are last mentioned as augurs in the *Fasti Sacerdotum*
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