Antony - Octavia cistophorus obverse
M. Antony 83-30 BC and Octavia 69-11 BC
AR Cistophorus 11.7532 gm, 26.4 mm
Ephesus, summer-autumn 39 BC
1. Sydenham, Edward A. 1952. The Coinage of the Roman Republic. Page 193 #1198. London: Spink & Son.
2. Sear, David R. 1998. The History and Coinage of the Roman Imperators 49-27 BC. Page 165 #263. London: Spink.
3. Burnett, Andrew, Michel Amandry, and Pere Pau Ripollès. 1998. Roman Provincial Coinage Volume I: From the death of Caesar to the death of Vitellius. Page 377 #2202 and Plate 97 #2202. London: British Museum Press.
Obverse
Conjoined heads right, M. Antony wreathed with ivy, Octavia behind
M ANTONIVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT
Reverse
Dionysus holding cantharus and thyrsus, standing left on cista mystica, flanked by snakes
III VIR RPC