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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Imperators| > |Marc Antony| > SH28132
Octavian and Marcus Antonius, 39 B.C.
|Marc| |Antony|, |Octavian| |and| |Marcus| |Antonius,| |39| |B.C.|, Marc Antony and Octavian were forced into their long alliance by their common goals of defeating Caesar's assassins and the Senatorial aristocracy. In 43 B.C. they formed the second triumvirate with Lepidus. But after defeating Brutus and Cassius, Anthony and Octavian were each determined to obtain absolute power. While Antony was in Cleopatra's Egypt, his brother Lucius and his wife Fulvia gathered an army to remove Octavian but they were defeated. Antony and Octavian met with their armies at Brundisium, but the legions, both Caesarian, refused to fight, and the two men reached an agreement. Gaul, formerly in Antony's possession, was given to Octavian.

This is the context in which this coin was struck towards the end of 39 B.C. The obverse legend III VIR R P C abbreviates "Three Men for the Regulation of the Republic" which was the official name of the triumvirate and shows the veiled bust of Concordia. The reverse names Antony and Octavian, and further stresses cooperation by displaying the clasped hands symbol. The caduceus held between the hands is a symbol of peace, and according to Livy, it was held by the caduceator, a diplomat negotiating peace.

It appeared that peace was finally reigning in the Roman world, but it only was a short calm before a bigger storm.

SH28132. Silver quinarius, SRCV I 1575, RSC I Antony 67, Sydenham 1195, Cohen 67, Sear CRI 304, Crawford 529/4b, Choice aEF, Gaul, military mint, weight 1.900g, maximum diameter 14.1mm, die axis 135o, late 39 B.C.; obverse III VIR R P C, diademed and draped head of Concordia right; reverse C•CAESAR M•ANTON, clasped hands holding caduceus; very nice for the type; rare; SOLD










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