MARC ANTONY SILVER DENARIUS – EXCEPTIONALLY RARE “BARRAT” ENGRAVER’S ERROR FROM EPHESUS – VF NGC GRADED ROMAN IMPERATORIAL COIN (Inv. 19825)

$3,500.00

19825. ROMAN IMPERATORIAL. MARC ANTONY AND OCTAVIAN.
Silver Denarius, 3.69 g, 19 mm. Issue of M. Barbatius Pollio from Ephesus, 41 BC.
Obv. M A[NT] IMP AVG III VIR R P C M BARRAT Q P, bare head of Marc Antony right. Rev: CAESAR IMP PONT III VIR R P C, bare head of Octavian right.
Crawford 517/2 note; Sydenham 1181 var. (rendition of legend).
NGC graded VF, Strike 5/5, Surface 2/5, “banker’s mark,” “marks.”

Among the dies showing misspellings, two variants are periodically seen, RARBAT and BARRAT. In this case the legend clearly reads BARRAT. Crawford was aware of these aberrations and referred to them in a footnote.