MARC ANTONY SILVER DENARIUS – “RARBAT” ENGRAVER’S ERROR FROM EPHESUS – VF NGC GRADED ROMAN IMPERATORIAL COIN (Inv. 20148)
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20148. ROMAN IMPERATORIAL. MARC ANTONY AND OCTAVIAN.
Silver Denarius, 3.85 g, 20 mm. Issue of M. Barbatius Pollio from Ephesus, 41 BC.
Obv. M ANT IMP AVG III VIR R P C M RARBAT [over older inscription] 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 4/5, “light marks.”
On this specimen, the RARBAT spelling is encountered, however, the text appears recut over an older inscription that remains partially visible as follows: R[E]–A–R[A?]–B[P]–A[overlapping another letter]–T. This complex recutting variant is not noted in Crawford’s catalogue.
