Marc Antony, as Imperator and Triumvir (43-30 BC). (Plated?) denarius (18.5 mm, 3.32 gm). Military mint traveling with Antony, 33/2 BC, M. Junius Silanus, quaestor pro consul. ANTON•AVG•IMP•III•COS•DES•III•III•V•R•P•C•, bare head of Marc Antony right; P• (signature) behind ear / M•SILANVS•AVG / Q•PRO•COS, legend in two lines. Crawford 542/1. Sydenham 1208. Antonia 97 and Junia 172. Good fine. The small P on the obverse represents the only known example of an artist engraving his initials on a Roman Republican coin. This fact went unnoticed for centuries, until it was first pointed out in a Santamaria sales catalog in 1920. This issuer, Junius Silanus, was the step-brother of Brutus. After the treaty of Misennum, 39 BC, Silanus went to Rome and then to the East to join Antony and was given governorship of one of the provinces. It was during this period that he struck this type.