10/19/2026
IMPERIAL COINAGE. Marcus Antonius, 30 BC and Octavia. AR-Cistophor, 39 BC, Ephesus (Ionia). After the death of her first husband, Gaius Claudius Marcellus, in 40 BC, Octavian's sister Octavia's marriage to Mark Antony was arranged to secure the fragile peace between the triumvirs. Octavia bore Mark Antony two daughters, whom she raised together with the children of the spouses from her previous marriages. Octavia was loyal to Mark Antony and mediated between him and Octavian. But in 37 BC, Mark Antony went east; In 32 BC he divorced Octavia.