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Auction XII 29 September 2016
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Marc Antony and L. Pinarius Scarpus AR Denarius. Cyrene, 31 BC. M•ANTO•COS•III•IMP•[IIII], head of Jupiter Ammon right / Victory standing right, holding wreath and palm; ANTONIO AVG before, SCARPVS IMP behind. Crawford 546/2a; RSC 1. 3.40g, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine, banker's mark on reverse, attractive deep old cabinet tone.
Ex Marc Poncin Collection, CNG MBS 72, 14 June 2006, lot 1354;
Ex William C. Boyd Collection, Baldwin's 42, 26 September 2005, lot 130;
Purchased from W.S. Lincoln, July 1905.
Lucius Pinarius Scarpus was the grandson of a sister of Julius Caesar, and a general for Antony in the war against Brutus and Cassius. Shortly before the battle of Actium he was placed in charge of Cyrene with the command of four legions. The obverse type refers to his new position as Jupiter was the chief deity of Cyrene and featured prominently on their old coinage.
This is the last issue struck in Marc Antony's name before his defeat at Actium and subsequent suicide.
Good Very Fine, banker's mark on reverse, attractive deep old cabinet tone.
Ex Marc Poncin Collection, CNG MBS 72, 14 June 2006, lot 1354;
Ex William C. Boyd Collection, Baldwin's 42, 26 September 2005, lot 130;
Purchased from W.S. Lincoln, July 1905.
Lucius Pinarius Scarpus was the grandson of a sister of Julius Caesar, and a general for Antony in the war against Brutus and Cassius. Shortly before the battle of Actium he was placed in charge of Cyrene with the command of four legions. The obverse type refers to his new position as Jupiter was the chief deity of Cyrene and featured prominently on their old coinage.
This is the last issue struck in Marc Antony's name before his defeat at Actium and subsequent suicide.