v26_0167 - MARC ANTOINE and PINARIUS SCARPUS denier
MONNAIES 26 (2006)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 700.00 €
Realised price : 350.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 355.00 €
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 700.00 €
Realised price : 350.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 355.00 €
Type : denier
Date: été 31 AC
Mint name / Town : Cyrénaïque, Cyrène
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,89 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire à l’usure très importante, mais parfaitement identifiable et lisible. A été nettoyé anciennement avec une patine grise qui s’est redéposée par dessus. Beau portrait inhabituel avec une rayure sur le barbe et le cou
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [M.] ANTO [COS. III.] IMP. IIII.
Obverse description : Tête barbue et cornue de Jupiter Ammon à droite.
Obverse translation : “Marcus Antonius Consul tertium Imperator quartum”, (Marc Antoine consul pour la troisième et revêtu de la quatrième acclamation impériale).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANTONIO/ AVG - SCARPVS I(MP).
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) marchant à droite, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Antonio Augusto Scarpus Imperator”, (À Antoine auguste Scarpus imperator).
Commentary
Poids léger. Fourré. Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation inférieure à treize coins droit et inférieure à vingt-huit coins de revers pour quatre variétés. Ce type est en fait infiniment plus rare que ne le laissent paraître les ouvrages généraux.
Lightweight. Furred. For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of less than thirteen straight corners and less than twenty-eight reverse dies for four varieties. This type is in fact infinitely rarer than general works suggest.
Lightweight. Furred. For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of less than thirteen straight corners and less than twenty-eight reverse dies for four varieties. This type is in fact infinitely rarer than general works suggest.
Historical background
MARC ANTOINE and PINARIUS SCARPUS
(31 BC)
Lucius Pinarius Scarpus commanded four legions on behalf of Marc Antony in Cyrenaica (including the eighth legion which appears on the reverse of the first type of Scarpus). According to tradition, Scarpus was also a great-grandnephew of Julius Caesar and was lying on the will of the Dictator. He fought in the Caesarian camp at the battle of Philippi in 42 BC. He then joined the camp of Marc Antoine to which he remained faithful until 31 BC. After the battle of Actium (September 2 31 BC) he changed sides to join that of Octavian, preventing any resistance from the province of Cyrenaica and making possible an invasion of Egypt from the west. It seems that Pinarius Scarpus had his title of Imperator confirmed by Octavian and then retired to private life..
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