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Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 1 400.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 1 400.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: été
Date: 31 AC.
Mint name / Town : Égypte ?
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,46 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré à l’usure régulière. Joli portrait de Marc Antoine. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : M. ANTONIVS AVG IMP IIII COS TERT III VIR R. P. C..
Obverse description : Tête nue de Marc Antoine à droite.
Obverse translation : “Marcus Antonius Augustus Imperator quartum Consul tertium triumvir Rei Publicae Constituandæ”, (Marc Antoi,e auguste imperator pour la quatrième fois, consul pour la troisième fois triumvir pour la restauration de la République).
Reverse
Reverse legend : D (TVR).
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) drapée debout à gauche, les ailes déployées, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, un monogramme ; le tout dans une couronne de laurier.
Reverse translation : “Decimus Turullius”, (Decimus Turullius).
Commentary
Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation inférieure à trente coins de droit et à trente-trois coins de revers. Ce type semble infiniment plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous le proposons à la vente.
For this type, Mr. Crawford noted a lower estimate of thirty obverse dies and thirty-three reverse dies. This type seems infinitely rarer than general works suggest. This is the first time we have offered it for sale.
For this type, Mr. Crawford noted a lower estimate of thirty obverse dies and thirty-three reverse dies. This type seems infinitely rarer than general works suggest. This is the first time we have offered it for sale.
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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