56, Lot: 112. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MARK ANTONY. 31-30 BC. AR Denarius (3.23 gm). Cyrenaica mint. Head of Jupiter-Ammon right / Victory walking right, carrying wreath and palm. Crawford 546/2d; Sydenham 1280; CRI 390; RSC 1b. Fine. Scarce. ($150)

It is interesting that Lucius Pinarius Scarpus, under whose direct command this coin was issued, was a great-nephew of Julius Caesar; yet, he sided with Antony against Octavian at Actium, about which time this coin was struck. Immediately prior to the battle, Scarpus defected to Octavian, but his perfidious nature kept him from holding public office under his new master. The obverse type of this coin depicting Jupiter-Ammon was directly copied from the coinage of Cyrenaica where Scarpus held command of four legions under Antony.