MARCO ANTONIO & L. PINARIUS SCARPUS. Denarius. 31 BC Cyrene. A/ Jupiter Ammon to the right, in front of the chin point. M. ANTO. COS III IMP III. R/ Victoria to right carrying crown and palm. ANTONIO AVG - SCARPVS IMP. Sea 390; Craw 546/2a; Sydenham 1280. Ar. 3.28g nice tone Good Very Fine/ Very Fine. very rare Lucius Pinarius Scarpus was the grandson of a sister of Julius Caesar, and a general of Antony in the war against Brutus and Cassius. Shortly before the battle of Actium, he was put in charge of Cyrene with command of four legions. The obverse type refers to his new position as Zeus was the chief deity of Cyrene and was prominent on his old coinage.
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