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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 7365590, member: 91461&quot;]I always get excited to see what you will be posting next [USER=100445]@Michael Stolt[/USER]. However, due to the extreme obscurity of many of your highly desirable coin types I don&#039;t have anything to add. </p><p>Though today, if a bit of a stretch, I do! As well, mine is very obscure... but not so desirable<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":shy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Here is a contemporary imitation (or merely a sign of how desperate things had gotten) of a man who commanded 4 legions for MA, <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":jimlad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />Scarpus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1283584[/ATTACH] </p><p>Scarpus Denarius</p><p>Contemporary Copy - 27 BC</p><p>Obv: CAES [ ] legend with open hand design. Rev: bull(?) left with inscriptions above and below. 1.25 grams. Fair.</p><p>Provenance</p><p>From an old Hampshire collection; found near Colchester, UK, 2000s. Purchased from Timeline Auctions Feb 2021 </p><p>L. Pinarius Scarpus commanded four legions for Marc Antony in Cyrenaica against Octavian&#039;s African army, which was under the command of Cornelius Gallus. Scarpus changed his allegiance to Octavian after the defeat of Antony at the Battle of Actium and this issue was minted shortly afterward, the open hand signalizing a gesture of friendship toward Octavian. This issue is the last denarius of the Roman Republic in Crawford.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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