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Marcus Antonius AR denarius-3,93 grams- 18 mm-itinerary mint- 42 b.C. obverse: M.ANTONI IMP, bust of Marcus Antonius right
reverse: III VIR RPC, radiate & draped bust of Sol facing on a disk within distyle temple
Crawford 496/1- Cohen 12 (5fr.)- Sear 1467
This coin was minted during Antony's military campaign against Brutus and Cassius in Greece.
The tyrannicide Cassius gained some notoriety for robbing the temple of Helios in the city of Rhodes; he was said to have left untouched only the chariot of the sun. This type of Antonius reproaches Cassius for that robbery and constitutes a promise to avenge the god of the sun (see F. X. Ryan, SNR 84, 2005, 84–86).L.e.09/09/11 at 16:03L.e.: thank you for your comments! also for the informat...
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