Freeman & Sear - Mail Bid Sale 15 Lot: 290

ROMAN IMPERATORIAL. Mark Antony. 42 BC. AR denarius 
       (3.84 gm). Military mint in Greece, autumn 42. M•ANTONI 
       IMP, bare head of M. Antonius right, bearded, dotted 
       border / III VIR R•P•C, distyle temple exhibiting large 
       disc bearing radiate, draped bust of sun god facing, 
       dotted border. CRI 128. RRC 496/1. Toned. Nearly very 
       fine        
Ex Albert M. Potts Collection; ex Salton List 22, 
February–March 1955, lot 290.
The tyrannicide Cassius robbed the temple of Helios in Rhodes; 
leaving only the chariot of the sun untouched. This issue 
reproaches Cassius for the crime and constitutes a promise to 
avenge the god of the sun.
See F. X. Ryan, SNR 84, 2005, 84–86 (downloadable from the
retro.seals website of the Swiss Numism. Society). 
Sold for $425, 307.91 EUR, £244.37 

From the Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 15, Closed June 27, 2008.
With permission of Freeman & Sear, www.freemanandsear,com.