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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1221. Estimate $500. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004. 
Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MARK ANTONY. 32-31 BC. AR Legionary Denarius (3.52 gm). Patrae(?) mint. Galley right / LEG III, legionary aquila between two standards. Crawford 544/15; CRI 350; Sydenham 1217; RSC 28. Good VF, good metal. ($500)

This legion may be the legio III Gallica, a unit which Caesar had raised in 48 BC while in Gaul, or the legio III Cyrenaica, raised by Lepidus or Antony in North Africa, and under the command of L. Pinarius Scarpus, a great-nephew of Julius Caesar.