Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 631. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008. Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Mark Antony. 32-31 BC. AR Legionary Denarius (3.55 g, 2h). Patrae(?) mint. ANT • AVG above, III • VIR • R • P • C below, galley right / LEG XXII, legionary aquila between two signa. Crawford 544/38; CRI 382; Sydenham 1245; Kestner 3866; BMCRR East 218; RSC 59. EF, lightly toned, minor deposits and contact marks.
Not to be confused with a similar legion under the command of Octavian, this Antonian legion was either disbanded or incorporated into another legion after Actium.