Legio XI Claudiana

439, Lot: 226. Estimate $100. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PANNONIA. Legio XI Claudiana. Æ As (27mm, 8.39 g). Countermarks applied between the reign of Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-41, and the Civil War, AD 69. (MP), CA[E], and XI (Legio XI Claudiana) in square and circular countermarks on a bronze as of Augustus. Pangerl 80, 77, and 82 var. (circular). Host Fair, c/m’s VF, green patina. The XI mark very rare.

From the Richard Baker Collection.

The presence of new XI countermark on this piece, here in association with other Pannonian stamps, supports the interpretation of Pangerl 82 as a mark of the 11th Legion, and a reading of XI, rather than X or IX.