Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1222. Estimate $600.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MARK ANTONY. 32-31 BC. AR Legionary Denarius (3.16 gm). Patrae(?) mint. Galley right / LEG IIII, legionary aquila between two standards. Crawford 544/16; CRI 353; Sydenham 1220; RSC 29. VF, reverse slightly off center, partial flat strike. Rarer than the LEG IV variety. ($600)

The legio IV Scythica may have been raised by Antony himself or may have originally been the legio IV Sorana formed under C. Vibius Pansa Caetronianus in 43 BC. It was not disbanded after Actium, but retained its identity, serving in Macedonia and Moesia. It received the cognomen SCYTHICA, possibly while serving under M. Licinius Crassus, grandson of the triumvir.