Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1235. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004. Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MARK ANTONY. 32-31 BC. AR Legionary Denarius (3.66 gm). Patrae(?) mint. Galley right / LEG XIIII, legionary aquila between two standards. Crawford 544/28; CRI 370; Sydenham 1233; RSC 43. Near VF, minor roughness and partial flat strike. A rare legion, and rarer than the LEG XIV variety. ($750)
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.