Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1243. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MARK ANTONY. 32-31 BC. AR Legionary Denarius (3.37 gm). Patrae(?) mint. Galley right / LEG XVIIII, legionary aquila between two standards. Crawford 544/34; CRI 379; Sydenham 1241; RSC 54. Near VF, horn silver, small flan flaws on reverse, partial flat strike, bankers' marks in obverse field. Extremely rare; one of the rarest of the series. ($2000)

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.