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Mark Antony. 32-31 BC. AR Legionary Denarius (18mm, 3.42 g). Mint traveling with Antony in Greece, perhaps at Patrae near Corinth. Galley sailing right / LEG V, aquila and two legionary standards. Crawford 544/18; CRI 378; Sydenham 1221; RSC 32. Fine.
From the Richard Winokur Collection.
Raised in 52 BC by Caesar in Transalpine Gaul with local troops, the legio V Alaudae fought with him at Pharsalus, Thapsus, and Munda. Reconsituted by Antony in 44 BC upon the dictator's death, it fought at Mutina and Philippi. After Actium, it was incorporated into Octavian's reorganization of the army, thereupon serving in Spain and along the Rhine