Well, I finally acquired my first Legionary denarius for my new collection. It came up for sale tonight on MA Shops and I thought the price was right so....here it is. Ruler: Mark Antony (Triumvir) Gens: Antonia Moneyer: Military Mint Coin: F+ Silver Denarius ANTAVG III VIR. R.P.C. - Galley right under oars Legion XII Antiquae - Eagle between standards Mint: Patras ? (32-31 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 2.72g / 1mm / 12h References: RSC 40 BMC 222 Cr544/9 Syd 1231 Sear5 #1480 Provenances: Thierry DUMEZ NUMISMATIQUE Acquisition/Sale: Thierry DUMEZ NUMISMATIQUE MA-Shops $0.00 10/18 Of course the size is not 1 mm. I'll have to measure it when it arrives. LEG XII ANTIQVAE This was Caesar's 12th legion, raised in 58 BC for the campaign against the Helvetii. It served throughout the wars in Gaul (58 to 49), Italy (49), and at Pharsalus (48). It was disbanded 46-45 BC and the colonists were settled at Parma. The legion was reformed in 44-43 BC most likely by Lepidus. The legion was then passed to Antony in 41-31 BC and was present at Actium. It appears on Antony's coinage as LEG XII ANTIQVAE. Colonists were settled at Patrae, Greece alongside men of Legio X Equestris, perhaps by Antony, more likely by Octavian soon after Actium. The legion's whereabouts during most of Augustus' reign is unclear. The 12th was very possibly the unnamed third legion (with III Cyrenaica and XXII Deiotariana) stationed in Egypt. That unnamed legion disappears from Egypt at just about the same time that Legio XII Fulminata is first found in Syria. By early in the reign of Tiberius, the 12th legion was based at Raphanae. Please post your Legionary denarii.
I can't make out the Legion number in the image, but I guess you can in hand. Here is my Legio XII: and Legio XII Antiquae
An ANTIQVAE, and a nice one. Congrats! THE TRIUMVIRS MARK ANTONY AR Denarius. 3.78g, 19mm. Military mint (Patrae?), autumn 32 - spring 31 BC. Crawford 544/9. O: ANT AVG above, Praetorian galley right with rowers, III VIR R P C below. R: LEG XII ANTIQVAE, Legionary eagle (aquila) between two standards (signa). Ex Andrew McCabe Collection My favourite legionary denarius, illustrating the type for this legion in David Sear’s Roman Coins and Their Values... MARK ANTONY AR Denarius. 3.61g, 17.8mm. Patrae (?) mint, autumn 32 - spring 31 BC. Sear RCV Vol. 1 p. 284, 1483 (this coin illustrated); Crawford 544/8. O: ANT AVG above Praetorian galley right, III VIR R P C below. R: CHORTIVM PRAETORIARVM, Legionary eagle (Aquila) between two standards (signa). Ex Stack's Sale December 2001, Lot #142; Ex Ponterio & Associates Sale 108 August 2000, Lot #307; Ex Gerhard Hirsch Auction 179, September 1993, Lot #770
I don't know much about Legion XIX, but he's my denarius: Silver Denarius Traveling legionary mint Obv: ANT AVG / IIIVIR RPC - Galley Rev: LEG XIX - Legionary eagle between two standards 17mm, 3.4g.
Good catch ! No Antiquae here, but my all times favorite LEG IV (my current avatar) Mark Antony, Denarius struck at a travelling mint, c. 32-31 BCE ANT AVG III VIR RPC, Galley right LEG IV, Legionary eagle between two standards 3.67 gr Ref : HCRI #352, Cohen #30 Q
That's a nice write up Jay. Hope there's no royalty charge for using it. Oh, and I like your coin also. Nice one.
This is an amazing series of real historical significance. I need to get one, only one, and it has to be good.
