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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 2975800, member: 44316"]Numerian and Carinus have a type, unique to the Alexandrian series, honoring a specific legion, Legion II, Traiana.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]731081[/ATTACH] </p><p>19 mm. Numerian. Struck year 3, late 284</p><p>AK MA NOVM - EPIANOC CEB</p><p>ΛEΓ B TPAI, eagle standing left, head back, wreath in beak. LΓ in field right</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is its companion type for Carinus:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]731082[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>19 mm. Carinus</p><p>AK MA KA - PINOC CEB</p><p>ΛEΓ B TPAI, eagle standing left, head back, wreath in beak. LΓ in field right (284/5)</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know why this legion was honored and no others were. We are familiar with the legionary series of Marc Antony, Septimius Severus, and Gallienus, however this one is obscure. Alexandria did only this one-legion legionary "series" in its entire history.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 2975800, member: 44316"]Numerian and Carinus have a type, unique to the Alexandrian series, honoring a specific legion, Legion II, Traiana. [ATTACH=full]731081[/ATTACH] 19 mm. Numerian. Struck year 3, late 284 AK MA NOVM - EPIANOC CEB ΛEΓ B TPAI, eagle standing left, head back, wreath in beak. LΓ in field right Here is its companion type for Carinus: [ATTACH=full]731082[/ATTACH] 19 mm. Carinus AK MA KA - PINOC CEB ΛEΓ B TPAI, eagle standing left, head back, wreath in beak. LΓ in field right (284/5) I don't know why this legion was honored and no others were. We are familiar with the legionary series of Marc Antony, Septimius Severus, and Gallienus, however this one is obscure. Alexandria did only this one-legion legionary "series" in its entire history.[/QUOTE]
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