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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2021901, member: 57495&quot;]And here&#039;s my latest one...</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t intend to try to collect all the varieties, but I&#039;ve been wanting at least one example from one of the legions named on their coins - XII ANTIQVAE, XVII CLASSICAE, or XVIII LYBICAE.&nbsp; These are quite abit scarcer than most of the regular ones, so I was lucky enough to nab this ANTIQVAE from Andrew McCabe&#039;s collection when it came up on auction recently.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Even though I think the wonderful old toning, wear, scratches and bankers&#039; marks are perfectly appropriate for the legion&#039;s epithet - <i>Antiquae</i>, or the &#039;the Ancient Legion&#039; - I&#039;m glad that my naked eyes don&#039;t magnify all of the coin&#039;s little faults the way the picture does.&nbsp; In short, much nicer in hand!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]366304[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>THE TRIUMVIRS</b></p><p><b>MARK ANTONY</b></p><p>Denarius</p><p>3.78g, 19mm</p><p>Military mint (Patrae?), autumn 32 - spring 31 BC</p><p>Crawford 544/9. </p><p>O: ANT AVG above, Praetorian galley right with rowers, III VIR R P C below.&nbsp; </p><p>R: LEG XII ANTIQVAE, Legionary eagle (aquila) between two standards (signa).</p><p>Ex Andrew McCabe Collection[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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