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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gary R. Wilson, post: 3211806, member: 89935&quot;]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.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]834157[/ATTACH] </p><p>Ruler: Mark Antony (Triumvir)</p><p>Gens: Antonia</p><p>Moneyer: Military Mint</p><p>Coin: F+ Silver Denarius </p><p>ANTAVG III VIR. R.P.C. - Galley right under oars</p><p>Legion XII Antiquae - Eagle between standards</p><p>Mint: Patras ? (32-31 BC)</p><p>Wt./Size/Axis: 2.72g / 1mm / 12h</p><p>References:</p><ul> <li>RSC 40</li> <li>BMC 222</li> <li>Cr544/9</li> <li>Syd 1231</li> <li>Sear5 #1480</li> </ul><p>Provenances:</p><ul> <li>Thierry DUMEZ NUMISMATIQUE</li> </ul><p>Acquisition/Sale: Thierry DUMEZ NUMISMATIQUE MA-Shops $0.00 10/18</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course the size is not 1 mm. I&#039;ll have to measure it when it arrives.</p><p><br /></p><p>LEG XII ANTIQVAE </p><p>This was Caesar&#039;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&#039;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. </p><p><br /></p><p>The legion&#039;s whereabouts during most of Augustus&#039; 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. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your Legionary denarii.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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