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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 2852530, member: 44132&quot;]Most of you are probably getting tired of my Marcus Antonius posts, and I can&#039;t blame you. It seems that I only have eyes for these legionary denarii here of late.</p><p><br /></p><p>Legio quarta decima Gemina (&quot;The Twinned Fourteenth Legion&quot;) was a legion of the Imperial Roman army, levied by Julius Caesar in 57 BC. The cognomen Gemina (Twinned) was added when the legion was combined with another understrength legion after the Battle of Actium. The cognomen Martia Victrix (martial &amp; victorious) was added sequentially following their service in the Pannonian War c. AD 9 and the defeat of Boudicca in AD 61. The emblem of the legion was the Capricorn, as with many of the legions levied by Caesar, their shield device displayed the thunderbolt of Jupiter with wings. It was the only legion to do so in the same manner as the Praetorian Guard.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]677236[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>So, here is my latest addition to my MA Legionary series collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]677237[/ATTACH] </p><p>MARCUS ANTONIUS</p><p>AR Denarius&nbsp; </p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; ANT AVG III VIR R P C, Praetorian galley, thyrsos behind prow&nbsp; </p><p>REVERSE: LEG XIV Legionary eagle between two standards&nbsp; </p><p>Patrae 32-31 BC&nbsp; </p><p>3.5g, 18mm&nbsp; </p><p>Cr544/29; Syd 1234</p><p>ex. Germania Inferior Numismatics[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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