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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4048274, member: 19463&quot;]Legion III Augusta was located in Africa.&nbsp; The Legion III intended here was LEG III Italica.&nbsp; If you look at the Wikipedia page on III Italica, you will see correct mention of the support by this legion.&nbsp; To make matters more confusing, Legion III Augusta was honored on coins of Alexandria but these were issued later than the cutoff for getting an honor from the Rome series.&nbsp; All of the legions listed for Maximianus were early supporters of Septimius and had Rome mint coins issued in their honor.&nbsp; Below is a coin of each.</p><p><br /></p><p>LEG III ITAL from Rome 193 AD</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1061553[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>LEG III IT AVG from Alexandria (194?)&nbsp; Were they confused by their being two legions with the same number???</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1061554[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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