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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pompeius, post: 2814772, member: 88278&quot;]Would a Mark Antony Legio III Gallica denarius count? Their insignia was two Bulls.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]659552[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Mark Anthony Legionary Denarius. ANT AVG III VIR R P C, Praetorian Galley / LEG III, eagle between standards. Cr544/15, Syd 1216.</p><p><b>Legio tertia Gallica</b> (&quot;Gallic Third Legion&quot;) was a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_legion" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_legion" rel="nofollow">legion</a> of the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Roman_army" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Roman_army" rel="nofollow">Imperial Roman army</a> founded around 49 BC by <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Julius_Caesar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Julius_Caesar" rel="nofollow">Gaius Julius Caesar</a> for his <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar%27s_Civil_War" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar%27s_Civil_War" rel="nofollow">civil war</a> against the conservative Republicans led by <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompey" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompey" rel="nofollow">Pompey</a>. The <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognomen" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognomen" rel="nofollow">cognomen</a><i>Gallica</i> suggests that recruits were originally from <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaul" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaul" rel="nofollow">Gaul</a>. The legion was still active in Egypt in the early 4th century. The legion&#039;s symbol was a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurus_(astrology)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurus_(astrology)" rel="nofollow">bull</a>.</p><p>Next theme: Anything legion related[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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