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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 4278415, member: 87809&quot;]Don&#039;t have a Marc Anthony but I have an Augustus <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Augustus visited Patricia in 15 or 14 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>Æ Dupondius, Colonia Patricia, Cordoba, ca. 15-14 BC</p><p>31 x 32 mm, 18.87 g</p><p><br /></p><p>Ref.: FAB-1988; RPC 128; Burgos 1562; SNG Copenhagen 464-5; </p><p>Ob.: PERMISSV CAESARIS AVGVSTI. Bare head of Augustus to left.</p><p>Rev.: COLONIA PATRICIA around legionary eagle between two military standards</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1088944[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1088945[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>and one Legio VIII Augusta that probably commemorates the settlement in Berytus. See </p><p><a href="http://www.livius.org/articles/legion/legio-viii-augusta/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.livius.org/articles/legion/legio-viii-augusta/" rel="nofollow">http://www.livius.org/articles/legion/legio-viii-augusta/</a> and <a href="http://www.geocities.com/legionviiiaugusta/LegioVIII.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.geocities.com/legionviiiaugusta/LegioVIII.html" rel="nofollow">www.geocities.com/legionviiiaugusta/LegioVIII.html</a> </p><p>The legionary eagles and military ensigns refer to the original formation of the colony by Julius Caesar or rather to the transmission by Augustus of the fifth and eight legions to Berytus, present-day Beirut, the capital of Phoenicia during Roman times. </p><p><br /></p><p>Æ18, Phoenicia, Berytus. Struck under Trajan, 99 - 102 AD</p><p>18 mm, 6.956 g</p><p>Ref.: RPC III 3836; RPC I 648;</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: <i>DIVOS • AVGUSTVS</i> Bare head right</p><p>Rev.: COL V / BER - VIII (Colonia Beryti legio quinta macedonia legio octava augusta) two legion standard each surmounted by eagle and two signa</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1088953[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1088955[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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