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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2772782, member: 56859&quot;]Hmm.&nbsp; &quot;RRC&quot; usually refers to &quot;Roman Republican Coinage&quot; by Crawford, but there is no number 1220.&nbsp; I wonder if the person who wrote the attribution meant &quot;Sydenham 1220&quot;.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have Sydenham and so can&#039;t say how inclusive its number 1220 is, but I don&#039;t see how your coin could be attributed with much specificity beyond &quot;Mark Antony AR legionary denarius&quot;.&nbsp; I guess a die match to the visible features of your coin&#039;s obverse might allow greater specificity.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an example of Sydenham 1220 from <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=53703#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=53703#" rel="nofollow">CNG&#039;s archives</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/671222.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MARK ANTONY.</b> 32-31 BC. AR Legionary Denarius (3.16 gm). Patrae(?) mint. Galley right / LEG IIII, legionary aquila between two standards. Crawford 544/16; CRI 353; Sydenham 1220; RSC 29. VF, reverse slightly off center, partial flat strike. Rarer than the LEG IV variety.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited:&nbsp; browsing various legionary denarii in CNG&#039;s archives, maybe it is possible to narrow down your coin to legion 4 (not sure about further narrowing it by IIII vs IV).&nbsp; Although my browsing is only cursory, at a glance those prows seem to have an angularity unlike the other coins whose prows are curved extensions of the ships&#039; bodies. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve never taken a close look at these legionary denarius and would be interested to see what other people think about being able to narrow down TC&#039;s coin to a specific legion based on prow shape.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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