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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3167525, member: 19463&quot;]An exception to the rest is the 200th anniversary of Actium denarius of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]814447[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite parts of this coin are the legend changes that had to be made to update the original.&nbsp; Antony used ANT AVG but ANT now could be confused with Antoninus so they had to spell out ANTONIVS.&nbsp; Mark Antony held the office of Augur which he abbreviated AVG but when Octavian took Augustus using that same abbreviation, the 200 year later coin had to spell out AVGVR, too.&nbsp;&nbsp; These were only made in LEG VI.&nbsp; Does anyone know why?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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