| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1770 Price realized: 420 CHF (Approx. 477 USD / 441 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.73 g, 11 h), military mint moving with Mark Antony (Patrae?), 32-31. ANT•AVG - III VIR R [P C] \Galley right, with scepter tied with fillet on prow. Rev. LEG XXIII Aquila between two signa. Babelon (Antonia) 138. Crawford 544/39. CRI 383. RBW -. Sydenham 124. Lightly toned. A few minor deposits, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. This legion was one of many raised by Antony in anticipation of the struggle with Octavian. It was disbanded after Actium, after which Octavian's Legio XXII Deiotariana retained the highest legion number in use for more than a century. It was only in circa 101-105 AD that Trajan created his Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix, an unusual naming since Legio XXIII was neither resurrected, nor did legions XXIX to XXIX ever exist. However, some of the lower numbers were used for more than one legion, and the XXX brought the total number of legions in service to thirty, which explains its unusual name. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
