| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 271 Price realized: 320 CHF (Approx. 364 USD / 338 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 (Subaeratus, 17 mm, 3.22 g, 11 h), a contemporary plated imitation from an irregular mint, 32-31. ANT•AVG - III•VIR•R•P•C Galley right, with scepter tied with fillet on prow. Rev. LEG XX Aquila between two signa. Babelon (Antonia) 135. Crawford 544/36. CRI 380. RBW 1848. Sydenham 1243. Nicely toned. Slightly porous and with very minor breaks in plating, otherwise, very fine. From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, ex Hirsch 296, 13 February 2014, 2056. Remnants of Antony's otherwise unattested Legio XX were likely incorporated into Octavian's Legio XX Valeria Victrix in 30 BC. This new unit fought in the Cantabrian Wars in Iberia in 29-19 BC, and was then moved to the Rhine frontier following Varus' disaster in 9 AD. Later, it relocated to Britain, where it helped suppressing Boudica's revolt, and was still stationed there under Carausius and Allectus in the late 3rd century. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
