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Mark Antony Legionary Denarius LEG XX
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ANT AVG III VIR R P C
galley right, mast with banners at prow
LEG XX
legionary eagle between two standards
IE bankers marks on the reverse.
Patrae mint 32-31BC
2.89g
The 20th legion was founded in 49 BC by Julius Caesar.
B. The 20th Valeria was founded by Pompey in 84 BC, it was given the vacant 20th number by Augustus in 31-30 BC. Augustus granted the legion the title "Victrix" in about 25 BC.
Unfortunately I can't link the 20th legion of Mark Antony to an exact Imperial Legion. David Sear writes that Legio XX may have been raised after Actium, in which case it could have contained some elements of Antony's disbanded twentieth.
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