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Vitellius MacedonOUITELLIOS GERMAIKOS AVTOK
Laureate head of Vitellius left
ΣEBAΣTOΣ MAKEΔONΩN
around round Macedonian shield
AE25
Macedonia
69 –70 A.D.
8.46g
RPC 1616, Moushmov 5878, Varbanov 2465
Rare
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SOLD! AugustusVIC - AVG
Victory standing left on base holding wreath and palm
COHOR PRAE PHIL
three standards
Philippi, Macedonia mint
27 B.C. - 14 A.D. or later
2.81g 17mm
SGIC 32, RPC 1651
SOLD Torex Feb 2022
Typically attributed to Octavian to commemorate the defeat of Cassius and Brutus at the battle of Philippi. It is also suggested it may be from the time of Claudius or Nero
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VespasianIMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII
Laureate head of Vespasian right
NEP RED
Neptune standing left, right foot on globe, holding aplustre and sceptre
Antioch
76 AD
2.46g
Sear 2276, RIC 361
Scarce!
The reverse of this type is copied from the coinage of Octavian
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Divus VespasianDIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS
laureate head right
E-X across field,
S C inscribed on shield set on a column, column surmounted by an urn, laurel branch on either side.
Rome,80-81 AD
2.87g
RIC II 62 (Titus); BMCRE 125 (Titus); BN 98; RSC 149; SEAR 6568
Ex-Calgary Coin
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Vespasian AE AsIMP CAESAR VESPASIAN AVG COS III
laureate head right, globe at point of bust
VICTORIA AVGVSTI
Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm, SC in fields
9.08g
Lugdunum mint 71 AD
Cohen 607. RIC 502
Early Judea Capta series AE
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RIC 1421 Vespasian Ephesus denariusIMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS II TR PPP
Laureate head right
PACI AVGVSTAE
Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm.
70 AD, Ephesus
2.03g
Rare
RIC 1421 (R), BMCRE 446, RSC 278 determined by die match.
Ex-FLAN (1999), Ex-ANE
Much better in hand, not as porous looking with a dark patina
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Vespasian denariusIMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG
Laur. head facing right
rev. COS VII
Pair of oxen under yoke
Rome 77-78 AD
Sear 2289
ex-Arcade Coins
28 specimens in Reka Devinia hoard
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Vespasian Judea Capta Ae AsIMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III
Laureate head of Vespasian right
IVDAEA CAPTA SC
Judea as mourning captive seated right amidst arms at foot of palm-tree
Rome 71 AD
10.54g
Sear 2357
RIC 303 (R)
Ex-Incitatus
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Celebrates the success of Vespasian and Titus in quelling the First Jewish Revolt and the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem
From Curtis Clay:
The same type is more common with IVDEA (one A omitted): RIC 305 (C). However. IVDAEA CAPTA asses as a group are rarer than the corresponding sestertii, which add a standing Jew or the standing emperor to the type of Judaea mourning below a palm tree.
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Vespasian Judea Capta denariusIMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG
Laur. head of Vespasian right
Rev.
IVDAEA
Judaea as mourning captive seated right on ground at foot of trophy.
Celebrating the success of Vespasian and Titus in quelling the first Jewish Revolt.
Rome 69-70 AD
Sear 2296
3.11g
Ex-Incitatus
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RIC 776 Vespasian Cista Mystica denariusIMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG.
Laureate head right.
PON MAX TR P COS VI.
Victory standing left upon cista mystica, holding wreath and palm frond; coiled serpent to left and right.
Rome 75 AD
2.93g
RIC² 776 (R).
Minted in Rome but likely intended for circulation in the East. The reverse copies the earlier quinarii of Augustus and the Cistophoric tetradrachms of Ephesus.
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P. Quinctilius Varus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)Laureate head of Zeus right
ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ, ΕΚ (in right field)
Tyche of Antioch seated, right, with palm branch; before river god Orontes
Antioch, Syria
Year 25 (EK) 7/6 BCE
7.63g
RPC 4242
Ex-Nummitra Auction 3, lot 610
Minted while Varus was governor of Syria, during which time he put down a Jewish revolt after the death of Herod the Great. He would then be transferred to Germania where he suffered defeat at the hands of Arminius. Augustus is said to have cried out "Quinctilius Varus, Give me back my legions!"
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Constantine the Great Barbaric Barbaric immitation of a Constantine the Great, VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP type.
Obv. The inscription is ornimental and makes no sense
Helmeted ,Laureate, and cuirassed bust right.
Rev:Two Victories placing Shield on altar.
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Trajan denariusIMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TR P COS V PP
laureate, draped and cuir. bust of Trajan right
SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI
Mars standing facing looking right, resting on spear and shield
Rome 107 AD
Sear 3158 Jay GT4
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Trajan DupondiusIMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P
Radiate and draped bust of Trajan right
SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS SC
Trajan, in military attire, advancing right, head left, between two trophies
Rome 116 AD
12.83g
RIC 676
Sear 3219
Scarce?
Ex-Arcade Coins
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SOLD! Trajan's column denariusIMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TR P COS VI PP
Laureate head of Trajan right
SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI
Trajan's column with eagles on its base
Rome 115 AD
RSC 558
3.16g
Ex-Aegean
Sold to C.P. April 2022
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Trajan MarsIMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GER DAC PARTHICO
Laureate and draped bust of Trajan right
P M TR P COS VI P P SPQR
Mars advancing right carrying spear and trophy
3.28g
Rome
116-117 AD
RIC 340
Ex-Arcade Coins
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Trajan Hercules denariusIMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM
Laureate bust of Trajan right
PM TR P COS IIII PP
Statue of Hercules facing with lions skin on head and arm, club in hand
Rome 101-102 AD
3.27g
Ric II 49
Scarce
ex-Calgary Coin
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Trajan's Column Æ AsIMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V PP
Laureate head right
SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI SC
Trajan's column with two eagles at base
12.09g
RIC II 600; Cohen 562; B.M.C. 100
Ex-Canadian Coin
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Trajan Sestertius Æ Sestertius
IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V PP
Laureate head right
SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI SC
Trajan standing facing on dais, head left, holding olive branch and scepter, being crowned by Victory flying left; kneeling figures on either side at feet, raising hands; all surrounded by garlanded balustrade surmounted by four eagles.
22.71g
Struck circa 104-107 AD.
RIC II 551; BMCRE 826 note; Cohen 519.
Very Rare!
This type is a clear reference to the victory of Trajan and his four legions (represented by the four eagles) in the first Dacian war.
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Trajan SestertiusIMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP CO VI PP
Trajan facing right with aegis on front shoulder and behind the neck of the portrait.
Rev. SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI SC in Ex
Trajan on horseback holding spear and victory
Rome 112-114 AD
Rare
RIC 599
34mm 23.6g
Ex-Arcade coins
SOLD!
Comments from Mr. C. Clay:
"The interest of this rev. type, apart from its rarity on sestertii, is that it apparently represents the famous equestrian statue of Trajan in his Forum, which mightily impressed Constantius II when he visited Rome in 357 AD, but of which nothing is today extant.
This interpretation of the type is based on its date, soon after 1 Jan. 112 (Trajan COS VI), which we know was the dedication date of the Forum. Other coins of similar date explicitly commemorated the Forum, with legends FORVM TRAIANI and BASILICA VLPIA, and the horseman coin type make a very statuesque impression, the upright spear in the emperor's right hand hitting the ground and apparently providing support for that corner of the statue, in place of the raised right foreleg of the horse.
Moreover, when Septimius Severus used a very similar type on his own coins, he joined it with the famous Trajanic rev. legend SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, the only time this legend appeared in Septimius' coinage. Who can doubt that these coins commemorate the Senate's vote of an equestrian statue to Septimius too, and that this statue deliberately imitated the famous one of Trajan in his Forum, explaining why the Trajanic legend was revived for the rev. type?"
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Titus DupondiusIMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII
radiate head right
ROMA
Roma seated left on cuirass, holding wreath and parazonium, shields behind SC in exergue
Rome 80 AD
11.86g
Sear 2540, RIC 183
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Tiberius tribute pennyTI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS
Laureate head of Tiberius right
PONTIF MAXIM
Livia seated right holding scepter and branch, legs on char ornamented, feet on footstool
Lugdunum after 16 AD
3.49g
Sear 1763, RIC 26
Ex-Ebay amarso66
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Tiberius with Germanicus and DrususCOL ROM PERM DIVI AVG
laureate head of Tiberius left
GERMANICVS CAESAR DRVSVS CAESAR
Confronted heads of Germanicus and Drusus
Spain, Colonia Romula (Seville).
10.28g
RPC 74; Burgos 1588.
Rare
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SOLD! Tiberius DrachmΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Laureate head of Tiberius to right.
ΘΕΟΥ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ ΥΙΟΣ
Mount Argaios surmounted by statue of Sol-Helios, radiate, holding globe in his right hand and long scepter with his left.
Cappadocia; Caesaraea-Eusebi
circa 17-32 CE
3.53g
RPC I 3620. BMC 11
Ex-Time Machine Mark E. Reid Ed. D.
A scarcer type. Heavy dark find patina, particularly on the reverse and rim, almost black in hand.Jay GT4
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Tiberius denariusTI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS
Laureate head of Tiberius right
PONTIF MAXIM
Livia seated right holding scepter and branch, legs on char ornamented, feet on footstool
Minted in India
Sear 1763, RIC 26
ex-Forum
Part of a hoard of nearly 200 Tiberius and Augustus denarii found in India produced and used for local trade. Some were struck, some cast. This specimen was cast
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Tiberius tribute pennyTI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS
Laureate head of Tiberius right
PONTIF MAXIM
Livia seated right holding scepter and branch, legs on char ornamented, feet on footstool
Lugdunum after 16 AD
3.14g
Sear 1763, RIC 26
Ex-Numismatica Prados
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Sold! Thrace Mesembria DiobolCrested Corinthian helmet facing.
M-E-T-A within wheel, surrounded by border of radiating lines.
SNG. BM. 268
11 mm
1.30g
Black Sea Hoard fake
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103 BC Q. Minucius M.f. ThermusHead of young Mars left, wearing crested helmet
Q THERM MF (THE and MF in monogram)
Roman soldier advancing right, fighting with uplifted sword a barbarian soldier before him and protecting with shield a fallen comrade at his feet
Rome 103 BC
3.71g
Sear 197
Sold Forum Auction December 2017
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SOLD! Lucania Sybaris drachmBull standing to left on dotted ground line, head turned back to right; all within border of dots VM in exergue
Bull standing to right, on dotted ground line; around, border of dots; all incuse.
LUCANIA, Sybaris
Circa 550-510 BC.
2.26g
HN III 1736. SNG ANS 847 ff.
Ex-Calgary Coin from an old collection in Ottawa
Old cleaning scratches and encrustations removed.
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56 BC Faustus Cornelius Sulla Laur. diad. and draped bust of Venus right, sceptre over shoulder SC behind
Three trophies between jub and lituus, monogram FAVSTVS in ex.
RRC 426/3
Sear 386
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The three trophies were engraved on the signet ring of Pompey the Great symbolizing his victories on three continents. Faustus was the son of Lucius Cornelius Sulla and son-in-law of Pompey the Great.Jay GT4
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Justin II SolidusD N I VSTI NVS P P AVI
Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globe surmounted by crowning Victory and shield.
VICTORI A AVGGG A
Constantinopolis seated facing, head right, holding spear and globus cruciger; CONOB.
Officina A.
Constantinople 567-578 AD
4.34 g.
Sear 345
VF, holed
Ex-Ritter
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Bronze snakeBronze fragment of a snake.
Perhaps from Medusa's head? Underside unfinished, fine line detail in skin.
Roman
6.92g
10mm X 20mm
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Sextus PompeyMAG PIVS IMP ITER
Bare head of Pompey Magnus right; capis behind, lituus before
Neptune standing left, holding aplustre in right hand, resting right foot on prow, between the Catanaean brothers, Anapias and Amphinomus, carrying their parents on their shoulders, PRAEF above, CLAS ET ORAE MARIT EX S C in two lines in exergue.
Uncertain mint in Sicily, (Catania?)
37-36 BC
3.25g
Rare
Crawford 511/3a; Sydenham 1344; Sear 334; RRC 511/3a; BMCRR Sicily 7; Pompeia 27; Catalli 2001, 824
Ex-Londinium
Numiswiki:
Struck by Sextus Pompey after his victory over Salvidienus and relates to his acclamation as the Son of Neptune. Although Sextus Pompey was the supreme naval commander, Octavian had the Senate declare him a public enemy. He turned to piracy and came close to defeating Octavian. He was, however, defeated by Marcus Agrippa at the naval battle of Naulochus (3 September 36 B.C.). He was executed by order of Mark Antony in 35 B.CJay GT4
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Septimius SeverusSEVERVS AVG PART MAX
Laureate head of Severus right
PM TR P VIII COS II P P
Victory hovering left holding open wreath with both hands over shield set on base
Rome 200 AD
Sear 6333; RSC 454; RIC 150
3.23g
ex-Calgary Coins
2017 Forum Best of Type Winner
Fantastic old cabinet toning, darker in hand
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Septimius SeverusSEVERVS PIVS AVG
Laureate head of Severus right
FVNDATOR PACIS
Severus, togate standing left holding branch and scroll
Rome 201 AD
3.6g
RIC IV: 265, Sear 6282, RSC 205
Ex-Calgary Coins
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47-46 BC Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius ScipioQ METEL SCIPIO IMP
head of Africa right, laur. and clad in elephant's skin, corn-ear before, plough below
EPPIVS LEG F C
Naked Hercules standing facing right, hand on hip resting on club set on rock
North Africa
47-46 BC
Sear 1380/1
Born Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica. He was adopted by his uncle by marriage and father's second cousin Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius. He married Aemilia Lepida, daughter of Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus (son of the Censor Marcus Livius Drusus and wife Cornelia Scipio and adopted by Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus) and wife Claudia (sister of Appius Claudius Pulcher (Senior)), and was the father in law of Pompey the Great, married to his daughter Cornelia Metella, called Quinta Pompeia for being his fifth wife.
He was Tribune in 59 BC and became Consul with Pompey the Great in 52 BC. During Caesar's civil war, he served the party of Pompey and fought against Caesar and Marcus Antonius. In 49 BC he was sent as Proconsul to Syria and the following year he took part in the Battle of Pharsalus, where he commanded the center of the Republican battleline. After Pharsalus he fled to Africa were he commanded an army with Cato the Younger, losing in the Battle of Thapsus. After the defeat he tried to escape but was cornered by the fleet of Publius Sittius when he wrecked the ship as he tried to escape to the Iberian Peninsula, to continue to fight from there. He committed suicide by stabbing himself so he would not fall at the hands of his enemies.
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L SaufeiusHelmeted head of Roma right X behind
Victory in biga right L SAVF VF in monogram
ROMA below
Rome, 152 BC
3.54g
Sear 83, Saufeia 1, Syd 384
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SabinaSABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG PP
Diad. and draped bust left, hair in plait down neck.
CONCORDIA AVG
Concordia enthroned left, holding patera and leaning on statue of Spes; under throne, cornucopia.
Rome 129 AD
3.38g
Appears to be a limes denarius
RIC 398, Sear 3920, BMCRE 902
Sold Forum Auction April 2016
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Roman Bird tip distaffBronze Roman distaff
Long pin with bird (dove) on tip, finial on stem
86mm x 4mm; tip 12mm x 12mm
6.92g
Pannonia
3-6th century AD
Often described on ebay and by dealers as a senatorial voting stick. This description is completely unfounded and is likely a distaff for spinning thread.
Sold to ANE October 2021
From Shawn Caza:
According to Madgearu these bird-head/ring-bottom sticks are likely distaffs for spinning thread, though they may be a form of hair pin. The bird at top is usually thought to be a dove. They have been found all along the Rhine and Danube Limes, in Spain, in Switzerland and in the Near East. In many old works they were usually dated to the 5th-6th c AD. However, Madgearu reports on one which has been contextually dated to the mid-3rd c AD - buried in a Romanian site destroyed in AD 245. It is thought that they are the later Christian version of earlier sticks, often in bone, with Venus at the top. The dove was a representation of Venus that was then retained as a representation of the Holy Ghost in Christian times. Madgearu then lists 25 different archaeological finds of these sticks. These are dated, when known, to the 4th - 6th c AD.
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Assortment of replica Biblical coinsI'm told that these were made in the 50's for use in Sunday schools. 7 coins encased in a slab of plastic. From smallest to largest they are as follows:
Lepton of Caponius 6 AD
Lepton of Pontius Pilate 29 AD
Herod Antipas 29 AD
Denarius of Tiberius14-37 AD
Harod the Great 37 BC
Shekel of Tyre 126 BC
Vespasian 72 AD
Quality is not as good as modern replicas but it makes a nice addition to my desk. I don't think these coins would fool anyone! :DJay GT4
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SOLD! Æ Aes Grave (cast) QuadransHead of young Hercules left, wearing lion skin; ••• (mark of value) to right; all on a raised disk
Prow of galley right; ••• (mark of value) below; all on a raised disk.
Rome, Circa 225-217 BC.
Libral standard
40mm; 58.73g
Crawford 35/4; ICC 80; HN Italy 340; RBW 88
aVF for type,
Ex-Canadian Coin
Not as rough in hand.Jay GT4
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Ptolemy IV drachmBronze drachm
Horned head of Zeus Ammon right, wearing taenia
ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ (PTOLEMAIOU BASILWS)
Eagle with wings closed standing left on thunderbolt, filleted cornucopia left, LI between eagle's legs
Alexandria (or Sidon) mint
220-203 BC
Svoronos 1126, VF, brown patina,
68.751g, 40.9mm, 0o,
Ex-Forum
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AUGUSTUS & PTOLEMY OF NUMIDIA AE semisAVGVSTVS DIVI F
bare head of Augustus right
C LAETILIVS APALVS II V Q, REX PTOL (Ptolemy, King) within diadem
Carthago Nova, Spain, under sole 'duovir quinqunennales' C Laetilius Apalus.
18.5mm, 5.3g.
RPC 172.
Ex-Incitatus
Ptolemy of Numidia was the son of King Juba II of Numidia and Cleopatra Selene II. He was also the grandson of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII on his mohter's side. He was named in honor of the memory of Cleopatra VII, the birthplace of his mother and the birthplace of her relatives. In choosing her son's name, Cleopatra Selene II created a distinct Greek-Egyptian tone and emphasized her role as the monarch who would continue the Ptolemaic dynasty. She by-passed the ancestral names of her husband. By naming her son Ptolemy instead of a Berber ancestral name, she offers an example rare in ancient history, especially in the case of a son who is the primary male heir, of reaching into the mother's family instead of the father's for a name. This emphasized the idea that his mother was the heiress of the Ptolemies and the leader of a Ptolemaic government in exile.
Through his parents he received Roman citizenship and was actually educated in Rome. Amazingly he grew up in the house of his maternal aunt, and Antony's daughter Antonia Minor, the youngest daughter of Mark Antony and the youngest niece of Augustus. Antonia was also a half-sister of Ptolemy's late mother, also a daughter of Mark Antony. Antonia Minor's mother was Octavia Minor, Mark Antony's fourth wife and the second sister of Octavian (later Augustus). Ptolemy lived in Rome until the age of 21, when he returned to the court of his aging father in Mauretania.
Ptolemy was a co-ruler with his father Juba II until Juba's death and was the last semi-autonomous ruler of Africa. On a visit to Rome in 40 AD he was seen by the Emperor Caligula in an amphitheather wearing a spectacular purpal cloak. A jealous Caligula had him murdered for his fashionable purple cloak.
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Ptolemy II TetradrachmDiademed bust of Ptolemy I Soster right, Aegis around neck
ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ
Eagle on thunderbolt left. In left field city monogram over club (Tyre), right year date KΔ as monogram= year 24
Tyre mint
262-261 BC
14.21g
SNG COP 486
ex-ANE
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Probus AE Antoninianus. IMP C PROBVS P F AVG
Radiate, cuirassed bust right
MARS VICTOR
Mars walking right, spear in right hand pointing forward, trophy over left shoulder; II in ex.
Officina 2
Lugdunum, 276 AD.
4.29g
RIC V, Part II, 38; Bastien 190.
Ex-Canadian coin
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Probus AntoninianusIMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG
Radiate bust left in imperial mantle, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle.
VIRTVS PROBI AVG
Mars advancing right, holding a trophy and spear; P in right field.
Ex: XXI
280 AD, Siscia.
3.89 g
RIC V, Part 2, 810
Amazing reverse!
SOLD October 2014
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SOLD! Probus AntoninianusIMP CM AVR PROBVS P AVG
Radiate and cuirassed bust of Probus right
VIRTVS PROBI AVG - KAΓ in exergue
Emperor on horseback trampling enemy, a shield in left hand, spear in right. A shield on the ground under the horse.
Bust type B
Serdica mint, 280-281 AD
4th emission, 3rd officina
3.92g
RIC 880 (C).
EF with wonderful smooth dark brown/black glossy patina. Even nicer in hand.
Ex-Calgary Coin; Ex-George W. La Borde collection
Published on Probuscoins.fr
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SOLD! Probus Billon AntoninianusIMP C M AVR PROBVS P AVG
Radiate, mantled bust left holding eagle tipped scepter
SOL INVICTO
Sol in spread Quadriga holding whip KAΓ in ex
Serdica 277 AD
RIC 864 Bust type H
3.84g
Scarce
This coin published on Probuscoins.fr
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Antoninus Pius denariusANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVII
Laureate bust right of
COS IIII
Vesta sacrifices left over altar, holding palladium
Rome 153/4 AD
3.13g
RIC 238; Cohen 201
Amazing dark "as found" patina
SOLD! Forum Auctions January 2017
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90 BC Calpurnius PisoLaureate head of Apollo right
L PISO FRVGI
Naked horseman galloping to the right holding palm-branch
CXXXI ? in exergue
Rome 90 BC
3.71g
Sear 235
"This extraordinarily large and complex issue represents one of the principal war coinages of the Romans during the conflict with the Marsic Confederation. The control-Marks are legion and consist of letters, mumerals and symbols in a multitude of combinations on the obverse and reverse" SEAR Millenium Edition
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Roman Empire, Philip I SestertiusIMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG
Laureate bust right
VICTORIA AVG SC
Victory advancing right holding wreath and palm
17.1g
Rome
244-5 AD
RIC 192a
Sear 9021
Ex-Tater's
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Philip I TetradrachmAVTOK K M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
DHMAPX EZOVCIAC
Eagle standing right, head left with wreath in beak, S - C in field, A (officina 1) above left wing
MON VRB ('The Mint of Rome') in exergue.
Scarce with officina letter in reverse field.
EF reverse a bit corroded
244 AD
Probably struck in Rome for use in the East
13.29g
Prieur-305 (20 spec.)
Wildwinds example
Ex-Harlan J Berk
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Philip I SestertiusIMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG
Laureate bust right
VICTORIA AVG SC
Victory advancing right holding wreath and palm
17.1g
Rome
244-5 AD
RIC 192a
Sear 9021
ex-Tater's
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79 BC L Papius Serrated denariusHead of Juno Sospita right clad in goat's skin control symbal behind (half of fat fish), bead and reel in border
L PAPI
Gryphon leaping right control symbol (fish) below, bead and reel border
trade guild: fishmongers
3.91g
Rome
79 BC
Sear 311 RRC 39
ex-ANE
To see the amazing variety of control marks on this series: www.bonannocoins.com/l_papius/l_papius_db.php
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Faustina II denariusFAVSTINA AVGVSTA
Draped and diad. bust right
IVNONI REGINAE
Juno seated holding patera and sceptre, peacock at feet
Rome 161-175 AD
Sear 5257
RIC 698
RSC 145
3.1g
A more mature Faustina
Ex-CNG catalog May 22, 2002 part of Lot 1711
From the Jurgen K. Schmidt collection
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=102656
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Faustina II denariusFAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL
VENVS
Venus standing left holding apple and rudder, around shaft of which dolphin is entwined
Rome 148-152 AD
2.65g
Sear 4708
Delicate portrait with an elegant Venus
Faustina II was the daughter of Antoninus Pius, wife of Marcus Aurelius and mother of Commodus.
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Nero Victoria AE As46 views
IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR PPP
Bare head right
S-C
on either side of Victory flying left with shield inscribed SPQR.
Lugdunum, 66 AD
9.78g
RIC 543, Cohen 302.
Ex-Taters
Smoothing in fields and some tooling
New photo!
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SOLD! Nero TetradrachmΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Laureate bust right
Eagle, wings spread, stands right on thunderbolt, palm-branch to right, date ΑΙΡ.Θ to left, ΕΤΟΥΣ in exergue
Antioch Syria
62/3 CE
14.19g
Ex-Calgary coins
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Nero Tetradrachm HeraNEPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AV
Radiate head left, L IΔ in left field
HPA-APΓEIA
Diademed, veiled bust of Hera Argeia right
Alexandria mint
Milne 291
9.82g
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Rare Nero provincial "sestertius"
ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ
Laureate head on Nero right
ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Emperor riding right with lance, behind him a soldier riding right with Vexillum
16.78g, 32 mm
RPC 2104; countermark Howgego GIC 557 Prusa ad Olympum
Extremely rare (RPC cites 2 examples, both with the same countermark)
This provincial "sestertius" copies the DECVRSIO issues of Nero.
Ex-Londinium coin
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SOLD! Nero Ae AsNERO CAESAR AVG GERM IMP
Laureate head right
PACE P R VBIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT SC
Temple of Janus with doors closed
Rome 65 AD
8.96g
SEAR 1974
ex-Forum
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Nero ProtocontorniateNERO CAESAR AVG GERM IMP
Laureate head right
PACE P R VBIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT SC
Temple of Janus with doors closed
Rome 65 AD
9.22g
SEAR 1974
Edges hammered in antiquity (1st-3rd century) to create a "proto-contorniate"
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From Numiswiki protocontorniate:
A protocontorniate is a normal, large-module bronze coin, typically a sestertius, which at some point was later altered by hammering the edges of the coin so that it could serve some other use. A common assumption is that protocontorniates functioned as game counters since the rim created through hammering could protect the designs. Andreas Alföldi believed protocontorniates to be forerunners of the contorniates of the fourth and fifth centuries. He argued that protocontorniates were New Year’s gifts and that the older coins were actually hammered in the fourth century before the contorniates proper came into being.
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SOLD! Nero and Divus Claudius HemidrachmNERO CLAVD DIVI CLAVD F CAESAR AVG GERMANI
Laureate head of youthful Nero right
ARME NIAC
Victory advancing right, wreath upward in right hand, palm in left over shoulder
Cappadocia-Caesarea
c.59-60 AD
1.77g
Group III, Cappadocia-Caesarea - RIC I, 616; BMC 406 (rare), RPC 3644
Rare
This is the Wildwinds specimen.
Some encrustations removed from Nero's head and nose and in front of Victory
Issue celebrating Corbulo's Armenian conquest
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Nero SestertiusNERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P
laureate head left, globe at point of bust
S C across field, triumphal arch, hung with wreath across front, surmounted by statue of the emperor in a quadriga preceeded by Pax, holding caduceus and cornucopiae, and Victory, holding wreath and palm; two nude figures standing on either side of attic ornamented with Victories; helmeted statue of Mars in side niche of arch; pedestals decorated with friezes of battle scenes.
Rome 64 AD
23.28g
RIC I 143; WCN 126; BMCRE 183; BN 303; Cohen 308
Ex-Londinium
Damnatio Memoriae? 2 Chisel marks on reverse have damaged the portrait on the obverse.
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Claudius Minerva T CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP
Rev. Minerva advancing with spear and shield SC
Rome 42 AD
Sear 1862
Ex-Arcade Coins
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Maximinus IIAE Follis
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS PF AVG
Laureate head right
GENIO IMPERATORIS
Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over shoulder, holding patera & cornucopiae, * left, A right, ANT in ex.
Antioch 310 AD
ex-ANE
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GaleriusGAL MAXIMIANVS PF AVG
laureate head right
GENIO AVGVSTI
Genius standing left holding patera and cornucopiae
star left B right SMSD in exe
Ric 35
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Maximinus IIMaximinus II AE Follis.
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINO PF INV AVG
laureate head right
GENIO IMPERATORIS
Genius standing left with cornucopeia and patera from which liquid flows, * to left, HTA in ex.
Heraclea
RIC 49a
scarce
ex-ANE
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Marcus Aurelius SestertiusM ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV
Laureate bust right
IMP VI COS III SC
Victory standing right attaching shield, inscribed VIC GER to palm tree
26.41g
RIC 1029, Sear 4978, BMC1423
Ex-ANE
Worn but with a lovely smooth chocolate patina
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Marcus Aurelius MARCUS AURELIUS
M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXIII
laureate head r.
SALVTI AVG COS III SC
Salus standing l. extending Patera to snake rising from altar, holding scepter
AE Sestertius
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Marcus Aurelius Limes denariusM ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVI
Laureate bust right
IMP VI COS III
Victory seated left holding patera and palm
2.53g
Rome 171-2 AD
RIC 258
Limes denarius
As found dark toning.
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Marcus AureliusIMP M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG
bare head right
PROV DEOR TR P CVI COS III
Providentia standing left holding globe and cornucopiae
Rome 161 AD
3.06g
Ric 50
RSC 519
ex-Calgary coin
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MacrinusIMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG
Laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus right
FELECITAS TEMPORVM
Felicitas standing left holding long caduceus and cornucopiae
Rome 217 AD
2.37g
Sear 7331, RSC 19a, RIC 62
Scarce/Rare: 5 specimens in Reka Devnia Hoard (Cohen 19)
Ex-ANE
Wildwinds speciman #2
Macrinus was the Praetorian prefect during the reign of Caracalla. After hearing a prophecy that he would become Emperor Macrinus feared that Caracalla would have him killed. In order to save his life he arranged Caracalla's assassination and he and his son Diadumenian seized power and were accepted by the senate. Macrinus concluded an unfavourable peace with the Persians. This disgrace, magnified by propaganda of Julia Maesa, Caracalla's aunt, inspired the Syrian legions to revolt. In the ensuing conflict Macrinus was defeated. He fled, only to be betrayed and executed.
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Lucius Verus SestertiusL VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX
Laureate head of Lucius Verus right
TR POT VI IMP IIII COS II SC
Victory standing right holding palm in right hand and shield inscribed VIC PAR
Rome 166 AD
21.73g
Sear 5384 RIC 1456
Ex-ANE
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79 BC L Papius Serrated denariusHead of Juno Sospita right clad in goat's skin control symbal behind (base of column), bead and reel in border
L PAPI
Gryphon leaping right control symbol (Corinthian capital) below, bead and reel border
Trade guild: Builders
3.9g
Rome
79 BC
Sear 311 RRC 89
Ex-Calgary Coin
To see the amazing variety of control marks on this series:
www.bonannocoins.com/l_papius/l_papius_db.php
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79 BC L Papius Serrated denariusHead of Juno Sospita right clad in goat's skin control symbal behind (bakers shovel), bead and reel in border
L PAPI
Gryphon leaping right control symbol (bakers oven) below, bead and reel border
trade guild: cooks and bakers
3.75g
Rome
79 BC
Sear 311 RRC 89
ex-ANE
Plate coin 89:www.bonannocoins.com/l_papius/l_papius_db.php
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Livia DupondiusIVSTITIA
Diad. and draped bust of Livia as Justitia right
TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVG P M TR POT XXIIII around large SC
Rome 22-23AD
12.61g
Sear 1739
Countermark on reverse NCAP?:
There are several interpretations of what this, the most interesting of all Julio-Caludian ctmk., means. The two most likely are:
1. Nero Ceasar Augustus Populi Romani
2. Nero Caesar Augustus Probavit
In the first instance it is a congiarium or public dole given by Nero to the people of Rome. In the second, it is a revalidation of the earlier coins of ones predecessors still in circulation.
Possible is also a later use, eg. by Nerva, or that no emperors name was part of the countermark, Countermark Martini Pangerl Collection 1; 20; 60 depending on subtype
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Licinius FollisLicinius I Follis.
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG
Laureate head right
IOVI CONS-ERVATORI AVGG
Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on a globe & scepter; at feet left, an eagle with a wreath in it's beak, Delta right, SMHT in ex.
Jan-Feb AD 313
Heraclea
RIC VI 73
Ex-ANE
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62 BC L. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus PAVLLVS LEPIDVS CONCORDIA
Veiled and diad. head of Concordia right
Rev. Togate figure of L. Aemilius Paullus standing left touching trophy to left of which stand King Perseus of Macedon and his two sons as captives
TER above, PAVLLVS in ex.
Rome 62 BC
Sear 366
This moneyer was the elder brother of the triumvir M. Aemillius Lepidus
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Mark Antony Legionary Denarius LEG XX ANT AVG III VIR R P C
galley r. mast with banners at prow
Rev LEG XX legionary eagle between two standards
Patrae mint 32-31BC
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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. Jay GT4
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Mark Antony Legionary Denarius LEG XXANT 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.Jay GT4
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Mark Antony Legionary Denarius LEG XVANT AVG III VIR R P C
galley r. mast with banners at prow
LEG XV
legionary eagle between two standards
3.28g
Patrae mint 32-31BC
Founded by Julius Caesar in 54 BC
Known also as the XV Apollinaris meaning "belonging to the god Apollo"
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Mark Antony Legionary Denarius LEG XIXANT AVG III VIR R P C
galley r. mast with banners at prow
LEG XIX
legionary eagle between two standards
Patrae mint 32-31BC
3.37g
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Mark Antony Legionary Denarius LEG XIANT AVG III VIR R P C
galley r. mast with banners at prow
Rev LEG XI legionary eagle between two standards
Patrae mint 32-31BC
ex-Arcade Coins
An Antonian legion which was disbanded or lost its separate identity after the battle of Actium.
The two centurions Titus Pullo and Lucius Vorenus were from Legio XI (not XIII as the series Rome would have us believe). Pullo and Vorenus were fierce rivals for promotion to primus pilus, the most senior centurion in a legion. Both distinguished themselves in 54 BC when the Nervii attacked the legion under Quintus Cicero in their winter quarters in Nervian territory. In an effort to outdo Vorenus, Pullo charged out of the fortified camp and attacked the enemy, but was soon wounded and surrounded. Vorenus followed and engaged his attackers in hand-to-hand combat, killing one and driving the rest back, but lost his footing and was himself soon surrounded. Pullo in turn rescued Vorenus, and after killing several of the enemy, the pair returned to camp amid applause from their comrades.
In the Civil War of 49 BC, Pullo was assigned to the XXIV Victrix Rapax, a new Italian legion commanded by the legate Gaius Antonius. In 48 BC, Antonius was blockaded on an island and forced to surrender. Pullo was apparently responsible for most of his soldiers switching sides to fight for Pompey. Later that year, he is recorded bravely defending Pompey's camp in Greece from Caesar's attack shortly before the Battle of Pharsalus.
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Mark Antony Legionary Denarius LEG V ANT AVG III VIR R P C
galley r. mast with banners at prow
Rev LEG V legionary eagle between two standards
Patrae mint 32-31BC
Legio V Alaudae (also known as Gallica) was the first Roman legion composed of provincial soldiers, as opposed to Roman citizens. Caesar paid the soldiers with his own resources, but the legion was later recognized by the Roman Senate. V Alaudae fought in the Gallic wars until 49 BC, as one of the most brave legions of Caesar, then they were moved to Spain. They served with Mark Antony between 41 and 31 BC and probably fought in Actium. After Antony committed suicide, they were merged into Augustus' army in 30 BC.
Their emblem depicted an elephant and was awarded in 46 BC for bravery against a charge of elephants in the Battle of Thapsus.Jay GT4
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Mark Antony Legionary Denarius LEG VI ANT AVG III VIR R P C
galley r. mast with banners at prow
Rev LEG VI legionary eagle between two standards
Patrae mint 32-31BC
The photo appears to show this as LEG VII but in hand you can see that the second I is a scratch
Background History on the VI Legion
Raised in Cisalpine Gaul in 58 BC by Julius Caesar, the Sixth Legion served with him during his tenure as governor and was withdrawn to Spain in 49 BC where it earned the title “Hispaniensis”.
Later seeing action at Pharsalus in 48 BC, Julius Caesar took the 6th to Alexandria to settle the dispute in Egypt with Cleopatra. Alexandria was laid to siege and the 6th was almost wiped out losing almost two thirds of its entire manpower. Julius Caesar eventually triumphed when reinforcements arrived.
Julius Caesar took his “Veteran Sixth Legion” with him to Syria and Pontus. The Legion then served in Pontus under Caesar in 48 BC and 47 BC. This culminated in the battle of Zela where victory was won by Legio VI.
During Caesar’s African war against Scipio, the Sixth Legion deserted en masse from Scipio to reinforce Caesar and fought under him.
The legion was disbanded in 45 BC after Munda establishing a colony at Arelate (Arles), but was re-formed by Lepidus the following year (44 BC) and given over to Marcus Antonius the year after that. Following the defeat of the republican generals Cassius and Brutus in successive battles at Philippi in 42 BC and the subsequent division of control between Antony and Octavian, a colony was again formed from retired veterans at Beneventum in 41 BC (this is the colony which it is believed became Legio VI Victrix) and the remainder of Legio VI Ferrata was taken by Antony to the East where it garrisoned Judea.
Legio VI fought in the Parthian War in 36 BC.
Another Legio VI Victrix evidently saw action at Perusia in 41 BC, which presents us with a problem because the official Legio VI Ferrata was at that moment with Anthony in the East. This is explained in Lawrence Keppie's excellent book The Making of the Roman Army - from Republic to Empire (pp.134); “Octavian did not hesitate to duplicate legionary numerals already in use by Antony. The latter had serving with him legio V Alaudae, legio VI Ferrata and legio X Equestris. Soon we find Octavian's army boasting of a legio V (the later Macedonica), legio VI (the later Victrix) and legio X (soon to be Fretensis). Of these, legio V and legio X, and less certainly legio VI, bore under the empire a bull-emblem which would normally indicate a foundation by Caesar; but the true Caesarian legions with these numerals (Alaudae, Ferrata and Equestris) were with Antony.”
It would seem, therefore, that Octavian had again used the veterans of Caesars Sixth Legion, this time from those left at Beneventum, to form the core of his own Sixth Legion used at Perusia.
Both Legio VI’s (Ferrata and Victrix) fought at the Battle of Actium, after this event the legio VI Ferrata was dispatched back to Judea and the next time we hear of the legio VI Victrix was in Spain.
Legio VI Ferrata was severely mauled at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC by the forces loyal to Caesar's nephew and heir, Octavian. Following the Battle of Actium, another colony of veterans seems to have been created at Byllis, probably together with soldiers from other legions, and the remainder of VI Ferrata was moved to Syria/Judea where it was to remain.
From 9 BC to 73 AD the VI Ferrata was garrisoned the area of Judea. It was in this time frame that Jesus Christ was tried before Pontius Pilatus, the Roman Governor of Judea.
From 54 AD to 68 AD the Legion served under Corbulo at Artaxata and Tigranocerta against the Parthians. In 69 AD the Legion returned to Judea and fought in the Jewish Civil War. As the Jewish Civil War wound down, the sixth was placed under Mucianis and fought against Vitellius. Legion VI was largely responsible for Mucianis victory over the forces of Vitellius during the brief Roman Civil War .
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Mark Antony Legionary Denarius LEG III ANT AVG III VIR R P C
galley r. mast with banners at prow
LEG III
legionary eagle between two standards
Patrae mint 32-31BC
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Legio III Gallica was levied by Julius Caesar around 49 BC, for his civil war against the conservative republicans led by Pompey.
The legion took part in all Julius Caesar's campaigns against his enemies, including the battles of Pharsalus and Munda. Following Caesar's death, III Gallica was integrated in the army of Mark Antony for his campaigns against the Parthians. They were included in the army levied by Fulvia and Lucius Antonius (Antony's wife and brother) to oppose Octavian, but ended by surrendering in Perugia, in the winter of 41 BC. After the battle of Actium and Antony's suicide, the III Gallica was sent again to the East, where they garrisoned the province of Syria.
III Gallica was used in Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo's campaign against the Parthians over the control of Armenia (63). Corbulo's successes triggered emperor Nero's paranoia of persecution and eventually the general was forced to commit suicide. After this, III Gallica is transferred to Moesia province, in the Danube border.Jay GT4
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Mark Antony Legionary Denarius LEG XIIIANT AVG III VIR R P C
galley r. mast with banners at prow
Rev LEG XIII legionary eagle between two standards
Patrae mint 32-31BC
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Purchased as a low budget LEG XII upon viewing in hand it is definately a 13th Legion
Legio XIII was levied by Julius Caesar in 57 BC, before marching against the Belgae, in one of his early interventions in intra-Gallic conflicts.
During the Gallic wars (58-51 BC), Legio XIII was present at the Battle against the Nervians, the siege of Gergovia, and while not specifically mentioned in the sources, it is not unreasonable to assume that Legio XIII was also present for the Battle of Alesia.
Forced to choose either the end of his political career, or civil war, Caesar brought Legio XIII across the Rubicon river and into Italy. The legion remained faithful to Caesar during the resulting civil war between Caesar and the conservative Optimates faction of the senate, whose legions were commanded by Pompey. Legio XIII was active throughout the entire war, fighting at Dyrrhachium (48 BC) and Pharsalus (48 BC). After the decisive victory over Pompey at Pharsalus, the legion was to be disbanded, and the legionaries "pensioned off" with the traditional land grants; however, the legion was recalled for the Battle of Thapsus (46 BC) and the final Battle of Munda (45 BC). After Munda, Caesar disbanded the legion, retired his veterans, and gave them farmlands in Italy.
Reconstituted by Octavian in 41 BC.
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Mark Antony Legionary Denarius LEG VII ANT AVG III VIR R P C
galley r. mast with banners at prow
LEG VII
legionary eagle between two standards
Patrae mint 32-31BC
Legio VII Claudia Pia Fidelis (faithful and loyal Claudian legion) dates back to the four legions used by Julius Caesar in his Gallic Wars and played a crucial role in The Battle of Pharsalus in 58 BC, and it existed at least until the end of the 4th century, guarding middle Danube. The emblem of this legion, as well as of all Caesar's legions, was the bull, together with the lion.
Legio VII was one of the two legions used in Caesar's invasions of Britain.
Tiberius Claudius Maximus the Roman soldier who brought the head of Decebalus to emperor Trajan was serving in Legio VII Claudia.
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Mark Antony Legionary denarius LEG IIIIANT AVG III VIR R P C
galley r. mast with banners at prow
LEG IIII
legionary eagle between two standards
3.22g
Patrae mint 32-31BC
Sear Imperator's 353; Crawford 544/16; Cohen 29
Ex-Gutierrez Ruesga Spain
RARE
This type with LEG IIII rather than LEG IV is quite rare. No examples were found in the Delos Hoard of 1905
In its first years, the whereabouts of IV Scythica are uncertain, although it is probable that it took part in Antony's campaign against the Parthians. The name suggests that it fought against the Scythians. After the battle of Actium and Antony's suicide, Octavian transferred IV Scythica to the Danube province of Moesia. The legion is reported to have taken part in civilian tasks, such as the building and keeping of roads. In his youth, future emperor Vespasian served in this legion.
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