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Monthly Auction 271933  –  19 August 2019

Heritage Auctions, Monthly Auction 271933

Ancient Coin Selections from the Morris Collection, Part II

Mo, 19.08.2019, from 3:00 AM CEST
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Marc Antony, as Triumvir and Imperator (43-30 BC). AR denarius (19mm, 3.30 gm, 6h). VF, overstruck. Legionary issue, mint moving with Antony in Greece (Aegae or Patrae), 32-31 BC. ANT•AVG-III•VIR•R•P•C, war galley under oar right with triple ram prow and scepter tied with fillet / LEG-III, aquila right between two signa. Crawford 544/15. CRI 350. RSC 28. There were several 3rd legions, but Legio tertia Augusta might have been the Republican 3rd Legion, which served under Pompey during his civil war against Julius Caesar (49-45 BC), and under Octavian in the civil war against Marc Antony.

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