Lot 4784

Description

Mark Antony, (32-31 B.C.), silver denarius, mint moving with Mark Antony, (2.95 g), obv. praetorian galley to right with rowers etc., around ANT [AVG] III VIR. R.P.C., rev. legionary eagle between two standards, LEG X below, (cf.S.1479, Sear Imperators 361, Cr.544/24, Syd.1228, RSC Mark Antony 38). Worn, cleaned, with a banker's mark, otherwise nearly fine.

Ex Dr. Adrian Carr Collection and purchased from Guy Clark in 2001.
It is not clear if this legion was a continuance of Caesar's beloved 10th Legion that he took as his own favoured Legion above all others. It was later called Gemina and believed created in 59 B.C. Malter argues 'The legio X Gemina, previously a Caesarian legion, joined Antony's forces after being reformed by Lepidus. They served in the east before the battle of Actium'. See note above.