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Hey fellow posters
I found a reference on the Forum Ancient Coins site that says that Marc Antony had 23 legions with him in Egypt and he struck coins for all of them, possibly using silver from Cleopatra's treasury. This sounds like there should be a straight run of 23 legions depicted on the coins, so all you completists out there have a chance at getting a full run.
Gad, that makes only another 19 for me to go...lol!
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Well, then there are the Fleet coins struck by Anthony (according to Andrew McCabe there are 51 coins in a full set of these). Then there are the coins struck for the Praetorian Guards and the coins struck for his Recon/intelligence Legion (which I have been searching for in an affordable price for a long time now.
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HOLY C..P JW! Seems like there are more than enough Marc Antony's to go around! The fleet coins you are talking about, are they the ones with the galley's that I have been talking about in this thread? If so, there must have been several different legions that are represented by more than one reverse? Holy Moly! And a Recon unit as well. I bet that one is hard to find at a decent price, yes?
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The one coin that has eluded me is his denarius to the Cohort Speculatores. Speculatores and Exploratores were the scouts and reconnaissance element of the Roman army. In both the legions and in the praetorian camp, speculatores were initially scouts but became bodyguards, couriers, law-enforcers, and sometimes executioners. Exploratores were tasked to keep watch on enemy movements in the field. Both occupations could require the wearing of 'plain clothes' and may therefore be deemed spies (Occulta speculator/ speculatrix). To a certain extent (but only to an extent) speculatores may be deemed 'internal security' and exploratores 'external security.' However, the Roman Empire lasted a very long time and various espionage units, including the infamous frumentarii created by Hadrian to suppress internal dissent came and went throughout its history. Interesting, no? Also, the Fleet coins are not the ones we have posted here. These coins are extremely hard to find and very expensive if you do find any. You can see a complete set put together by Andrew McCabe at this link: http://andrewmccabe.ancients.info/#Jan11 |
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I really would like to have a decent Marcus Antonius legionary denarius one day, even one of the more common ones. But alas, they are expensive according to my budget.
That's a lot of good information there, JW. Thanks.
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I'm with Gil-galad JW, very good stuff. Definetly bookmarked that link. Thank you.
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United States
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OK, the Leg XX Denarius by PalMax Collections sold for $81, a full 20% below a C Note. Still there are others due to close in the next day or so that as of now are running somewhat cheaper. We'll see.
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Sorry didn't see your post JW. That is better than a C note for sure. I have no doubt you'll find one in that price range. We'll see what that group of 'Galley's' go for here in a couple of days. Thanks my friend!
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Wow, fantastic info, JW! That opens up my world of "needers" for sure.
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wow jwharper, that's a great link!! (thanks) ... gorgeo US coins |
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Don't count your set complete without a 200th anniversary special. Who would like to show off by explaining why the obverse legends above the ship were not copied directly from the originals?  |
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Yeah JW. Although $46 was a good price, that one was maybe a bit less detailed than what I had in mind. But I get your point. Considerably less than 100 bucks.
dougsmit, are you saying this one is a fake? It looks pretty real to me. Very detailed though. Too much?
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Well the XII went for 90 bucks JW. I was soooo tempted to go with that C note, but didn't. Then the III was going for 130 and I was soooo tempted to bid 150, and didn't. It went for 148 bucks.
Well, I didn't let that old adrenaline get to me this time, although it was close.
I was actually looking for either the V, X, XII or XV. As these were the legions that sieged Jerusalem in 70 AD under Titus. Biblical thing. I know that those legions and the legions were 100 years apart, but....
So we still have a few weeks to go to find me a nice one under $75 my friend!
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