Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1224. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MARK ANTONY. 32-31 BC. AR Legionary Denarius (3.72 gm). Patrae(?) mint. Galley right / LEG V, legionary aquila between two standards. Crawford 544/18; CRI 354; Sydenham 1221; RSC 32. Good VF, good metal, overstruck on an uncertain type. ($500)

Raised in 52 BC by Caesar in Transalpine Gaul with local troops, the legio V Alaudae fought with him at Pharsalus, Thapsus, and Munda. Reconsituted by Antony in 44 BC upon the dictator's death, it fought at Mutina and Philippi. After Actium, it was incorporated into Octavian's reorganization of the army, thereupon serving in Spain and along the Rhine