Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Denarius (Silver, 20 mm, 3.80 g, 11 h), military mint moving with Mark Antony (Patrae?), 32-31 BC. ANT•AVG / III•VIR•R•P•C Galley to right, with scepter tied with fillet on prow. Rev. LEG VII Aquila between two signa. Babelon (Antonia) 113. Crawford 544/20. RBW 1842. Sydenham 1224. Some marks and the obverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, very fine.


Nothing is known of this obscure legion, which presumably must have been raised by Antony and disbanded by Octavian after Actium, with these coins forming the only testimony of its existence. It should not be confused with Legio VII Claudia, one of Julius Caesar's original units, which went on to serve Octavian.