Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.70 g, 6 h), military mint moving with Mark Antony (Patrae?), 32-31. ANT•AVG / III VIR•R•P•C Galley right, with scepter tied with fillet on prow. Rev. LEG - IX Aquila between two signa. Babelon (Antonia) 116. Crawford 544/23. CRI 359. RBW -. Sydenham 1227. An exceptionally attractive piece, very well struck on a full flan, beautifully toned, and with a fine pedigree. Very minor areas of weakness, otherwise, extremely fine.



An obscure unit, Antony's Legio IX was not identical with the famed Legio IX Hispana. The latter was an older unit, which we can trace back to the Social War (91-87 BC), and which would fight on Octavian's side at Actium. In Antony's legionary series, his ninth is alternately rendered as VIIII and IX.