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Crawford 544/20, Marc Antony, for Legio VII, Denarius, 32-31 BC.
Marc Antony, for Legio VII (Paterna, later: Claudia), Patras mint (?), 32-31 BC.,
Denarius (18-19 mm / 3.42 g),
Obv.: above: [ANT A]VG , below: III VIR R P C , praetorian galley right with scepter tied with fillet on prow.
Rev.: [L]EG - VII , Aquila (legionary eagle) between two military standards.
Crawf. 544/20 ; BMC 198 ; Sear 357 ; Syd. 1224 .

Most likely minted in Patrae, Marc Antony's winter headquarters.
Legio VII was one of the two legions used in Caesar's invasions of Britain. Legio VII was disbanded and re-enlisted by Augustus 51–44 BC as Legio VII Paterna.
It dates back to the four legions used by Julius Caesar in his Gallic Wars and played a crucial role in The Battle of Pharsalus in 58 BC. It existed at least until the end of the 4th century, guarding middle Danube. The emblem of this legion, as well as of all Caesar's legions, was the bull, together with the lion.
Later renamed Legio VII Claudia Pia Fidelis (faithful and loyal Claudian legion) or Séptima claudia (= Claudius' Seventh) VII Claudia was awarded its title by Emperor Claudius (ruled 41-54) for loyalty during Scribonianus' mutiny in 42 AD.
Castra of Legio VII: 31BC-c9AD Galatia; c-9-c58 Dalmatia; 58-late 4thC Viminacium (Moesia Superior) (Kostolac, Serbia)

Another (but later) Legio VII Gemina ("Twin") was a second (twin-)legion with this numeral Its full name was Legio VII Gemina Felix. VII Gemina dates back to the year of the four emperors (69), when the governor of Hispania Tarraconensis, Galba, levied a legion to march on Rome. The legion was still in the city called Legio VII Gemina (modern León) in Hispania Tarraconensis at the end of the fourth century. The emblem of this legion is unknown.
Tacitus calls the legion "Galbiana", to distinguish it from the old Legio VII Claudia, but this appellation is not found on any inscriptions. It appears to have received the appellation of "Gemina" on account of its amalgamation by Vespasian with one of the German legions, not improbably the Legio I Germanica.

After serving in Pannonia, and in the civil wars, it was settled by Vespasian in Hispania Tarraconensis, to supply the place of the Legio VI Victrix and Legio X Gemina, two of the three legions ordinarily stationed in the province, but which had been withdrawn to Germania. That its regular winter quarters, under later emperors, were at Leon, we learn from the Antonine Itinerary, Ptolemy, and the Notitia Imperii, as well as from a few inscriptions; but there are numerous inscriptions to prove that a strong detachment of it was stationed at Tarraco (modern Tarragona), the chief city of the province. The following are a selection, in order of time.
In the inscriptions the legion has the surnames of "P. F. ANTONINIANA", "P. F. ALEXANDRIANA", and "P. F. SEVERIANA ALEXANDRIANA"; and its name occurs in a Greek inscription as ΛΕΤ. Ζ. ΔΙΔύμη, while another mentions a χιλίαρχον ἐν Ἱσπανίᾳ λεγεῶνος ἑβδόμης. There is an inscription in which is found a "Tribunus Militum LEG. VII. GEMINAE FELICIS IN GERMANIA", from a comparison of which with two inscriptions found in Germany, it has been inferred that the legion was employed on an expedition into Germany under Alexander Severus, and that this circumstance gave rise to the erroneous designation of Γερμανική in the text of Ptolemy.
The station of this legion in Asturias grew into an important city that after the invasions of 409 AD in Spain, became part of the Suevic Kingdom, which resisted the attacks of the Visigoths til 586, when it was taken by Leovigild; and it was one of the few cities which the Visigoths allowed to retain their fortifications.
Schlüsselwörter: Marcus Antonius Marc Antony Legio Patras Galley Aquila Legionary Eagle Standards

Crawford 544/20, Marc Antony, for Legio VII, Denarius, 32-31 BC.

Marc Antony, for Legio VII (Paterna, later: Claudia), Patras mint (?), 32-31 BC.,
Denarius (18-19 mm / 3.42 g),
Obv.: above: [ANT A]VG , below: III VIR R P C , praetorian galley right with scepter tied with fillet on prow.
Rev.: [L]EG - VII , Aquila (legionary eagle) between two military standards.
Crawf. 544/20 ; BMC 198 ; Sear 357 ; Syd. 1224 .

Most likely minted in Patrae, Marc Antony's winter headquarters.
Legio VII was one of the two legions used in Caesar's invasions of Britain. Legio VII was disbanded and re-enlisted by Augustus 51–44 BC as Legio VII Paterna.
It dates back to the four legions used by Julius Caesar in his Gallic Wars and played a crucial role in The Battle of Pharsalus in 58 BC. It existed at least until the end of the 4th century, guarding middle Danube. The emblem of this legion, as well as of all Caesar's legions, was the bull, together with the lion.
Later renamed Legio VII Claudia Pia Fidelis (faithful and loyal Claudian legion) or Séptima claudia (= Claudius' Seventh) VII Claudia was awarded its title by Emperor Claudius (ruled 41-54) for loyalty during Scribonianus' mutiny in 42 AD.
Castra of Legio VII: 31BC-c9AD Galatia; c-9-c58 Dalmatia; 58-late 4thC Viminacium (Moesia Superior) (Kostolac, Serbia)

Another (but later) Legio VII Gemina ("Twin") was a second (twin-)legion with this numeral Its full name was Legio VII Gemina Felix. VII Gemina dates back to the year of the four emperors (69), when the governor of Hispania Tarraconensis, Galba, levied a legion to march on Rome. The legion was still in the city called Legio VII Gemina (modern León) in Hispania Tarraconensis at the end of the fourth century. The emblem of this legion is unknown.
Tacitus calls the legion "Galbiana", to distinguish it from the old Legio VII Claudia, but this appellation is not found on any inscriptions. It appears to have received the appellation of "Gemina" on account of its amalgamation by Vespasian with one of the German legions, not improbably the Legio I Germanica.

After serving in Pannonia, and in the civil wars, it was settled by Vespasian in Hispania Tarraconensis, to supply the place of the Legio VI Victrix and Legio X Gemina, two of the three legions ordinarily stationed in the province, but which had been withdrawn to Germania. That its regular winter quarters, under later emperors, were at Leon, we learn from the Antonine Itinerary, Ptolemy, and the Notitia Imperii, as well as from a few inscriptions; but there are numerous inscriptions to prove that a strong detachment of it was stationed at Tarraco (modern Tarragona), the chief city of the province. The following are a selection, in order of time.
In the inscriptions the legion has the surnames of "P. F. ANTONINIANA", "P. F. ALEXANDRIANA", and "P. F. SEVERIANA ALEXANDRIANA"; and its name occurs in a Greek inscription as ΛΕΤ. Ζ. ΔΙΔύμη, while another mentions a χιλίαρχον ἐν Ἱσπανίᾳ λεγεῶνος ἑβδόμης. There is an inscription in which is found a "Tribunus Militum LEG. VII. GEMINAE FELICIS IN GERMANIA", from a comparison of which with two inscriptions found in Germany, it has been inferred that the legion was employed on an expedition into Germany under Alexander Severus, and that this circumstance gave rise to the erroneous designation of Γερμανική in the text of Ptolemy.
The station of this legion in Asturias grew into an important city that after the invasions of 409 AD in Spain, became part of the Suevic Kingdom, which resisted the attacks of the Visigoths til 586, when it was taken by Leovigild; and it was one of the few cities which the Visigoths allowed to retain their fortifications.

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