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    Nero AE of Akko-Ptolemais. Founding father/priest ploughing with oxen, 4 vexillia inscribed III, VI, X, XI

    Example of a provincial coin to make reference to Legionary veterens settled in the colony. Mainly from Spain and the East of the Empire.

    In addition to these local coins, the big coin series of
    1) Marc Antony covering legions I-XXIII, of
    2) Septimius Severus for the legions supporting his claim to the throne, and
    3) of Gallienus to honor the Legions sending detachments to his field army
    cover most Roman legions known to us.
     
    Legions covered with coins in the RNG:

    CHORTIUM PRAETORIARUM of Marcus Antonius, COH PRAET of Gallienus
    CHORTIS SPECULATORUM
    LEG I ADIUTRIX   (Brigetio, Pannonia Inferior = Hungary)
    LEG I GERMANICA (Spain, later Bonna , Germania Inferior = Bonn, Germany, till 69 AD)
    LEG I MINERVA   (Bonna, Germania Inferior = Bonn, Germany)
    LEG I ITALICA   (Novae, Moesia Inferior = Bulgaria)
    LEG I PARTHICA (Singara, Moesopotamia)
    LEG II (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)
    LEG II ADIUTRIX   (Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior = Budapest, Hungary)
    LEG II AUGUSTA   (Isca, Britannia = Wales, UK)
    LEG II ITALICA   (Lauriacum, near Linz, Austria)
    LEG II Parthica   (Alba near Rome)
    LEG II TRAIANA   (near Alexandria / Egypt)
    LEG III AUGUSTA   (Northern Africa)
    LEG III CYRENAICA (Bostra, Arabia)
    LEG III ITALICA   (Castra Regina, Raetia = Regensburg, Germany)
    LEG III GALLICA   (Raphanea, Syria)
    LEG III PARTHICA  (Rhesaena, Mesopotamia)
    LEG IIII FLAVIA   (Singidunum, Moesia Superior = Belgrade, Yugoslavia)
    LEG IV MACEDONICA (in Northern Spain and in Mogontiacum / Germania superior)
    LEG IV Scythica   (Zeugma, Syria)
    LEG V ALAUDAE   (Vetera, Germania Inferior = Xanten, Germany)
    LEG V MACEDONICA   (Potaissa, Dacia = Rumania)
    LEG VI FERRATA    (Legio, Judea = Israel)
    LEG VI VALERIA VICTRIX (Northern Spain and later Eburacum = York, Britannia)
    LEG VII (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)
    LEG VII CLAUDIA   (Viminacium, Moesia Superior = Yugoslavia)
    LEG VIII (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)
    LEG VIII AUGUSTA   (Argentorate, Germania Superior = Straßburg, Alsace)
    LEG VIIII and IX  (The 9th legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)

    		 LEG X GEMINA  (Vindobona, Pannonia Superior = Wien, Austria)
    LEG X Fretensis   (Jerusalem, Judea)
    LEG XI (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)
    LEG XI CLAUDIA    (Durosturum, Moesia Inferior = Bulgaria)
    LEG XII FULMINATA   (Melitene, Cappadocia = Turkey)
    LEG XII ANTIQVAE  (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)
    LEG XIII GEMINA   (Apulum, Dacia = Rumania, later Ratiaria, Dacia Ripensis = Bulgaria)
    LEG XIIII and LEG XIV (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)
    LEG XIIII GEMINA    (Mogontiacum/Germania Superior, later Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior = Austria)
    LEG XV (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)
    LEG XV APOLLINARIS    (Satala, Cappadocia, Turkey, XVA countermark on local AE coin)
    LEG XV PRIMIGENIA  (Vetera, Xanten, Germany)
    LEG XVI      (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)
    LEG XVI FLAVIA FIRMA   (Samosata, Commagene)
    LEG XVII     (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)
    LEG XVII CLASSICAE (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)
    LEG XVIII    (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)
    LEG XVIII  LYBICAE  (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)
    LEG XIX  and XVIIII    (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)
    LEG XX       (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)
    LEG XXI      (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)
    LEG XXII    (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)
    LEG XXII PRIMIGENIA   (sometimes as LEG IIXX, Mogontiacum, Germania Superior = Mainz, Germany)
    LEG XXIII   (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)
    LEG XXX ULPIA TRAJANA   (Vetera, Germania Inferior = Xanten, Germany)

     

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