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RSC 42 of Marc Antony

Mark Antony. 32-31 BC. AR Legionary Denarius. Praetorian galley right / LEG XIII, legionary eagle between two standards. Cr544/27; Syd 1232a.

Lot No.3481. gFine. 3.3g.

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The thirteenth legion was recruited by Julius Caesar in 57 BCE, during the war in Gaul, before he attacked the Belgians. He implies the existence of a thirteenth legion in his account of the battle against the Nervians, describes how it encountered the Aremoricans and states that it was present during the siege of Gergovia.

During the civil war against Pompey, the men were with Caesar when he crossed the Rubico in January 49. The Thirteenth was the legion with which, as the historian Livy said, Caesar assailed the world.

See the whole interesting story of Legion XIII HERE.

Marc Antony, born in 83 BC, was Julius Caesar's closest associate, helping him conquer Gaul, and then avenging his death by defeating Brutus and the other assassins at the Battle of Philipi. He formed the Second Triumvirate with Octavian and Lepidus, taking over the province of Asia, but he ultimately was defeated by his erstwhile brother-in-law at the battle of Actium in 30 BC and committed suicide with his girfriend Cleopatra.