LEG X Gemina - LEG XXX Ulpia Traiana
 
 

LEG X GEMINA (Vindobona, Pannonia Superior = Wien, Austria)

Marcus Antonius

Augustus-Tiberius (while in Northern Spain), together with Legio IV Macedonica and VI Valeria Victrix

together with Legio V Alaudae

Legio X Gemina is thought to have been opposed (or at least not supportive) to Septimius Severus' claim to the throne, and is thus not honored with a denarius by him. Severus was the commander of the neighbouring Legion XIIII Gemina, Carnuntum and Vienna being less than a day trip apart.

Gallienus Antoninianus

The following coin from Patras in Greece under Claudius makes referencce to veterans of a Legio X (either Gemina or more likely Fretensis) and a Legio XII, likely the XII Fulminata)

LEG X Fretensis (Jerusalem, Judea)
legionary countermark LXF
Countermark LXF Bull/dolphin, and Galley, other side Emperor's head, see also Countermark Section

LEG XI (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)

Marcus Antonius

LEG XI CLAUDIA  (Durosturum, Moesia Inferior = Bulgaria)

Septimius Severus

Gallienus

LEG XI Claudia denarius with error LIG XI CL

LEG XII FULMINATA  (Melitene, Cappadocia = Turkey)

Marcus Antonius

countermark of Legio XII Fulminata

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 = Bulgaria / Dacia Ripensis)

Marcus Antonius

minted in Emesa (mint error, should read XIIII GEM MV)

 

Provincia Dacia, Gordian III and Philippus I, Eagle (V) and Lion (XIII) as legionary symbols, both legions were based in Dacia

 

LEG XIIII and LEG XIV (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)
XIIII
XIIII

XIV
XIV, Marcus Antonius

LEG XIIII GEMINA Martia Victrix  (Mogontiacum/Germania Superior, later Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior = Austria), the most common of the Septimius Severus Series, as this legion had first proclaimed him emperor
the rare Aureus

early portrait style
later portrait style

minted in Emesa

Antoninianus from Mediolanum of Gallienus

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)
countermark LXVA

LEG XVI (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)
Marcus Antonius

LEG XVI Flavia Firma (Samosata, Commagene)
see below the symbol of this legion, a pegasus, on a regional coin from Samosata under Philip II

 

LEG XVII (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)

Marcus Antonius

LEG XVII CLASSICAE (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)

Marcus Antonius

LEG XVIII  (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)

Marcus Antonius

LEG XVIII  LYBICAE  (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)

Marcus Antonius

LEG XIX or XVIIII  (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)
XVIIII, very rare
XIX
XIX    Marcus Antonius

LEG XX (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)


Marcus Antonius

LEG XXI (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)

Marcus Antonius

LEG XXII (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)

Marcus Antonius

LEG XXII PRIMIGENIA  (under Gallienus sometimes shown as LEG IIXX, Mogontiacum, Germania Superior = Mainz, Germany)
LEG XXII,  Septimius Severus
 

the rarest type of the Severus series is the LEG XXII PRI

LEG IIXX of Gallienus

LEG XXIII (This legion of Marcus Antonius cannot be linked beyond doubt to an imperial legion)

Marcus Antonius
 

LEG XXX ULPIA TRAJANA  (Vetera, Germania Inferior = Xanten, Germany)

Septimius Severus

Victorinus for Legio XXX Ulpia Traiana
 

LIMES FALSA hybrid combining a late Commodus obverse and a (early) Severus reverse of the legionary series. Such hybrids are not uncommon along the Danube limes. It is not clear if these coins were local contemporary forgeries, or semi-official coins to ease the shortage of coins in those remote regions (with a high demand of money due to the strong military forces needed to defend the northern border)

See here for more "barbaric" Imitations of Roman coins