Roman Legions in the RNG
Pages on Legions:
Coins for Legio I - IX
Coins for Legio X - XXX
Legionary Countermarks on Coins
Brick Stamps of Legions
List of Legionary Artefacts in the RNG: (click on link to get to the coin or artefact)
| Legion | Coin | Countermark | Brickstamp | Other Artefacts |
| Coh Praetoria | Click | |||
| Coh Speculatorum | Click | |||
| I Adiutrix | Click | Click | ||
| I Germanica | Click | |||
| I Italica | Click | |||
| I Minerva | Click | Click | ||
| I Parthica | Click | |||
| II | Click | Click | ||
| II Adiutrix | Click | Click | ||
| II Augusta | Click | Click | ||
| II Italica | Click | Click | ||
| II Parthica | Click | |||
| II Traiana | Click | |||
| III Augusta | Click | |||
| III Cyrenaica | Click | |||
| III Gallica | Click | |||
| III Italica | Click | Click | ||
| III Parthica | Click | |||
| IIII Flavia | Click | |||
| IIII Macedonica | Click | Click | ||
| IIII Scythica | Click | |||
| V Alaudae | Click | |||
| V Macedonica | Click | Click | ||
| VI Ferrata | Click | Click | ||
| VI Victrix | Click | Click | Click | |
| VII | Click | |||
| VII Claudia | Click | Click | ||
| VII Gemina | Click | |||
| VIII | Click | |||
| VIII Augusta | Click | Click | ||
| IX | Click | |||
| IX Hispania | Click | |||
| X Fretensis | Click | Click | ||
| X Gemina | Click | Click | Click | |
| XI | Click | |||
| XI Claudia | Click | |||
| XII Antiqua | Click | |||
| XII Fulminata | Click | Click | ||
| XIII | Click (Slingshot) | |||
| XIII Gemina | Click | Click | ||
| XIIII Gemina | Click | Click | ||
| XV | Click | Click | ||
| XV Apollinaris | Click | Click | ||
| XV Primigenia | Click | |||
| XVI | Click | |||
| XVI Flavia | Click | |||
| XVI Gallica | Click | |||
| XVII | Click | |||
| XVII Classica | Click | |||
| XVIII | Click | |||
| XVIII Lybica | Click | |||
| XIX | Click | Click
(Artillery) Click
(Lead-bar)
Click (Grafitti) |
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| XX | Click | |||
| XX Valeria | Click | |||
| XXI | Click | |||
| XXI Rapax | Click | |||
| XXII | Click | |||
| XXII Primigenia | Click | Click | ||
| XXIII | Click | |||
| XXX Ulpia Traiana | Click | Click |
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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