Featured Victory Over Parthia

Wow that's a stunning coin, great writeup too.

Other coins posted in this thread are a treat too.

 

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For me it has to be Septimius Severus also declaring victory over Parthia.

Septimius Severus denarius
Obv:– L SEP SEVERVS PER AVG PIV IMP XI PAR P M, laureate head right
Rev:– AR AD [T]R P VI COS II P P, Victory walking left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left
Eastern mint. A.D. 198
Reference:– BMCRE page 280 *, citing RD page 105. RIC 494a corr.

Very rare.

 

Or this one...

Septimius Severus denarius
Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II, Laureate head right
Rev:– VICT AVG, Victory walking left, holding wreath in both hands
Minted in Emesa, A.D. 194 - 195
References:– RIC 426 (Rated Rare), RSC 675d. BMCRE 401.

Ex Roger Bickford-Smith Collection, CNG 47, lot 1708. Ex Barry Murphy Collection

 

All these coins showing Roman Victories over Persia.

Here is a small collection of mine that I consider a minor victory.

 

I also like Victory coins that list the defeated. Martin's coin is from Laodicea and reverse to the Arabs and Adiabeni as AR AD. Mine is Alexandria and spells things out a bit more but my flan is small and loses part of it. At least I have DIAB clear. Who has another of these? Barry Murphy had a couple with some different letters but I do not know who bought them. This is not a common one.
ARAB ADIAB COS II PP


Similar coins were also issued from Rome. They are more common but not always in that great of shape either.
ARAB ADIAB


My Laodicea has different legends. These must have been understood by enough people that a couple letters made the meaning clear???
PAR . AR . AD

 

My Alexandrian one is very scruffy.



What about spelling the ARAB ADIABENIC even further:-

Septimius Severus denarius
Obv:– L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VII-I, Laureate head right
Rev:– ARAB ADIABENIC, Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm (R of ARAB corrected over B)
Minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare. A.D. 196-197
Ref:– Cohen -, BMCRE -, RIC -.

The reverse refers to victory over Niger. To hide the fact that this was a civil war, it is phrased as victory over Arabs and Adiabenians, who aided Niger's cause.




or this one matching the abover where the engraver forgot to engrace the palm:-



RIC IV 466 has the same reverse legend, listed as IMP VII but as has been pointed out this legend is probably a mis-reading of IMP VIII probably caused by the last I being after the bust as on this example. RIC 466 however is Victory with wreath and trophy whereas this type is Victory with wreath and palm. RIC and BMCRE cite Cohen 52 (5 Francs) for this coin.

 

This denarius commemorates the defeat of the Greeks. (notice the trouncing of the Macedonian shield.)

19.3mm x 3.82 grams
s.126 BC Rome Mint.

 

CONSTANTINE I
AE Follis
OBVERSE: CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head right
REVERSE: SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory advancing right, holding trophy on right arm, branch in left hand, spurning captive seated on ground right, head turned back, STR(cresent) in ex (unpublished mintmark).
Struck at Trier 323-4 AD
2.8g, 19.4mm
RIC 435v

 

Nice coin.

I think that this coin is among the last Roman coins celebrating a defeat of an enemy (in this case, the Sarmatians).

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Stunning coin and great write up as usual AJ. One coin I have that might make an addition to this thread is this example of a Trajan with Victory reverse.

Trajan; 98-117 AD
Bronze; AS 27mm/10.4g
OBV: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM PE Laureate Bust Draped R
REV: TR POT COS III PP Victory walking L holding shield w SQOR inscribed and palm (RIC 417, Cohen 628)

 

WOW! I want that coin, AncientJoe! Fabulous find! I would love to know where I can find a comparable coin to that. My only criticism is you did not tell us how much it costs. Is that your dirty, little secret? Ha, ha!

 

To stay on the subjet of victories on coins, and still for Octavian/Augustus, a victory I particularly like :


Octavian, Denarius Italian mint, possibly Rome, 31-30 BC
Anepigraph, bare head of Octavian left
CAESAR - DIVI F, Victory standing right on globe, holding wreath
3.84 gr
Ref : HCRI # 408, RCV # 1552v, Cohen # 66, RIC # 255
The following comment is taken from CNG, sale 84 # 957 :
"Following his victory at Actium, Octavian ordered a golden statue of Victory, standing on a globe and holding a wreath and palm, to be set up on an altar in the Curia in Rome. This statue had been captured by the Romans from Pyrrhus in 272 BC, and it assumed a somewhat tutelary mystique, protecting the Roman state from dissolution. In AD 382, the emperor Gratian ordered its removal. Two years later, the senator and orator Symmachus urged Valentinian II to replace it, a request that was met with stiff opposition from the bishop of Milan, Ambrose. Though it was briefly returned to its place by the usurper Eugenius, it was again removed following his defeat. Petitions to Theodosius I for its subsequent replacement were refused, on grounds that the once-important symbol of the gods’ blessing on the Roman Empire was now nothing more than a piece of paganism"

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Stunning. Absolutely stunning Cucumber.

 

Wow, what a great coin

 

M. Aemilius Scaurus and P. Plautius Hypsaeus AR Denarius. Rome, 58 BC. M•SCAVR AED CVR, kneeling figure right (King Aretas of Nabataea), holding olive branch and reins of camel beside him; EX on left; S•C on right; REX ARETAS in exergue / P•HVPSAE AED CVR, Jupiter in quadriga left, holding reins in left hand and hurling thunderbolt with right; scorpion below horses; CAPTV on right; C HVPSAE COS PREIVE in exergue. Babelon Aemilia 8 and Plautia 8; Sydenham 913; Crawford 422/1b. 4.05g, 19mm, 6h.

I though I just posted this one...must not have hit the button?
Anyhoo the obverse has King Aretas of the Nabatea doing the camel walk...or camel kneel.

 

Love that coin JBG

 

... probably worth more than my pension?

 

I have the Victory on Globe type for Septimius Severus from Emesa. I haven't seen another example and it isn't in any of the standard references. This one would appear to be quite rare as a type for this mint.

Septimius Severus denarius
Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II, Laureate head right
Rev:– VICT AVG, Victory standing on globe left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left
Minted in Emesa, A.D. 194 - 195
References:– BMCRE -, RIC -, RSC -

 

I got two silver halves a few years ago, a 1942-S and 1952-S. There are very few dealers at yard sales that have coins of any kind, much less 90% silver half dollars. They are very worn (in about a VG or F grade), but I love the history they carry.

 

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