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VESPASIAN (Titus)
OBVERSE: DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS, laureate head right
REVERSE: EX-SC, Victory standing left, holding shield on palm; seated captive
"Judaea Capta" issue"
Struck at Rome, 80-81 AD
3.4g, 19mm
RIC II 59a (Titus); BMCRE 112 (Titus); Brin 80; RSC 144.

Next: Another Judaea Capta or any "Capta" you choose

 

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Here's one of my Trajan DAC CAP (Dacia Capta) Denarii, showing a standing bound Dacian captive. One of my favorite Capta coins. (I love that you can zoom in & see his facial expression.)

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Any captive or any personification
(of a region, people, province, etc.)​

 

On this sestertius of Trajan, rev. legend REX PARTHIS DATVS, one can see the personification of Parthia kneeling, and receiving from Trajan her new puppet-king Parthamaspates.

On official Roman imagery like coin-types, for example, gestures and attitudes of characters are strictly codified. The origin of this codification being probably theatre, because actors used to wear masks and declaim verses, and could not express thoughts and feelings through voice tone and facial expressions, like today's actors.

The captive or prisoner's attitude is standing handcuffed, or sitting with a hand on the forehead. The kneeling attitude, with extended arms, denotes accepted submission to Rome's imperium, as "friend and ally of the Roman People" from now on. On Republican denarii it is the attitude of Aretas III, king of the Nabataeans, of "Bacchius Judaeus", of Bocchus, king of Mauretania (while Jugurtha is shown standing in the captive's attitude). Under Augustus, the Parthian who returns Crassus' standard to Rome is kneeling in the same attitude - does it mean a kind of friendship treaty was concluded?

The same kneeling attitude with an extended arm is also used for provinces being restored by the emperor...

Next up : another kneeling person or personification

 

TI VETURIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS VETURIA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: Helmeted bust of Mars right
REVERSE: Youth kneeling l., between two warriors who touch with their swords a pig which he holds., ROMA above
Struck at Rome 137 BC
3.7g, 18mm
Cr.234/1; RSC Veturia 1

Next: Mars

 

Ordinarily I might post my L. Julius Caesar denarius (Mars / Cupids-drawn-chariot), but I've posted it in another thread recently


But here's a Roman Imperial one -- a Trajan Denarius -- that I don't think I've ever posted. Mars triumphantly carrying trophy:

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Another naked figure​

 

NEXT, Gallienus zoo series coin

 

Two of them, as found...
Antoniniani from the Rome mint, c. 267-268.
Officina A : SOLI CONS AVG, Pegasus jumping right
Officina S (even if the mintmark is unclear) : IOVI CONS AVG, goat walking left.

Next up : Valerian​

not that one : , but that one : .​

 

NEXT: More Valerian

 

NEXT: Salus

 

PESCENNIUS NIGER. 193-194 AD. AR Denarius (2.82 gm). Caesarea in Cappadocia mint.
SALUS STG R, FEEDING SNAKE HELD IN HER ARMS. ALTAR AT FEET.
RCV 2 6124 RSC 68

Next any other of the five emperors.

 

Year of 6. Just posted Thrax, so here is a silver antoninianus Gordian III

NEXT: Gordian III´s successor

 

NEXT: More Virtus

 

Virtus


RI Allectus 293-296 AE Quinarius London Virtus Galley AE17 2-3g S 13870 RIC 55

Next: Pre 100BCE AR Carthage

 

I've previously posted both of my Carthage Electrum Staters in this thread: Number 1 & Number 2.
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Are we accepting Carthaginians in Spain?


There are many cast forgeries floating around based on an original host coin of the same dies, but as far as I can tell, this does not match any known casts, and is a genuine one (not sure how one would place a forgery on such a crystallized/brittle flan!)

Just in case -- here's a little AE16 that I believe was struck in the Carthaginian mainland (?):

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More N. Africa
(Carthage or otherwise)​

 

Constantius I (293 - 305 A.D.)
Æ Follis
O.: CONSTANTIVS NOB CES; Laureate head right.
R.: SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART; Carthago standing facing, head left, holding fruits in both hands // Γ
Carthage mint, 298-299 A.D.
8.4g
31mm
RIC VI 30a, p. 427

Next: Favorite Bearded Emperor

 

Probus, 276-282 AD. AR Antoninianus (4.98 gm; 23 mm). Lugdunum mint.
IMP C PROBVS . P . F . AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right.
PAX AVG, Pax standing left with branch in upraised hand and raising hem of skirt while holding sceptre; Officina D in left field. Pleasant toning.
RIC 119(D.RC)
Aug 1st, 2023, (Pars Coins) VAuctions, esale #7, Lot # 120


NEXT: Pax