Featured Captives & Trophy, 8 or 9 examples from Julius Caesar to Constantine (& others, if you have them!)

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(Not my coin of course)
I like very much those Constantinian early solidi because it is the 1st time ever the name of France was used. Of course, c. AD 312, Francia was not a state yet, it was only the Latin name of the Germanic tribal confederation called Franci (the Franks), but the name "Francia" was coined. It's still today the name of the country in Spanish and Italian.

 

My only

Trajan ae dupondius AD 98-117
27mm, 13.15g, Struck AD 104
IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVE GER DAC P M TRP COS V PP
radiate bust right with aegis on left shoulder

SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI SC
trophy with two shields at base.
RIC 586
Cohen 573
Woytek 196cA

Natural emerald green toning with earthy hues

 

I posted an example of this coin earlier in the thread, but this is an upgrade



Licinius I & Licinius II
Ӕ nummus A.D. 318
21mm 4.2g
D D N N IOVII LICINII INVICT AVG ET CAES; laureate and draped confronted busts, together holding trophy of arms.
I O M ET VIRTVTI DD NN AVG ET CAES; Jupiter stg. Left, chlamys across l. shoulder, leaning on scepter, in front of trophy, at foot of which two captives are seated on either side.
In ex. SMATB
RIC VII Antioch –

This coin was listed in RIC VII as Heraclea 50 by Bruun, because he
thought the mintmark read SMHT[A] instead of SMAT[A]. This error was addressed by Pierre Bastien in his article “Coins with a Double Effigy Issued by Licinius at Nicomedia, Cyzicus, and Antioch.” NC 13 (1973) : 87.

 

Congrats on the upgrade, Victor. A very nice one. I downloaded your thesis on Constantine I today, by the way. Interesting and informative work!