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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4338427, member: 75937&quot;]That as has high-quality artistry, [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] . It may be pedestrian in theme but not in eye-appeal!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a number of Pax coins, which I like for various reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like this one of Philip I because it refers to a specific historical event: his quickly-negotiated peace treaty with the Sassanians in February, 244, after his assumption of power following the death of Gordian III. Its reverse inscription is translated &quot;Peace established with Persia.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1099444[/ATTACH]</p><p>Philip I, AD 244-249.</p><p>Roman AR Antoninianus, 3.51 g, 21.4 mm, 1 h.</p><p>Antioch, AD 244.</p><p>Obv: IMP C M IVL PHILIPPVS PF AVG PM, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: PAX FVNDATA CVM PERSIS, Pax standing left, holding branch and transverse scepter.</p><p>Refs: RIC 69; Cohen 113; RCV 8941; Hunter 120.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like this one from the early years of Trajan&#039;s reign because Pax&#039;s hips don&#039;t lie!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajan-pont-max-tr-pot-cos-ii-pax-standing-denarius-jpg.1044092/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Trajan, AD 98-117.</p><p>Roman AR Denarius, 3.21 g, 17.8 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 98-99.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM, laureate head right.</p><p>Rev: PONT MAX TR POT COS II, Pax standing left, holding branch and cornucopiae.</p><p>Refs: RIC 17; BMCRE 14-17; Cohen/RSC 292; Strack 13; Hill UCR 29; RCV 3152.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like this one of Trebonianus Gallus because of the artistry, which -- despite the comic enormity of Pax&#039;s nose -- is rather uncommon on coins of the &quot;four bad years.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trebonianus-gallus-pax-aeterna-antoninianus-milan-jpg.1076196/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253.</p><p>Roman AR antoninianus, 3.90 g, 21.4 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Branch mint (traditionally attributed to Mediolanum), 2nd emission, AD 252-253.</p><p>Obv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: PAX AETERNA, Pax standing left, holding branch and transverse scepter.</p><p>Refs: RIC 71; Cohen 76; RCV 9639, Hunter 51; ERIC II 40.</p><p><br /></p><p>And speaking of bad artistry in the mid-third century AD, I love these Gallienus antoniniani because of their shoddy manufacture.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gallienus-pax-off-center-jpg.794261/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Gallienus, AD 253-268.</p><p>Roman billon antoninianus, 1.89 g, 18.5 mm, 11 h.</p><p>Rome or Mediolanum, AD 260-268.</p><p>Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head, right.</p><p>Rev: PA[X AVG?], Pax standing left, raising branch in right hand and holding long transverse scepter in left.</p><p>Refs: Too off-center to attribute precisely.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gallienus-pax-flan-chip-jpg.794263/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Gallienus, AD 253-268.</p><p>Roman billon antoninianus, 3.21 g, 21.1 mm, 11 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 260-268.</p><p>Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: PAX AVG, Pax standing left, raising branch in right hand and holding long transverse scepter in left; * in right field.</p><p>Refs: RIC --; Göbl (?); Cohen --; RCV 10300 var.</p><p>Note: Apparently unlisted with a star in the field.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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