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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4020431, member: 75937"]Here is a hand-shaking coin. It represents the "harmony of the armed forces," i.e. the union of the forces, both on land and at sea, during the reign of Nerva. But, as Carson* notes, "the message of the reverse is more an appeal rather than a statement of fact."</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nerva-concordia-exercitvvm-denarius-jpg.857451/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Nerva, AD 96-98.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.21 g, 18.5 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Rome, January - September, AD 97.</p><p>Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P, laureate head, right.</p><p>Rev: CONCORDIA EXERCITVVM, clasped hands.</p><p>Refs: RIC 14; BMCRE 25-26; Cohen/RSC 20; RCV 3020; CBN 15.</p><p><br /></p><p>*Carson, R A G, <i>Principal coins of the Romans: Volume II: The Principate 31 BC - AD 296</i>. London, BMP, 1978, p. 45.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4020431, member: 75937"]Here is a hand-shaking coin. It represents the "harmony of the armed forces," i.e. the union of the forces, both on land and at sea, during the reign of Nerva. But, as Carson* notes, "the message of the reverse is more an appeal rather than a statement of fact." [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nerva-concordia-exercitvvm-denarius-jpg.857451/[/IMG] Nerva, AD 96-98. Roman AR denarius, 3.21 g, 18.5 mm, 7 h. Rome, January - September, AD 97. Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P, laureate head, right. Rev: CONCORDIA EXERCITVVM, clasped hands. Refs: RIC 14; BMCRE 25-26; Cohen/RSC 20; RCV 3020; CBN 15. *Carson, R A G, [I]Principal coins of the Romans: Volume II: The Principate 31 BC - AD 296[/I]. London, BMP, 1978, p. 45.[/QUOTE]
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