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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3229016, member: 51347&quot;]Well done [USER=28531]@H8_modern[/USER] ! very nice coin, and thanks to [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] &#039; write-up. </p><p><br /></p><p>I regret that I do not have a cool Recepta.&nbsp; However, here is the guy who TOOK the Standards from Crassus:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]842776[/ATTACH]</p><p>PARTHIA</p><p>Orodes II 57-37BC</p><p>AR Drachm 18mm 3.3g -</p><p>defeated Crassus, took the Standards, purported to pour molten gold down Crassus&#039; gullet-</p><p>Ekbatana mint</p><p>stars crsnt</p><p>Arsakes on throne bow anchor</p><p>Sellwd48.9</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=42634]@chrsmat71[/USER] and [USER=4298]@Cucumbor[/USER] tossed in their Receptas after Teutoborg, how about a coin from the guy who LOST the Standards?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]842773[/ATTACH]</p><p>PUBLIUS QUINCTILIUS VARUS RARE AE OF ANTIOCHEIA, SYRIA</p><p>RPC 4252, SNG Cop. 92, About Very Fine / Very Fine, 20.4mm, 8.03 grams, Dated year 27 = 5/4 B.C.E.</p><p>Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus to right</p><p>Reverse: Tyche of Antioch seated to right, holding palm branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right, in right field, date ZK (year 27 = 5/4 B.C.E.)</p><p><br /></p><p>This tough-to-get coin was struck during Varus&#039; assignment as governor of Syria from 7 - 4 B.C.E. Varus guarded the borders from Parthia and violently quelled unrest in Judaea and Samaria. Josephus records an incident wherein after the death of Herod., Varus occupied Jerusalem and crucified 2,000 Jews.</p><p>Later Varus was transfered to the Northern front, where he met disaster fighting the Germanic tribes in the Teutoburg forest. Three legions under his command, Legio XVII, XVIII and XIX were completely annihilated. This caused emperor Augustus great grief and he was said to have cried out on occasion &quot;Quintili Vare, legiones redde!&quot; or &quot;Quinctilius Varus, give me back my legions!&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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