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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 25335903, member: 10613&quot;]I have several coins with decorated shields depicting horsemen carrying draco&#039;s</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1620158[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">Maximinus II</font></p><p><font size="4">A.D. 310</font></p><p><font size="4">Ӕ follis 26x27mm 5.9g</font></p><p><font size="4">MAXIMINVS NOB CAES; bust l., helmeted [with gryphon crest] and cuirassed with gorgon on breast, spear over r. shoulder, shield decorated with two horsemen with draco standards and four prisoners on l. arm.</font></p><p><font size="4">SOLI INVICTAE; Sol, rad. and in long robe, stg. facing, head l., r. raised, l. holding up globe, in facing quadriga; two horses turn l., and two right; in middle B.</font></p><p><font size="4">In ex. ANT</font></p><p><font size="4">cf. RIC VI Antioch 144</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><font size="4">a bit from Ammianus Marcellinus about dracos--</font></font></p><p><font size="4"><font size="4"><br /></font></font></p><p><font size="4"><font size="4">&quot;Behind the motley cavalcade that preceded him the emperor&#039;s person was surrounded by purple banners woven in the form of dragons and attached to the tops of gilded and jewelled spears; the breeze blew through their gaping jaws so that they seemed to be hissing with rage, and their voluminous tails streamed behind them on the wind.&quot; <b>The Later Roman Empire</b> book 16 10:7</font></font></p><p><font size="4"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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