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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 6309642, member: 26430"]Fantastic example [USER=99177]@Marsman[/USER] ! Very rare you can actually see the captive's hair on that issue (or facial expression & many other details present on yours).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's another late 4th century -- Victory dragging captive (these are best understood, I believe, as captured prisoners of war):[ATTACH=full]1250019[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://i.imgur.com/DD48SBm.mp4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://i.imgur.com/DD48SBm.mp4" rel="nofollow">Coin-in-hand video here</a> (on imgur). </p><p><font size="4"><b>Roman Imperial. Theodosius I (379-395 AD) AE4 Nummus</b> (12mm, 1.49g, 12h). Cyzicus, 388-392 AD.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obverse:</b> DN THEODOSIVS PF AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Theodosius I to right. </font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Reverse:</b> SALVS REIPVBLICAE / SMKB in exergue. Victory advancing left, holding trophy over her right shoulder and dragging bound captive behind her with her left hand; Staurogram to left.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Reference:</b> RIC 26b.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Pedigree:</b> Ex-Leu Numismatik Web Auction 14, Lot 1496 (Zurich, 13 December 2020). <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7646335" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7646335" rel="nofollow">ACSearch record/img here</a>. Notes: <a href="https://conservatoricoins.com/theodosius-i-ae4-cyzicus-ex-leu/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://conservatoricoins.com/theodosius-i-ae4-cyzicus-ex-leu/" rel="nofollow">From my “Barbarians, Captives, and Enemies” Collection</a></font></p><p><br /></p><p>And a Constantius Gallus fallen horseman (cuz you can never see too many!)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1250020[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="4"><b>Roman Imperial. Constantius Gallus (351-354) AE Centenionalis or Maiorina </b>(4.44g, 22mm, 6h). Antioch mint, <i>circa</i> 351-354 AD.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obverse:</b> DN CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right. To left: Δ.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Reverse: </b>FEL TEMP REPARATIO / AN- (exergue). Roman soldier with crested helmet to spearing fallen horseman (Germanic), reaching upward (FH3), bareheaded (hair braided in rear?), wearing loose tunic and trousers.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>References:</b> RIC VIII 139 (FH3). (Incorrectly cited as 181 by Peus & de Vries.)</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Pedigree:</b> Ex-Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. e-Auction, Lot #599 (Frankfurt, 28 Jan 2020), from the de Vries Collection; purchased from Frank Taylor (Taylor's Coin Service, Brisbane, 1982).</font></p><p><a href="https://imgur.com/gallery/bMX4jJX" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://imgur.com/gallery/bMX4jJX" rel="nofollow">Coin-in-hand video available</a> along with two others (2nd coin).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 6309642, member: 26430"]Fantastic example [USER=99177]@Marsman[/USER] ! Very rare you can actually see the captive's hair on that issue (or facial expression & many other details present on yours). Here's another late 4th century -- Victory dragging captive (these are best understood, I believe, as captured prisoners of war):[ATTACH=full]1250019[/ATTACH] [URL='https://i.imgur.com/DD48SBm.mp4']Coin-in-hand video here[/URL] (on imgur). [SIZE=4][B]Roman Imperial. Theodosius I (379-395 AD) AE4 Nummus[/B] (12mm, 1.49g, 12h). Cyzicus, 388-392 AD. [B]Obverse:[/B] DN THEODOSIVS PF AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Theodosius I to right. [B]Reverse:[/B] SALVS REIPVBLICAE / SMKB in exergue. Victory advancing left, holding trophy over her right shoulder and dragging bound captive behind her with her left hand; Staurogram to left. [B]Reference:[/B] RIC 26b. [B]Pedigree:[/B] Ex-Leu Numismatik Web Auction 14, Lot 1496 (Zurich, 13 December 2020). [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7646335']ACSearch record/img here[/URL]. Notes: [URL='https://conservatoricoins.com/theodosius-i-ae4-cyzicus-ex-leu/']From my “Barbarians, Captives, and Enemies” Collection[/URL][/SIZE] And a Constantius Gallus fallen horseman (cuz you can never see too many!) [ATTACH=full]1250020[/ATTACH] [SIZE=4][B]Roman Imperial. Constantius Gallus (351-354) AE Centenionalis or Maiorina [/B](4.44g, 22mm, 6h). Antioch mint, [I]circa[/I] 351-354 AD. [B]Obverse:[/B] DN CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right. To left: Δ. [B]Reverse: [/B]FEL TEMP REPARATIO / AN- (exergue). Roman soldier with crested helmet to spearing fallen horseman (Germanic), reaching upward (FH3), bareheaded (hair braided in rear?), wearing loose tunic and trousers. [B]References:[/B] RIC VIII 139 (FH3). (Incorrectly cited as 181 by Peus & de Vries.) [B]Pedigree:[/B] Ex-Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. e-Auction, Lot #599 (Frankfurt, 28 Jan 2020), from the de Vries Collection; purchased from Frank Taylor (Taylor's Coin Service, Brisbane, 1982).[/SIZE] [URL='https://imgur.com/gallery/bMX4jJX']Coin-in-hand video available[/URL] along with two others (2nd coin).[/QUOTE]
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