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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2644334, member: 19463&quot;]Sallent makes a good point about variations.&nbsp; Virtus appears on Antioch mint coins as Virtus Exercitus which comes in two varieties according to the placement of the letters PM at the end of the obverse legend (common) </p><p>[ATTACH=full]583894[/ATTACH] </p><p>or separate under the bust (scarce). </p><p>[ATTACH=full]583893[/ATTACH] </p><p>&nbsp;Your Rome mint coin has a legend identifying Virtus as does this one with standing Virtus. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]583895[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>but the same figure adding a shield is found with dated legend PM TRP III COS III PP.&nbsp; The A in the field is a very early use of workshop (officina) identification.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]583896[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Finally there is a coin for Philip II with legend VIRTVS AVGG and workshop letter gamma but the figure is the god Mars rather than the personification Virtus.&nbsp; Mars and other gods run around nude on coins but Virtus (as normal for personifications) is always shown fully dressed.&nbsp; This Philip II is an issue of the young man after he became Augustus but you can tell him from his father by the younger face and lack of beard.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]583897[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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