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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 6228146, member: 91461"]Great thread idea, fun write up and lovely examples!</p><p>If that Caesar coin ever gets too heavy I'll happily take her off your hands<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I love anything barbaroid!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246253[/ATTACH]</p><p>L. Cosconius M.f. </p><p><br /></p><p>118 BCE. AR Serrate Denarius (17 MM, 3.53g, 6h). Narbo mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) to left / Gallic warrior (Bituitus, king of the Averni?)driving galloping biga right, hurling spear and holding shield and carnyx. Crawford 282/2; Sydenham 521; Cosconia 1. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The best captive coin in my collection is from one of my favorite posters [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER] the Great!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246228[/ATTACH]</p><p>Constans AD 337-350. 20mm., 5,3 g. 6h; Antioch Follis Æ D N CONSTANS P F AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding globe in right hand / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, helmeted soldier, spear in left hand, advancing right, head turned to left. With his right hand he is leading a small bare-headed figure from a hut beneath a tree with single figs at the end of the branches. The spear points downwards, between the soldier's legs. ANΓ in exergue. good very fine RIC VIII Antioch 126; Sear 18700. Ex: JAZ Numismatics. Saturnalia 2020 gift from [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER]</p><p><br /></p><p>And those Greeks kept some pretty wonderful trophies themselves:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246263[/ATTACH](note the corn ears on the Macedonian Helmet. You don't see those before Antigonus II Gonatas. But the question raised recently is; Does it denote Gonatas or Doson?)</p><p><br /></p><p>Antigonus II Gonatas or III Doson</p><p>229-221 BCE, AE19. 4.08g, 18mm.</p><p>Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. c/m: prow</p><p>Rev: Pan right, erecting trophy to right; B-A across upper field, monogram of Antigonos between legs. In left field, Macedonian helmet; in right field, wreath.</p><p>Moushmov 7308; SNG Copenhagen 1205-11; SNG Alpha Bank 1017-1019; Furtwängler Group 18.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 6228146, member: 91461"]Great thread idea, fun write up and lovely examples! If that Caesar coin ever gets too heavy I'll happily take her off your hands:D I love anything barbaroid! [ATTACH=full]1246253[/ATTACH] L. Cosconius M.f. 118 BCE. AR Serrate Denarius (17 MM, 3.53g, 6h). Narbo mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) to left / Gallic warrior (Bituitus, king of the Averni?)driving galloping biga right, hurling spear and holding shield and carnyx. Crawford 282/2; Sydenham 521; Cosconia 1. The best captive coin in my collection is from one of my favorite posters [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER] the Great! [ATTACH=full]1246228[/ATTACH] Constans AD 337-350. 20mm., 5,3 g. 6h; Antioch Follis Æ D N CONSTANS P F AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding globe in right hand / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, helmeted soldier, spear in left hand, advancing right, head turned to left. With his right hand he is leading a small bare-headed figure from a hut beneath a tree with single figs at the end of the branches. The spear points downwards, between the soldier's legs. ANΓ in exergue. good very fine RIC VIII Antioch 126; Sear 18700. Ex: JAZ Numismatics. Saturnalia 2020 gift from [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER] And those Greeks kept some pretty wonderful trophies themselves: [ATTACH=full]1246263[/ATTACH](note the corn ears on the Macedonian Helmet. You don't see those before Antigonus II Gonatas. But the question raised recently is; Does it denote Gonatas or Doson?) Antigonus II Gonatas or III Doson 229-221 BCE, AE19. 4.08g, 18mm. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. c/m: prow Rev: Pan right, erecting trophy to right; B-A across upper field, monogram of Antigonos between legs. In left field, Macedonian helmet; in right field, wreath. Moushmov 7308; SNG Copenhagen 1205-11; SNG Alpha Bank 1017-1019; Furtwängler Group 18.[/QUOTE]
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