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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 6229292, member: 26430"]I love those Honorius captive Solidi, [USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER]. The detail on that one [USER=106319]@Romancollector[/USER] has to be one of the coolest I can remember seeing. I'd want to read up on it, but I feel that must be a Germanic tribesperson being "spurned," to use the technical term, I think. (I'm going for a budget example first! That's the thing about collecting "wide," you find you can be satisfied with a lot of decent examples and a few nice ones.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn't know about that Gallic warrior reverse, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] but it's obviously the inspiration for the Hostilius Saserna "Vercingetorix" type some 70 years later (I accept the ID as Vercingetorix, though I respect the debate). Here's mine, followed by the second in the series, Gallia, both c. 48 BC (I love that if you look closely, you can tell it's the same characters, especially on nicer examples of the Caesar denarius, like those beauties posted by [USER=115308]@jdmKY[/USER] -- great Imperatorial trophies collection!! -- & [USER=15481]@svessien[/USER] -- love the one with the male on one knee/Venus facing left!):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246358[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246359[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I love seeing the variety over time. Wonderful expressive faces on the captives, [USER=105389]@bcuda[/USER]. One from Gallienus' German captives like [USER=90248]@Spaniard[/USER] & others are next on my list.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now someone needs to post a Victory dragging bound captive AE4 (it all started with little AR Quinari, ended with little AE Nummi)...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 6229292, member: 26430"]I love those Honorius captive Solidi, [USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER]. The detail on that one [USER=106319]@Romancollector[/USER] has to be one of the coolest I can remember seeing. I'd want to read up on it, but I feel that must be a Germanic tribesperson being "spurned," to use the technical term, I think. (I'm going for a budget example first! That's the thing about collecting "wide," you find you can be satisfied with a lot of decent examples and a few nice ones.) I didn't know about that Gallic warrior reverse, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] but it's obviously the inspiration for the Hostilius Saserna "Vercingetorix" type some 70 years later (I accept the ID as Vercingetorix, though I respect the debate). Here's mine, followed by the second in the series, Gallia, both c. 48 BC (I love that if you look closely, you can tell it's the same characters, especially on nicer examples of the Caesar denarius, like those beauties posted by [USER=115308]@jdmKY[/USER] -- great Imperatorial trophies collection!! -- & [USER=15481]@svessien[/USER] -- love the one with the male on one knee/Venus facing left!): [ATTACH=full]1246358[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1246359[/ATTACH] I love seeing the variety over time. Wonderful expressive faces on the captives, [USER=105389]@bcuda[/USER]. One from Gallienus' German captives like [USER=90248]@Spaniard[/USER] & others are next on my list. Now someone needs to post a Victory dragging bound captive AE4 (it all started with little AR Quinari, ended with little AE Nummi)...[/QUOTE]
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