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Message:: [QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 6233260, member: 96898"]Interesting idea for a thread! I wasn't aware that Roman coins with this motif were so multifarious before reading your posts and looking at your coin pictures. Here is a Roman Republican trophy. I like the visual allusion to the earlier victoriati and the fact that the captive is identified as Gaul by the carnyx:[ATTACH=full]1246579[/ATTACH] Roman Republic, moneyer: T. Cloelius, AR quinarius, 98 BC, Rome mint. Obv: head of Jupiter, laureate, r., control mark .C. before. Rev: T.CLOVLI; Victory standing r. crowns trophy with seated captive and carnyx; in exergue, Q. 16mm, 1.9g. Ref: RRC 332/1c. A coin celebrating Gallienus "the Neckbeard's" German "victory," which is better charaterized as 'successfully managing to not be completely overrun.' There is a similar type with the same reverse and a military bust that I'm actively looking for:[ATTACH=full]1246580[/ATTACH] Gallienus, Roman Empire, AE antoninianus, 258–259 AD, Cologne mint. Obv: GALLIENVS P F AVG; bust of Gallienus, radiate, cuirassed, r. Rev: GERMANICVS MAX V; trophy between two captives. 20.5mm, 3.58g. Ref: RIC V Gallienus (joint reign) 18. This Constantinian standard is not exactly a trophy, but the similarity to the trophy types is hard to ignore:[ATTACH=full]1246581[/ATTACH] Constantinus I, Roman Empire, AE 3, 321 AD, Lugdunum mint. Obv: CONSTANTINVS AVG; bust of Constantine, laureate, r. Rev: VIRTVS EXERCIT; two captives sitting next to standard inscribed VOT/XX; in fields, C-R; in exergue, PLG. 20mm, 2.75g. Ref: RIC VII Lugdunum 113. [/QUOTE]

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