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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 6235491, member: 31620&quot;]<b>Marcus Aurelius Denarius</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv:– M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVIII, Laureate, cuirassed bust right (Seen from rear)</p><p>Rev:– IMP VI COS III, Trophy of arms, German captive at foot, teo curved swords to right</p><p>Minted in Rome. Dec. A.D. 173 – Jun. 174</p><p>Reference:– BM 599. RIC II Marcus Aurelius 291</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246710[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And a later re-interpretation.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus denarius </b></p><p>Obv:– L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– INVICT IMP, Trophy with arms below, dejected captive seated beneath (no shield)</p><p>Minted in Laodicea ad Mare, A.D. 196 – 197</p><p>References:– RIC -, RSC -, BMCRE -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246711[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The type also occurs with a shield on knees</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus denarius </b></p><p>Obv:– L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– INVICT IMP, Trophy with arms below, dejected captive seated beneath, shield on knees</p><p>Minted in Laodicea ad Mare, A.D. 196 – 197</p><p>References:– RIC -, RSC -, BMCRE -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246712[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The captive alone.....</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus denarius </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv:– IMP CAE L SPE (sic) SEV - PERT AVG COS II, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– TR P III IMP V COS II, captive seated right with peaked cap, hands bound behind, quiver and shields behind, curved sword in ex</p><p>Minted in Emesa. A.D. 195</p><p>Reference:– RIC 432 var (obv legend). RSC 660 var (same)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246713[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And the double captives under trophy.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus denarius</b></p><p>Obv:– L SEP SEVERVS PER AVG PIV IMP XI PAR P M, laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– AR AD TR P VI / COS II P P, Two captives seated back to back at the foot of a trophy</p><p>Laodicea-ad-Mare mint. A.D. 198</p><p>Reference:– BMCRE page 280 Sword, citing RD page 105. RIC 494b corr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246714[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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