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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8486328, member: 26430"]<b><font size="6"><i>PLEASE KEEP SHARING CAPTIVES &/OR TROPHIES!</i></font></b></p><p><br /></p><p>It's been a while, but seeing as new threads aren't exactly proliferating, I figured I'd share some more "captives & trophy" types (or "trophy tableau" as Lauren Kinnee [2016] calls it), either because they're new or I didn't post them last time.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>#1</b>: Not exactly a "captives & trophy," but related to that type. Vespasian "Judaea Capta" AE As:</font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1502409[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><b>Roman Imperial. Vespasian (Augustus, 69-79 CE) "Judaea Capta" Commem. AE As</b> (28mm, 9.40 g, 6h). Rome mint, 71 CE.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv</b>: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III P P. Laureate head right.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev</b>: IVDEA CAPTA / S C in exergue. Judaea seated right in attitude of mourning, Palm tree to her left; to left, pile of arms (shields, helmet).</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Ref</b>: RIC II 305; Cohen 244; Hendin (GBC 5) 1554 (b); <a href="https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.305" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.305" rel="nofollow">OCRE (RIC 305; 14 specs.)</a>. Incorrectly described as RIC 1233.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Prov</b>: <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9197336" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9197336" rel="nofollow">CNG Keystone Auction 6 (Lancaster, 11 Mar 2022), Lot 3156</a> (Corr. Obv/rev legends, date/mint, ref. no); from the Kenneth Bressett (1928 - ) Collection; acq. from Mark Salton-Schlessinger, 1957 ($8), with his tag/envelope.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>#2</b>: Titus, probably celebrating Agricola's campaign in Britannia / Caledonia (Scotland), though some claim it's also a Judaea Capta Commemorative:</font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1502410[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="4"><b>Roman Imperial. Titus AR Denarius </b>(2.96g, 18mm, 12h), Rome, 80 CE.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv</b>: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M. Laureate head left.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev</b>: TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P. Trophy of captured arms, two captives seated at base; to left, female captive mourning; to right, bound male captive.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Ref</b>: RIC 103; Hendin 1584a.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Prov</b>: Ex Sammlung Shlomo Moussaieff (1925-2015; purchased London 1948-2000]); <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5746412" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5746412" rel="nofollow">Gorny und Mosch Auction 263</a> (7 March 2019), Lot 3615; Orfew / Andrew Short Collection; Triton XXV (Online), 6953.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>#3</b>: A somewhat better Caracalla of this same type (I have four now). (Photo source: Victor Clark / Victor's Imperial Coins on VCoins.)</font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1502411[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><b>Roman Imperial. Caralla AR Denarius </b>(2.8g, 18mm, 6h), Rome, 202 CE.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv</b>: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG. Laureate bust right.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev</b>: PART MAX PON TRP V COS. Trophy of captured arms, two captives seated at base, weight pointed caps; captive to left mourning; to right, bound male captive.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Ref</b>: RIC IV 64.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Prov</b>: Victor Clark / VCoins.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>#4</b>. Again, not <i>quite</i> trophy and captives, but vexillum / standard with two captives, the more common variant under Lincinius and Constantine and sons. (I wonder if these are Alemmani captives, <a href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/barb/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/barb/" rel="nofollow">as suggested for other contemporary coins on Victor Clark's site</a>. These ones have finely grained enough imagery it might be possible to notice some cultural detail.)</font></p><p><font size="5"><img src="http://conservatoricoins.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Crispus-Captives-AE3-Follis-London-Cloke-Toone-Plate-Dimarzio-CT-Colls.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Roman Imperial. Cripus Silvered AE Follis</b> (19.5mm, 3.14 g, 6h), London, c. 320 CE.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv</b>: CRISPVS NOBIL C. Helmeted, cuirassed bust right.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev</b>: VIRTVS EXERCIT. Two captives seated on either side of vexillum inscribed VOT XX. Exergue: PLON.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Ref</b>: RIC 188; Cloke & Toone 9.02.016 (this coin illustrated).</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Prov</b>: CNG Auction 516 (18 May 2022), Lot 631; Paul DiMarzio Collection, acq. 28 May 2018 from Lee Toone (Hookmoor Ancient Coins); ex CT Collections (collection of Toone), acq. 15 Jan 2010 from Dei Gratia Coins (Dave Shelley) at York Coin Fair. </font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>#5. Gallienus w/ Germanic captives:</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><img src="http://conservatoricoins.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Gallienus-AR-Antoninianus-HJB-214th-BBS.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="4"><b>Roman Imperial. Gallienus AR Antoninianus</b> (22mm, 3.55g, 6h), Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne), 257-258 CE.</font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="4"><b>Obv</b>: GALLIENVS PF AVG. Radiate, cuirassed bust right. </font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="4"><b>Rev</b>: GERMANICVS MAX V. Trophy of capture arms; seated at base, two bound captives, back-to-back.</font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="4"><b>Ref</b>: RIC 18.</font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="4"><b>Prov</b>: Philip Ashton Collection; <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7903801" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7903801" rel="nofollow">HJB 214 (18 Feb 2021), 280</a>; Ex-Pegasi MBS 33 XXXIII / <a href="https://www.vauctions.com/ViewArchiveItem.asp?ID=30078" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vauctions.com/ViewArchiveItem.asp?ID=30078" rel="nofollow">VAuctions 317 (10 Nov 2015), Lot 617</a></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>More recommended reading (other good ones in previous posts):</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Kinnee, Lauren. 2016. “The Trophy Tableau Monument in Rome: From Marius to Caecilia Metella.” <i>Journal of Ancient History</i> 4(2): 191–239.</font></p><ul> <li><font size="4">I could only access an electronic version via university library subscription. If anyone knows if there's a free copy let me know & share the link (i.e., somewhere w/ permission of the copyright holder or legal “fair use”)</font></li> </ul><p><font size="4">See also her book: 2018. <i>The Greek and Roman Trophy: From Battlefield Marker to Icon of Power</i>. New York: Routledge.</font></p><ul> <li><font size="4">A substantial <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Greek_and_Roman_Trophy/skpnDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Kinnee,+Lauren+academia.edu&pg=PT16&printsec=frontcover" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Greek_and_Roman_Trophy/skpnDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Kinnee,+Lauren+academia.edu&pg=PT16&printsec=frontcover" rel="nofollow">preview is available on Google Books</a>. I have only begun perusing but I’d assume there is considerable overlap.</font></li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8486328, member: 26430"][B][SIZE=6][I]PLEASE KEEP SHARING CAPTIVES &/OR TROPHIES![/I][/SIZE][/B] It's been a while, but seeing as new threads aren't exactly proliferating, I figured I'd share some more "captives & trophy" types (or "trophy tableau" as Lauren Kinnee [2016] calls it), either because they're new or I didn't post them last time. [SIZE=5][B]#1[/B]: Not exactly a "captives & trophy," but related to that type. Vespasian "Judaea Capta" AE As:[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]1502409[/ATTACH] [SIZE=4][B]Roman Imperial. Vespasian (Augustus, 69-79 CE) "Judaea Capta" Commem. AE As[/B] (28mm, 9.40 g, 6h). Rome mint, 71 CE. [B]Obv[/B]: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III P P. Laureate head right. [B]Rev[/B]: IVDEA CAPTA / S C in exergue. Judaea seated right in attitude of mourning, Palm tree to her left; to left, pile of arms (shields, helmet). [B]Ref[/B]: RIC II 305; Cohen 244; Hendin (GBC 5) 1554 (b); [URL='https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.305']OCRE (RIC 305; 14 specs.)[/URL]. Incorrectly described as RIC 1233. [B]Prov[/B]: [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9197336']CNG Keystone Auction 6 (Lancaster, 11 Mar 2022), Lot 3156[/URL] (Corr. Obv/rev legends, date/mint, ref. no); from the Kenneth Bressett (1928 - ) Collection; acq. from Mark Salton-Schlessinger, 1957 ($8), with his tag/envelope.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B]#2[/B]: Titus, probably celebrating Agricola's campaign in Britannia / Caledonia (Scotland), though some claim it's also a Judaea Capta Commemorative:[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]1502410[/ATTACH] [SIZE=4][B]Roman Imperial. Titus AR Denarius [/B](2.96g, 18mm, 12h), Rome, 80 CE. [B]Obv[/B]: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M. Laureate head left. [B]Rev[/B]: TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P. Trophy of captured arms, two captives seated at base; to left, female captive mourning; to right, bound male captive. [B]Ref[/B]: RIC 103; Hendin 1584a. [B]Prov[/B]: Ex Sammlung Shlomo Moussaieff (1925-2015; purchased London 1948-2000]); [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5746412']Gorny und Mosch Auction 263[/URL] (7 March 2019), Lot 3615; Orfew / Andrew Short Collection; Triton XXV (Online), 6953.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B]#3[/B]: A somewhat better Caracalla of this same type (I have four now). (Photo source: Victor Clark / Victor's Imperial Coins on VCoins.)[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]1502411[/ATTACH] [SIZE=4][B]Roman Imperial. Caralla AR Denarius [/B](2.8g, 18mm, 6h), Rome, 202 CE. [B]Obv[/B]: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG. Laureate bust right. [B]Rev[/B]: PART MAX PON TRP V COS. Trophy of captured arms, two captives seated at base, weight pointed caps; captive to left mourning; to right, bound male captive. [B]Ref[/B]: RIC IV 64. [B]Prov[/B]: Victor Clark / VCoins. [/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B]#4[/B]. Again, not [I]quite[/I] trophy and captives, but vexillum / standard with two captives, the more common variant under Lincinius and Constantine and sons. (I wonder if these are Alemmani captives, [URL='http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/barb/']as suggested for other contemporary coins on Victor Clark's site[/URL]. These ones have finely grained enough imagery it might be possible to notice some cultural detail.) [IMG]http://conservatoricoins.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Crispus-Captives-AE3-Follis-London-Cloke-Toone-Plate-Dimarzio-CT-Colls.jpg[/IMG] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B]Roman Imperial. Cripus Silvered AE Follis[/B] (19.5mm, 3.14 g, 6h), London, c. 320 CE. [B]Obv[/B]: CRISPVS NOBIL C. Helmeted, cuirassed bust right. [B]Rev[/B]: VIRTVS EXERCIT. Two captives seated on either side of vexillum inscribed VOT XX. Exergue: PLON. [B]Ref[/B]: RIC 188; Cloke & Toone 9.02.016 (this coin illustrated). [B]Prov[/B]: CNG Auction 516 (18 May 2022), Lot 631; Paul DiMarzio Collection, acq. 28 May 2018 from Lee Toone (Hookmoor Ancient Coins); ex CT Collections (collection of Toone), acq. 15 Jan 2010 from Dei Gratia Coins (Dave Shelley) at York Coin Fair. [/SIZE] [SIZE=5] [B]#5. Gallienus w/ Germanic captives:[/B] [IMG]http://conservatoricoins.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Gallienus-AR-Antoninianus-HJB-214th-BBS.png[/IMG] [SIZE=4][B]Roman Imperial. Gallienus AR Antoninianus[/B] (22mm, 3.55g, 6h), Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne), 257-258 CE.[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][SIZE=4][B]Obv[/B]: GALLIENVS PF AVG. Radiate, cuirassed bust right. [/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][SIZE=4][B]Rev[/B]: GERMANICVS MAX V. Trophy of capture arms; seated at base, two bound captives, back-to-back.[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][SIZE=4][B]Ref[/B]: RIC 18.[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][SIZE=4][B]Prov[/B]: Philip Ashton Collection; [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7903801']HJB 214 (18 Feb 2021), 280[/URL]; Ex-Pegasi MBS 33 XXXIII / [URL='https://www.vauctions.com/ViewArchiveItem.asp?ID=30078']VAuctions 317 (10 Nov 2015), Lot 617[/URL][/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=6][B]More recommended reading (other good ones in previous posts):[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4] Kinnee, Lauren. 2016. “The Trophy Tableau Monument in Rome: From Marius to Caecilia Metella.” [I]Journal of Ancient History[/I] 4(2): 191–239.[/SIZE] [LIST] [*][SIZE=4]I could only access an electronic version via university library subscription. If anyone knows if there's a free copy let me know & share the link (i.e., somewhere w/ permission of the copyright holder or legal “fair use”)[/SIZE] [/LIST] [SIZE=4]See also her book: 2018. [I]The Greek and Roman Trophy: From Battlefield Marker to Icon of Power[/I]. New York: Routledge.[/SIZE] [LIST] [*][SIZE=4]A substantial [URL='https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Greek_and_Roman_Trophy/skpnDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Kinnee,+Lauren+academia.edu&pg=PT16&printsec=frontcover']preview is available on Google Books[/URL]. I have only begun perusing but I’d assume there is considerable overlap.[/SIZE] [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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