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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7909278, member: 75937"]Horses running are about the most action you'll see on Roman coins. Here's a couple:</p><p><br /></p><p>Action-packed Probus quadriga:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/probus-soli-invicto-quadriga-antoninianus-serdica-jpg.1281984/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Probus, AD 276-282.</p><p>Roman billon antoninianus, 4.15 g, 22.05 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Serdica, 4th officina, 4th emission, AD 277.</p><p>Obv: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust, left, in imperial mantle, holding eagle-tipped scepter.</p><p>Rev: SOLI INVICTO, Sol, in spread quadriga, raising right hand and holding whip in left hand; -/-//KAΔ.</p><p>Refs: RIC 861 H; RCV 12040 var. (bust).</p><p><br /></p><p>Dioscuri on rearing horses!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/l-cupiennius-denarius-dioscuri-jpg.1286400/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>L. Cupiennius, 147 BC.</p><p>Roman Republican AR denarius, 3.89 g, 17.7 mm, 3 h.</p><p>Rome, 147 BC.</p><p>Obv: Helmeted head of Roma, right; cornucopiae behind; denominational mark X before.</p><p>Rev: Dioscuri galloping right; L·CVP (VP ligatured) below; ROMA in exergue.</p><p>Refs: Crawford (RRC) 218/1; RSC Cupiennia 1; Sydenham (CRR) 404; RCV 94.</p><p><br /></p><p>Horse with muscular hind-quarters at full gallop!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/l-calpurnius-piso-frugi-denarius-horseman-mb-jpg.1304248/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi, 90 BC.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.68 g, 18.1 mm, 8 h.</p><p>Rome, 90 BC.</p><p>Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right; ΨXXXVIII behind.</p><p>Rev: Horseman right with palm-branch in left hand and reins in right hand; CVII above, L<b>·</b>PISO FRVGI / ROMA monogram below.</p><p>Refs: Ghey, Leins & Crawford 340.1.84; RSC Calpurnia 11; Sydenham (CRR) 664b; BMCRR 1928; Sear 235.</p><p>Notes: Double die match to <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1901-0407-128" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1901-0407-128" rel="nofollow">BMC specimen</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7909278, member: 75937"]Horses running are about the most action you'll see on Roman coins. Here's a couple: Action-packed Probus quadriga: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/probus-soli-invicto-quadriga-antoninianus-serdica-jpg.1281984/[/IMG] Probus, AD 276-282. Roman billon antoninianus, 4.15 g, 22.05 mm, 6 h. Serdica, 4th officina, 4th emission, AD 277. Obv: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust, left, in imperial mantle, holding eagle-tipped scepter. Rev: SOLI INVICTO, Sol, in spread quadriga, raising right hand and holding whip in left hand; -/-//KAΔ. Refs: RIC 861 H; RCV 12040 var. (bust). Dioscuri on rearing horses! [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/l-cupiennius-denarius-dioscuri-jpg.1286400/[/IMG] L. Cupiennius, 147 BC. Roman Republican AR denarius, 3.89 g, 17.7 mm, 3 h. Rome, 147 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma, right; cornucopiae behind; denominational mark X before. Rev: Dioscuri galloping right; L·CVP (VP ligatured) below; ROMA in exergue. Refs: Crawford (RRC) 218/1; RSC Cupiennia 1; Sydenham (CRR) 404; RCV 94. Horse with muscular hind-quarters at full gallop! [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/l-calpurnius-piso-frugi-denarius-horseman-mb-jpg.1304248/[/IMG] L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi, 90 BC. Roman AR denarius, 3.68 g, 18.1 mm, 8 h. Rome, 90 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right; ΨXXXVIII behind. Rev: Horseman right with palm-branch in left hand and reins in right hand; CVII above, L[B]·[/B]PISO FRVGI / ROMA monogram below. Refs: Ghey, Leins & Crawford 340.1.84; RSC Calpurnia 11; Sydenham (CRR) 664b; BMCRR 1928; Sear 235. Notes: Double die match to [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1901-0407-128']BMC specimen[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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