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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 24567769, member: 31620&quot;]I am sure that someone out there is building officina collections for these types. Something that should be fairly possible with enough time and determination. These are very common (Rated C4 by RIC) and come from 15 officinae (see scan from RIC below).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1557662[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>If one is sufficiently interested then you can find several other details that can be found of interest in this series. The raching arm of the horseman is found in a variety of poses, the spear is seen in various positions relative to the horse and horseman, there are some minor variations in the shield being held by the emperor..... I am sure that more will not care about such detail but I think them an interesting insight into the freedom that was given to the engraver.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I take the RIC 132 (//ANS) example above as the base reference example then we have:-</p><p><br /></p><p>Reaching arm slightly bent passing thr spear, which is aimed at the base of the spine of the horseman, the shield being oval in shape with a small central boss, edged with a border of dots.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now //ANE and //ANI, which are almost identical in every regard except the reaching arm is to the left of the spear.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_170fv_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_170en_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Now //AN Theta, where the spear is being driven through the shoulder of the horseman</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_170ft_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Now a pair of //ANH, the first shows the horseman has his arm bent to 90 degrees and appears to be grabbing the spear, the shield has an additional ring of dots as decoration, the horsemans shield has some depth rather than being a simple oval of dots.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_170gh_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>the second horseman has his arm bent&nbsp; beyond 90 degrees with his hand almost shielding his face, the shield showing no evidence of a central boss.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_170eg_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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