Let's Talks about your Nikes and Victory...

I thought it would be appropriate to start a thread on your Victories and Nikes. Coveted by collectors the Nike/Victory Icon is used on coinage throughout time and by many different cultures. Lets see them! I encourage the WORLD Collectors to include there coins of Victory of with Victory on it. I think it will be an interesting spread to see..

Lets start off with some my largest Victory/Nike.


(Modern Turkey) Anatolia,Pamphylia, Side, c. BC 200
AR 30mm Tetradrachm , 15.88g
obverse: Helmeted Head of Athena
reverse: Victory Advancing hold wreath, Pomegranate in reverse left field.
Monogram: Wreath / AR
ref: CNG31-63010




Another on of my favorite Nikes come from much farther east. This is one of my favorites in my collection.

Antimachos I (168-160 BC)
AR Drachm 17 mm x 2.42 g
Obverse: BASILEWS NIKYFOROU ANTIMAXOU, Nike walking left, holding branch, monogram before.
Reverse: Karoshti legend: Maharajasa jayadharasa Antimakasa, armed and uniformed King on horseback galloping right. Taxila mint, MACW 1674.
Sellers Note: These bilingual drachms were struck during Antimachos'' occupation of Gandhara and Taxila, (Pakistan and North Western India) ca.168-160 BC.
ref# Sear 7546

 

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Four Roman Provincials:

Marcus Aurelius as Caesar AE drachm Alexandria


Septimius Severus AE Hadrianopolis


Septimius Severus AR drachm Caesarea


Gordian III and Tranquillina AE Anchialus

 

Anoob sweet looking Nikes and Victory, Dougs as awesome too..got home late, will dig around tomorrow for a Nike or two...:thumb:

 

Nero AE As
65 A.D.
Diameter: 28.4 mm
Weight: 11.3 grams
Obverse: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P - bare head of Nero, globe at point of bust
Reverse: S-C, Victory advancing left, holding shield inscribed S P Q R
Reference: RIC 477

 

Septimius Severus Denarius
202-210 A.D.
Diameter: 19.1-21.6 mm
Weight: 3.2 grams
Obverse: SEVERVS PIVS AVG - Laureate head of Septimius Severus
Reverse: VICT PART MAX - Victory holding wreath and palm
Reference: RIC 295

 

Constantinopolis Commemorative AE19
Heraclea Mint
330-333 A.D.
Diameter: 19 mm
Weight: 1.90 grams
Obverse: CONSTAN-TINOPLI, helmeted & laureate bust of Constantinopolis left
Reverse: Victory standing left on prow of a galley, holding transverse across her body spear & shield, SMHA in exergue

 

Republicans
Q. Titius, Ar Quinarius
Obv:– Draped and winged bust of Victory right
Rev:– Pegasus leaping right, Q TITI below
Minted in Rome 90 B.C.
Reference:– Sydenham 693, Crawford 431/2
Weight 1.98g. Size 14.13 mm



L. Valerius Flaccus, denarius, 108 - 107 B.C.
Obv:– Winged and draped bust of Victory right
Rev:– LVALERI / FLACCI (downwards on left), Mars walking left holding spear in right and trophy in left, apex left, head of grain behind
Minted in Rome from . 108 - 107 B.C.
Reference:– SRCV I 183, Sydenham 565, Crawford 306/1, RSC I Valeria 11




D. Silanus L.f., denarius
Obv:– Helmeted head of Roma right, T behind
Rev:– Victory in biga right, XV(or is it XX)II above, D.SILANVS L.F / ROMA in exe.
Minted in Rome 91 B.C.
Reference:– Sydenham 646, Crawford 337/3, RSC I Junia 15
Weight 3.93g. 18.23mm. 315 degrees

 

Some Roman Provincials (including Alexandria)
Vespasian Didrachm, Cappadocia, Caesarea - Nike
Obv:– AVTOKPA KAICAP OVECPACIANOC CEBACTOC, Laureate head right
Rev:– NIKH CEBACTH, Victory walking right, holding wreath and palm
Minted in Cappadocia, Caesarea. A.D. 77 - 78
Weight 7.23g. 20.30mm



Diadumenian AE27
Obv:– K-M OΠΕΛΛΙ ANTWNI DIADOMENIANOC, Draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– V P AGRIPPA NIKOPOLITWN PPO C I C TROΣ, Nike advancing right with palm and wreath
Reverse Legend – V P AGRIPPA NIKOPOLITWN PPO C I C TROΣ
Minted in Nicopolis ad Istrum, Magistrate Agrippa
References:– SNGC unlisted, Moushmov 1312



Claudius II Gothicus, Billon tetradrachm
Obv:– AVT K KΛAVΔIOC CEB, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– None, Nike advancing right, holding wreath & palm, year
Minted in Alexandria, L in left field, B in right field (year 2). A.D. 268/269
Reference:– Curtis 1712, BMC 2321 Milne 4228

Alexandrian coins are often dismissed as being crude. I think that Nike has been beautifully engraved on this one.




Probus, Billon tetradrachm
Obv:– A K M AVP PROBOC CEB, Laureate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– None, Nike advancing left, holding wreath in both hands
Minted in Alexandria, Egypt. Year 3. (LГ in left field)
Milne 4555 (This coin). Curtis -, Emmett 3992(3) R5 (This coin). BMC -.
Ex-Olympus Coins February 1992
Ex-Keith Emmett Collection



Probus, Billon tetradrachm
Obv:– A K M AVP PROBOC CEB, Laureate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– None, Nike advancing right, palm in left hand over shoulder, wreath upward in right
Minted in Alexandria Egypt. LE in right field. Year 5. 279 A.D.
Milne 4604. Curtis -, Emmett 3991(3) R1

 

Illyria AR Drachm
OBV: MENISKOS, cow & calf, Nike flying above with wreath, thunderbolt in ex
REV: DYR KAL LW NOS around double stellate pattern
Struck at Dyrrachium, 70-60 BC
3.22g, 17mm
Ceka 322

 

Augustus AE19 (Semis)
OBV: VIC AVG, Nike/Victory standing left on globe, holding wreath and palm
REV: COHOR PRAE PHIL, three military standards
Struck at Philippi, 27 BC-14 AD
3.8g, 19mm
RPC 1651

 

Beautiful pieces everyone! Steve, I particularly like your As of Nero - what a well-preserved coin!

 

L. FLAMINIUS CHILO ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius
OBV: ROMA; helmeted head of Roma right, ROMA behind. Denomination mark X before
REV: L. FLAMIN below, CILO in exergue; Victory driving galloping biga right
Struck at Rome, 109-108 BC
3.75g, 19mm
Crawford 302|1

 

AUGUSTUS As
OBV: CAESAR PONT MAX, laureate head right
REV: Altar of Lugdunum, Victory on each pedestal, ROM ET AVG below
Struck at Lugdunum. 15-10 BC
8.4g, 26mm
RIC 230

 

Augustus Quinarius
OBV: IMP VII CAESAR - Bare head right
REV: ASIA RECEPTA - Victory standing left on cippus, holding wreath and palm, snake on either side
Struck at Uncertain Italian Mint, 29-27 BC
1.7g, 13mm
RIC 276

 

NIKE => Just do it

Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron I AR Tetradrachm
478-466 B.C.
struck 478-475 B.C.
Diameter: 24 mm
Weight: 16.90 grams
Obverse: Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses
Reverse: Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around
Reference: Boehringer series IXa, 190 (V86/R130); SNG ANS-; Randazzo 356 (same dies)
Other: 2h, Near VF, toned, test cut on reverse

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection, Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part I, J.Hirsch XV, 28 May 1906), lot 1132

 

Great lookin' coins, gang!! ... keep 'em comin'

 

Galba AR Denarius
OBV: IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG P M - Laureate head right
REV: VICTORI APR - Victory standing left on globe, holding wreath and palm
Struck at Rome, Oct/Nov 68 AD
3.2g, 18mm
RIC 234

 

Otho AR Denarius
OBV: IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P, bare head right
REV: VICTORIA OTHONIS, Victory standing left on globe, wreath extended in right, palm frond in left
Struck at Rome, Jan-Feb 69 A.D
3.179g, 18.7mm
very rare (RIC R3)
RIC I 17

 

Vespasian, Denarius, Ephesus
Obv - IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS V TR P P P; Head of Vespasian, laureate, right
Rev - PACI AVGVSTAE; Victory adv. right, with wreath and palm; at lower right, star; annulet beneath
Minted in Ephesus, A.D. 74
References:- RIC 1457. BMCRE 475. RSC 277.
Dimensions:- 22.04 mm x 19.07 mm
Severely double struck.

It looks like there was a very off-centre initial strike and the coin was re-struck with a central strike.

An ugly coin with a story to tell.