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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 24771384, member: 87809&quot;]I got this one recently, two seated captives, also ex. [USER=82549]@gsimonel[/USER] at <a href="http://feltemp.com/Emperors/Emperors_Page1.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://feltemp.com/Emperors/Emperors_Page1.html" rel="nofollow">http://feltemp.com/Emperors/Emperors_Page1.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Denarius, Rome, 202 AD</p><p>18 mm, 3.1 g</p><p>RIC IV, 184; RSC (Cohen) 372; BMCRE 383</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: SEVERVS PIVS AVG Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, to right</p><p>Rev.: PART MAX P-M TR P X Trophy (<i>tropaion) </i>flanked by two Parthian captives seated back to back on either side.</p><p>A <i>tropaion</i> is an archaic Greek style battle trophy (from <i>tropê</i> which translates to “turning point”). It is a branched tree decorated with the shields, armor and weapons of the defeated enemy that would be set up at the location where the battle had taken a turn toward victory.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1584770[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1584771[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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