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Message:: [QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 7950499, member: 83845"]Great coin [USER=81896]@Deacon Ray[/USER] !  Here are a few victory celebrations in my collection. Here is a coin in which the veteran legions celebrated their victory over Cleopatra and Egypt.[ATTACH=full]1377386[/ATTACH]Roman EmpireAugustus & AgrippaAE Dupondius, Nemausus mint, struck ca. 10 BC - 10 ADDia.: 26 mmWt.: 12.3 gObv.: IMP: Augustus, laureate bust right; Agrippa, bust left wearing rostral crownRev.: COL - NEM: Crocodile chained to palm treeRef.: RIC 158Ex JAZ Numismatics On this coin Trajan is celebrating one of the episodes in his victory over Dacia.[ATTACH=full]1377388[/ATTACH]Roman EmpireTrajan (AD 98-117)AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 107-108Dia.: 19.1 mmWt.: 2.94 gObv.: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TR P; Trajan laureate bust right, left shoulder drapedRev.: COS V PP SPQR OPTIMO PRINC; Danube, velificatio, reclining on rocks, right hand holding prow of a ship. Left arm resting on overflowing container of water. DANVVIVS in exergue.Ref.: RIC II 100 ...and here Marcus Aurelius is celebrating a victory over the Marcomanni.[ATTACH=full]1377387[/ATTACH]Roman EmpireMarcus AureliusAR denarius, Rome mint, struck AD 173Dia.: 19 mmWt.: 3.31 gObv.: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII; Laureate head rightRev.: IMP VI COS III; German captive seared left at foot of trophyRev.: RIC 280Ex Walter Stoecklin Collection (1888-1975); Ex Orfew Collection[/QUOTE]