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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4906426, member: 75937&quot;]I have many LIBERTAS coins featuring the pileus and vindicta used in the manumission ceremony. Here&#039;s one of Gordian III:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-iii-libertas-standing-sestertius-jpg.1025654/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Gordian III, AD 238-244.</p><p>Roman Æ sestertius, 24.30 gm, 28.7 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 240.</p><p>Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: LIBERTAS AVG SC, Libertas standing left, holding pileus and scepter.</p><p>Refs: RIC 318a; Cohen 153; RCV 8717; Hunter 147.</p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s a poor soul captured and bound with his hands behind his back on a coin depicting Licinius II at the age of two:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/licinius-ii-iovi-conservatori-caess-follis-antioch-jpg.1153831/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Licinius II, Caesar, AD 317-324.</p><p>Roman Æ follis, 3.36 g, 17.55 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Antioch, AD 317-318.</p><p>Obv: D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C, laureate bust, left, holding mappa in the right hand and globe and scepter in left.</p><p>Rev: IOVI CONSERVATORI CAESS, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe; resting on scepter; at left, captive. SMANT in exergue, H in field, right.</p><p>Refs: RIC 29; RCV 15415.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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