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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4594010, member: 110350"]Even more obviously a female figure on the reverse. Crawford recognizes that evident fact, but doesn't attempt to identify her. Michael Harlan, in <i>Roman Republican Moneyers and their Coins 63 BCE - 49 BCE</i> (2d ed. 2015), Ch. 19 at pp. 150-157, identifies her as Roma (pointing out other examples of coins on which she wears a Phrygian helmet with a top ornament with two projections):</p><p><br /></p><p>"The scene on Crassus' coin gives the impression of Roman victory. No cavalryman is present. The goddess Roma stands holding the horse by the reins with her right hand and holds a spear in her left; armor and a shield are on the ground at her feet. The horse, armor, and spear are spoils taken by Roma. The whole scene is actually a trophy commemorating a cavalry victory. Such a scene could be expected of a man who had distinguished himself as a cavalry officer under Caesar and would be leading cavalry in the Parthian campaign. The scene looks back to the victories in Gaul and looks forward to victory in Parthia."</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, that's not what happened at Carrhae in 53 BCE, two years later. Certainly one of the worst Roman military defeats ever, along with defeats such as Cannae, the Teutoberg Forest, and, perhaps worst of all for its historical consequences, Adrianople. And Manzikert, if you want to adopt the view that the Byzantines were Roman -- the self-identified Romaioi.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4594010, member: 110350"]Even more obviously a female figure on the reverse. Crawford recognizes that evident fact, but doesn't attempt to identify her. Michael Harlan, in [I]Roman Republican Moneyers and their Coins 63 BCE - 49 BCE[/I] (2d ed. 2015), Ch. 19 at pp. 150-157, identifies her as Roma (pointing out other examples of coins on which she wears a Phrygian helmet with a top ornament with two projections): "The scene on Crassus' coin gives the impression of Roman victory. No cavalryman is present. The goddess Roma stands holding the horse by the reins with her right hand and holds a spear in her left; armor and a shield are on the ground at her feet. The horse, armor, and spear are spoils taken by Roma. The whole scene is actually a trophy commemorating a cavalry victory. Such a scene could be expected of a man who had distinguished himself as a cavalry officer under Caesar and would be leading cavalry in the Parthian campaign. The scene looks back to the victories in Gaul and looks forward to victory in Parthia." Of course, that's not what happened at Carrhae in 53 BCE, two years later. Certainly one of the worst Roman military defeats ever, along with defeats such as Cannae, the Teutoberg Forest, and, perhaps worst of all for its historical consequences, Adrianople. And Manzikert, if you want to adopt the view that the Byzantines were Roman -- the self-identified Romaioi.[/QUOTE]
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