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<p>[QUOTE="Jwt708, post: 2391759, member: 32619"]I can't comment on the bird on globe reverse but it strikes me as a message asserting Rome's dominance over the world. I don't know if that's the message it meant to convey. But here's a provincial with a similar reverse:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-25-marcianopolis-caracalla.3340/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Marcianopolis, Caracalla, AD 198-217</p><p>AE27, 10.2g, 6h.</p><p><i>Obv.</i>: ΠIOC AVΓ ANTΩNINOC; Laureate head right, seen from behind.</p><p><i>Rev.</i>: YΠ KYNTIΛIANOY MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN (Quintillianus magistrate); Eagle standing left on globe, head right, holding wreath.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jwt708, post: 2391759, member: 32619"]I can't comment on the bird on globe reverse but it strikes me as a message asserting Rome's dominance over the world. I don't know if that's the message it meant to convey. But here's a provincial with a similar reverse: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-25-marcianopolis-caracalla.3340/full[/IMG] Marcianopolis, Caracalla, AD 198-217 AE27, 10.2g, 6h. [I]Obv.[/I]: ΠIOC AVΓ ANTΩNINOC; Laureate head right, seen from behind. [I]Rev.[/I]: YΠ KYNTIΛIANOY MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN (Quintillianus magistrate); Eagle standing left on globe, head right, holding wreath.[/QUOTE]
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