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Message:: [QUOTE="GinoLR, post: 24816152, member: 128351"]There is no "ceremonial quadriga" in Rome. The only moment when the emperor is standing in such a quadriga is the triumph. Severus Alexander celebrated a triumph on the Persians, but it did not happen before 233, when the emperor was back from Orient. Your coin is dated 229 (TR P VIII). It shows an anticipated triumph, a triumph that had not actually taken place yet, but the Roman propaganda was so confident the Romans would win that these coins were minted. The same thing happened under Gordian III. When war was decided against the Persians, they began gathering exotic animals in Rome for the games that would be organized when the emperor would be back and celebrating his triumph. Gordian died during this campaign and was buried in Syria, Philip the Arab was proclaimed Augustus and came to Rome, and the animals prepared for Gordian's triumph were produced at the 248 AD secular games, celebrating the 1000 years of Rome. Here is a French newspaper of 1927, announcing that aviators Nungesser and Coli had made it, they had crossed the Atlantic and landed in New York at 5 hrs. But alas! they never made it and probably crashed in the ocean... Nothing was ever found. [ATTACH=full]1588481[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]