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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4599065, member: 96898"]I just read this thread and your discussion with great interest – thanks a lot for bringing it to my attention, Donna!</p><p><br /></p><p>I do find your arguments fully convincing. Yet, I think the reverse figure on my somewhat worn antoninianus is in fact shown half bare-chested and thus must be considered Virtus. This is implied by the better-preserved coins of Volusian depicted in <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.vo.206" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.vo.206" rel="nofollow">OCRE</a> clearly showing a bare chest, as well as by coins of the same type minted for other emperors, such as the two examples from my collection below. Both reverse figures have one side of the chest exposed:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139024[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Gordian III, Roman Empire, antoninianus, 238–239 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG; bust of Gordian III, radiate and draped, r. Rev: VIRTVS AVG; Virtus standing l., leaning on shield and holding spear. 22mm, 5.00g. Ref: RIC IV Gordian III 6. Ex Otto Helbing Nachf., München, Auction 86 (11/15/1942), lot 1758 (on ticket, in catalogue: 1757); ex AMCC 2, lot 464.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1139023[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Victorinus, Gallic Roman Empire, AE antoninian, 271 AD, Trier mint. Obv: IMP C VICTORINVS PF AVG; radiate, draped, cuirassed bust of Victorinus r. Rev: [VIRT]VS AVG; Virtus, helmetes, standing r., holding spear and leaning on shield. 17mm, 1.98g. Ref: Mairat 635; RIC V,2 Victorinus 78.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4599065, member: 96898"]I just read this thread and your discussion with great interest – thanks a lot for bringing it to my attention, Donna! I do find your arguments fully convincing. Yet, I think the reverse figure on my somewhat worn antoninianus is in fact shown half bare-chested and thus must be considered Virtus. This is implied by the better-preserved coins of Volusian depicted in [URL='http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.vo.206']OCRE[/URL] clearly showing a bare chest, as well as by coins of the same type minted for other emperors, such as the two examples from my collection below. Both reverse figures have one side of the chest exposed: [ATTACH=full]1139024[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Gordian III, Roman Empire, antoninianus, 238–239 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG; bust of Gordian III, radiate and draped, r. Rev: VIRTVS AVG; Virtus standing l., leaning on shield and holding spear. 22mm, 5.00g. Ref: RIC IV Gordian III 6. Ex Otto Helbing Nachf., München, Auction 86 (11/15/1942), lot 1758 (on ticket, in catalogue: 1757); ex AMCC 2, lot 464. [ATTACH=full]1139023[/ATTACH] Victorinus, Gallic Roman Empire, AE antoninian, 271 AD, Trier mint. Obv: IMP C VICTORINVS PF AVG; radiate, draped, cuirassed bust of Victorinus r. Rev: [VIRT]VS AVG; Virtus, helmetes, standing r., holding spear and leaning on shield. 17mm, 1.98g. Ref: Mairat 635; RIC V,2 Victorinus 78.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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