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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herodotus, post: 4377150, member: 111387&quot;]In the process of attempting to attribute a Byzantine coin of mine -- thinking it may be a bronze Trebizond trachy(?) of Manuel III Komnenos(?), I was perusing the &quot;Beautiful Byzantines&quot; thread in the hopes of garnering some further insight.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/beautiful-byzantines.352446/page-4" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/beautiful-byzantines.352446/page-4">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/beautiful-byzantines.352446/page-4</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In that thread I noticed a link mentioning the &quot;Let&#039;s march through time with Roman Imperials!&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lets-march-through-time-with-roman-imperials.327939/#post-3250904" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lets-march-through-time-with-roman-imperials.327939/#post-3250904">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lets-march-through-time-with-roman-imperials.327939/#post-3250904</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Hitting a roadblock and deciding to abandon the Byzantine search for now, I started to peruse the RIC thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lo and behold, while reading the first page, I came across [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] &#039;s post of his Varus coin.&nbsp; The synapses in my brain started firing.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I had recently started watching the BBC series &quot;I, Claudius&quot;(I was a mere pup when it first aired).&nbsp; The scene where Brian Blessed&#039;s portrayal of Augustus lamenting &quot;QUINTILIUS VARUS! WHERE ARE MY EAGLES???!!!!&quot; left me chuckling at his strained expression.&nbsp; It inspired me to spend some time re-researching the Battle of the Teutoburg forest.</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of months ago, I acquired a large lot of primarily Seleukid bronze coins(minted in and around Antioch), and I&#039;ve logged hours attempting to attribute all of them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Fast forward to last night. I had successfully attributed one coin in particular in my batch, but it wasn&#039;t until seeing [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] &#039;s coin that I was able to put two and two together.&nbsp; My coin is a P. Quinctilius Varus issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Wait! There is a coin of THE Varus? As in the annihilation at the Teutoburg Forest?? As in old man Augustus roaming at night hollering, &quot;Varus, give me back my legions!&quot;</p><p>That Varus?!?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>- [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>How cool is that?</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve found most of my forays at attribution rewarding, but this one is like finding a rare gem.&nbsp; Thanks so much Coin Talk members for helping me in this discovery.</p><p><br /></p><p>Without further ado, here it is...</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post any other coins related to the Battle of the Teutoburg forest.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://srv4.imgonline.com.ua/result_img/imgonline-com-ua-resize-jF9SbhTBc8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. <i>Pseudo-autonomous issue. </i></b>temp. Augustus, 27 BC-AD 14. Æ Trichalkon. Struck under P. Quinctillius Varus, Governor of Syria. Dated year 25 of the Actian Era (7/6 BC).</p><p>O: Laureate head of Zeus right </p><p>R: Tyche seated right on rocky outcropping, holding palm branch; at feet, river-god Orontes swimming right; EK (date) in right field.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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