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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24713485, member: 26430"]Those are great types! I still need to add at least one from the <i>Parthicus Arabicus et Parthicus Adiabenicus</i> series.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I understand (please correct if mistaken), they commemorate Septimius' punitive expeditions into Arabia and Parthia, regions supporting Pescennius Niger, annexing and installing client rulers.</p><p><br /></p><p>The AE Sestertii (<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4459028" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4459028" rel="nofollow">one nice example</a>) & Provincials (<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9183355" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9183355" rel="nofollow">one from Nikopolis ad Istrum</a>) are also impressive. I don't know if this imagery is used on the Arch of Septimius Severus (there are other captives shown), but I would expect it (some of the friezes are missing, though).</p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius (then Caracalla) continued with less detailed & artistic versions. I picked up this one for its interesting & rare arrangement, with the bound captive standing (this design first used on a Vespasian Judaea Capta Sestertius, then Domitian & Marcus Aurelius Sestertii):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1579882[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Examples from his son, Caracalla, still looking quite youthful (top left is Victor Clark's VCoins photo), struck 201 CE:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1579881[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The "Parthicus Maximus" referenced on the rev. types above is his father's title, not his own. However, 10 years later (211 CE), when Septimius died, Caracalla received the title. Unlike his father (and Marcus Aurelius & Lucius Verus before him), Caracalla merely inherited the title "Parthicus Maximus," rather than earning it through victorious battle (though, still a child, he did accompany Septimius on the campaign). In 216, he did initiate his own Parthian campaign, but was shortly assassinated by Macrinus.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Provincial AE below, from Caracalla's (eventual) successor (and cousin?) Elagabalus shows two small captives underfoot.</p><p><br /></p><p>No doubt the young ruler was trying to invoke the military achievements of Septimius, in the tradition of his predecessor Caracalla (issued in Nikopolis, where Septimius had issued many captives coins, as did Caracalla after him).</p><p><br /></p><p>I've shown this one before, as it's a new favorite:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1579883[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><font size="4">Ex Lindgren Collection (Antioch Associates BBS 42 [15 Nov 2002], 72), presumably meant for the canceled (c. 2001) vol. 4 of his Greek/RPC bronzes. </font></p><p><font size="4">Fortunately, it still found its way into the right places:</font></p><p><font size="4"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210518050334/https:/aeqvitas.com/photo.php?term=Elagabalus+&precanned=Roman_Imperial_and_Provincial" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210518050334/https:/aeqvitas.com/photo.php?term=Elagabalus+&precanned=Roman_Imperial_and_Provincial" rel="nofollow">Heather Howard's Elagabalus ref. coll.</a>, then onto <a href="https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/moesia/nikopolis/t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/moesia/nikopolis/t.html" rel="nofollow">Wildwinds</a>, George Spradling Coll. & <a href="http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=312869" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=312869" rel="nofollow">Coinproject (38-074)</a>, </font></p><p><font size="4">into <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=92403.msg599811#msg599811" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=92403.msg599811#msg599811" rel="nofollow">HHJ Addenda 3, #149</a> & then a plate coin in the HHJ <i>Nicopolis</i> 2015-2021 print vols., and <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/1197" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/1197" rel="nofollow">RPC VI 1197</a> "plate coin"; </font></p><p><font size="4">also J. Winnett (<a href="https://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/16683.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/16683.php" rel="nofollow">Tantalus 16683</a>) & zumbly collections/inventory.</font></p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24713485, member: 26430"]Those are great types! I still need to add at least one from the [I]Parthicus Arabicus et Parthicus Adiabenicus[/I] series. As I understand (please correct if mistaken), they commemorate Septimius' punitive expeditions into Arabia and Parthia, regions supporting Pescennius Niger, annexing and installing client rulers. The AE Sestertii ([URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4459028']one nice example[/URL]) & Provincials ([URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9183355']one from Nikopolis ad Istrum[/URL]) are also impressive. I don't know if this imagery is used on the Arch of Septimius Severus (there are other captives shown), but I would expect it (some of the friezes are missing, though). Septimius (then Caracalla) continued with less detailed & artistic versions. I picked up this one for its interesting & rare arrangement, with the bound captive standing (this design first used on a Vespasian Judaea Capta Sestertius, then Domitian & Marcus Aurelius Sestertii): [ATTACH=full]1579882[/ATTACH] Examples from his son, Caracalla, still looking quite youthful (top left is Victor Clark's VCoins photo), struck 201 CE: [ATTACH=full]1579881[/ATTACH] The "Parthicus Maximus" referenced on the rev. types above is his father's title, not his own. However, 10 years later (211 CE), when Septimius died, Caracalla received the title. Unlike his father (and Marcus Aurelius & Lucius Verus before him), Caracalla merely inherited the title "Parthicus Maximus," rather than earning it through victorious battle (though, still a child, he did accompany Septimius on the campaign). In 216, he did initiate his own Parthian campaign, but was shortly assassinated by Macrinus. The Provincial AE below, from Caracalla's (eventual) successor (and cousin?) Elagabalus shows two small captives underfoot. No doubt the young ruler was trying to invoke the military achievements of Septimius, in the tradition of his predecessor Caracalla (issued in Nikopolis, where Septimius had issued many captives coins, as did Caracalla after him). I've shown this one before, as it's a new favorite: [ATTACH=full]1579883[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=4]Ex Lindgren Collection (Antioch Associates BBS 42 [15 Nov 2002], 72), presumably meant for the canceled (c. 2001) vol. 4 of his Greek/RPC bronzes. Fortunately, it still found its way into the right places: [URL='https://web.archive.org/web/20210518050334/https:/aeqvitas.com/photo.php?term=Elagabalus+&precanned=Roman_Imperial_and_Provincial']Heather Howard's Elagabalus ref. coll.[/URL], then onto [URL='https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/moesia/nikopolis/t.html']Wildwinds[/URL], George Spradling Coll. & [URL='http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=312869']Coinproject (38-074)[/URL], into [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=92403.msg599811#msg599811']HHJ Addenda 3, #149[/URL] & then a plate coin in the HHJ [I]Nicopolis[/I] 2015-2021 print vols., and [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/1197']RPC VI 1197[/URL] "plate coin"; also J. Winnett ([URL='https://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/16683.php']Tantalus 16683[/URL]) & zumbly collections/inventory.[/SIZE][/INDENT][/QUOTE]
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