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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2043721, member: 19463&quot;]I know I have seen other references to the ship type as Circus Maximus but I can&#039;t say I am of the belief it is correct.&nbsp; RIC describes the scene animal by animal.&nbsp; The idea of it showing the Circus Maximus seems to have come up since RIC was written.&nbsp;&nbsp; The way I read the note in Sear Millennium Edition (and the way I see the coin) it is a combination of animal events and races plus the ship but not intended all to be a photographic record of one scene.&nbsp;&nbsp; The races and Circus Maximus are at the top but the ship with animals is at the bottom (and probably happened at the Colosseum according to Sear).&nbsp;&nbsp; The main reason I do not want to call this type &#039;Circus&#039; is that Caracalla later issued a definite Circus Maximus type showing the building which I believe should have rights to that name.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=566623" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=566623" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=566623</a></p><p>There remains the question as to whether the ship is the collapsible one filled with animals or one used in a mock naval battle in a flooded arena.&nbsp; It makes no difference as far as the coin is concerned since it is certainly among the best type for the emperor.&nbsp; My interest in Septimius is earlier and more Eastern (or both) so I have not studied much on the later Roman period.&nbsp; There are several Rome mint &#039;special&#039; types way over my price bracket.&nbsp; This is a great coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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