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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4037436, member: 57495"]These dated types are pretty cool that way, especially when they can corroborate or shed light on specific historical events. For example, for the issues of AD 183, RIC notes that, "The military note rings clearer in the coinage of this year. Types of Minerva fighting, of Commodus as 'triumphator' and peace-bringer, <b>of Victory bearing trophy</b>, of Jupiter Victor, of Pax and Roma, no doubt look primarily to the outbreak of war in Britain and the successes of Ulpius Marcellus."</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For me, it's the stories about him shooting off the heads of ostriches as they ran about the arena. What a jerk![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4037436, member: 57495"]These dated types are pretty cool that way, especially when they can corroborate or shed light on specific historical events. For example, for the issues of AD 183, RIC notes that, "The military note rings clearer in the coinage of this year. Types of Minerva fighting, of Commodus as 'triumphator' and peace-bringer, [B]of Victory bearing trophy[/B], of Jupiter Victor, of Pax and Roma, no doubt look primarily to the outbreak of war in Britain and the successes of Ulpius Marcellus." For me, it's the stories about him shooting off the heads of ostriches as they ran about the arena. What a jerk![/QUOTE]
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