To The Victor Go The Spoils

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  1. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    This beautiful Elagabalus denarius came in the mail today along with a provincial Titus Judea Capta. From what I have found, this reverse was to honor Elagabalus' victory over Macrinus and his son, Diadumenian.

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    Let's see some other "Victory" coins you have (Britania, Germania, etc...) :)
     
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  3. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    Here's one from the year of the six emperors (238 A.D.) It also features VICTORY, presumably celebrating the victory over Maximinus Thrax.

    Pupienus AE Sestertius.
    IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right
    VICTORIA AVGG S-C, Victory standing front, looking left, holding wreath and palm branch. RIC 23a, Cohen 38.

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  4. Shea19

    Shea19 Well-Known Member

    This one is my avatar coin, and one of my favorites. It celebrates Maximinus Thrax's victorious German campaign.

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    Maximinus I (Thrax), AR Denarius (20 mm, 3.04 g), Rome, 236-237. MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus I to right/ Rev. VICTORIA GERM Victory standing front, head to left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond with her left; German captive at feet. RIC 23
     
  5. Gary R. Wilson

    Gary R. Wilson ODERINT, DUM METUANT — CALIGULA

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    Trajan Decius (Augustus)
    Coin: Brass Sestertius
    IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG - Laureate & cuirassed bust right
    VICTORIA AVG S-C - Victory advancing left with wreath & palm branch.
    Exergue:


    Mint: Rome (249-250 AD)
    Wt./Size/Axis: 13.61g / 29mm / 12h
    References:
    RIC IV 126d
    Cohen 117
    Sear 9410
    Provenances:
    Bertolami Fine Arts
    Acquisition/Sale: Bertolami Fine Arts Internet E-Live Auction 61 #606 $0.00 09/18
    Notes: Jun 9, 19 - The Gary R. Wilson Collection
     
  6. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    Great coin! I always like any coin that specifies the enemy by name but this one instead specifies the ruler responsible for the victory. That is very, very unusual and a bit like blowing one's own horn when the ruler had nothing to do with the victory.

    Of course my favorite Victory series is from 'Emesa' which copied the Antioch type of C. Pescennius Niger Iustus and later changed it omitting The part using part of Pescennius' name leaving us with VICTOR SEVER AVG.

    Pescennius Niger "IVS" / VICTOR IVST AVG
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    Septimius / VICTOR IVST AVG
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    Septimius / VICTOR SEVER AVG
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    And, of course,there is the Julia Domna version VICTOR IVST AVG - no male issued this legend with a seated Victory.
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  7. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Nice coins!
    I will pitch in with another Elagalabus IMG_0690.JPG IMG_0694.JPG
     
  8. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    Doug,
    My coin’s reverse seems right up Elagabalus’ alley doesn’t it? :)

    Thanks for sharing your examples. I have never seen a seated Victory before. Too cool!
     
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  9. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    IMG_1105.JPG IMG_1108.JPG Another Victoria from Zeno
     
  10. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

  11. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Victory over the Goths!

    Tacitus VICTORIA GOTTHI antoninianus.jpg Tacitus, AD 275-276.
    Roman billon antoninianus, 3.57 gm, 21.1 mm.
    Ticinum, AD 276.
    Obv: IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust, right.
    Rev: VICTORIA GOTTHI, Victoria standing left, holding wreath and palm; P in exergue.
    Refs: RIC 172; Cohen 158; Sear 11821; Hunter 59; CBN 1676.
     
  12. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    VICTORY - LAELIANUS... WHO???

    Yes, I cut and pasted (stole?) the below passages from Wikipedia. However, there is not a lot on this guy... Big VICTORY on the back of the coin, but...

    (My coin)
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    Roman Empire
    Laelianus, AD 269
    AE Antoninianus, 19mm, 3.4g, 6h; Moguntiacum mint.
    Obv.: IMP C LAELIANVS PF AVG; Radiate, cuirassed bust right.
    Rev.: VICTORIA AVG; Victory advancing right.
    Reference: RIC Vb 9, p. 373
    Ex: @John Anthony

    Origins[edit]
    Little is known about Laelianus. He shares the same nomen as a prominent Hispano-Roman family, the Ulpii, that included Trajan among its members, and may have been a relative.[2] This is supported by the strong allusion to Hispania on an aureus he struck, which featured the design of Hispania reclining with a rabbit to her side. If he indeed was a relative, this may be the reason Hispania allied itself with Claudius II, after the death of Laelianus, seemingly without a struggle.

    Rule[edit]
    Laelianus declared himself emperor at Moguntiacum in February/March 269.[3] after repulsing a Germanic invasion.[4] Although his exact position is unknown, he is believed to have been a senior officer under Postumus,[5] either the legatus of Germania Superior or the commander of Legio XXII Primigenia.[2] Laelianus represented a strong danger to Postumus because of the two legions he commanded (Primigenia in Moguntiacum and VIII Augusta in Argentoratum);[2] Despite this, his rebellion lasted only about two months before he was executed,[6] reputedly by his own soldiers, or by Postumus' troops after a siege of Laelianus' capital.[1] The siege of Moguntiacum was also fatal for Postumus; it is said he was slain when he refused to allow his troops to plunder the city following its capture.[7]
    ...WIKIPEDIA
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laelianus
     
  13. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    I had never heard of him before. Interesting!
     
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  14. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    (His coins ain't too cheap either...)
     
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  15. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    Yeah I just checked vcoins....he will forever be missing from my collection.
     
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  16. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Yeah, I remembered seeing an FDC Aureus from him on NFA auction.....price realized back then was $$$$$
     
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  17. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    Awww come on, you didn't add it to your already amazing collection? ;)
     
  18. octavius

    octavius Well-Known Member

    Dupondius of Germanicus, struck by his son, Caligula, honoring his father's victory over the Germans.

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  19. Kris Ferrara

    Kris Ferrara New Member

     
  20. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    Beautiful. I would love to add a Caligula some day.
     
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  21. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

    Great looking Elagabalus, FF!

    Here's Victory standing on a galley waving two pompoms, commemorating the defeat of the Licinian fleet by Crispus at the Battle of the Hellespont in 324. This victory enabled Constantine's army to cross over into Asia Minor and force Licinius to retreat to Byzantium, where he eventually surrendered, resulting in Constantine becoming the sole ruler of the Roman Empire.

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    CONSTANTINE I
    AE3. 3.15g, 19mm, Constantinople mint, AD 327-328. RIC VII 25 (R2). O: CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed head right. R: LIBERT-A-S PVBLICA, Victory standing with head left on a galley, holding up a wreath in each hand; CONS in exergue, B in left field.
     
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