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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 3075680, member: 88829&quot;]Something there is about silver to show off a Roman Imperial trophy.&nbsp; But the trophy at arms image did appear in bronze in the later empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>The House of Constantine in the early days of his sons, Crispus and Constantine II, had a couple of reverse types that made use of a trophy of arms.&nbsp; The earliest type, the VIRTVS EXERCIT features a trophy standing between two bound, seated captives,&nbsp; and came primarily from the mint at Trier:</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine</p><p>[ATTACH=full]773614[/ATTACH]</p><p>Crispus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]773615[/ATTACH]</p><p>Constantine II</p><p>[ATTACH=full]773616[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Note that for these each royal figure receives a distinctive treatment in battle dress.&nbsp; Other mints produced the VIRTVS EXERCIT using a labarum instead of a trophy between the captives.</p><p><br /></p><p>Somewhat later the Sarmatia Devicta reverses were produced at all of the Western mints in production at the time.&nbsp; In this the figure of Victory, advancing right, carries the trophy over her shoulder.&nbsp; Here is an example from the mint at London:</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine</p><p>[ATTACH=full]773617[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Dafne issue you have already seen represented here, but here it is with the &quot;eyes-to-heaven&quot; obverse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]773625[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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