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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 2861403, member: 56653&quot;]One of the most interesting bust types used on late roman coins was the one described as: emperor, cuirassed or draped and cuirassed, holds in his raised right hand an ordinary spear pointed up, and in his left hand a shield and two short spears (plumbatae?).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example for Probus:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]681496[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>S. Estiot wrote a very interesting <a href="http://www.hisoma.mom.fr/numismatique/PDF/Sine%20arcu%20sagittae%20%28S.%20Estiot,%20NZ%20116-7,%202008%29.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hisoma.mom.fr/numismatique/PDF/Sine%20arcu%20sagittae%20%28S.%20Estiot,%20NZ%20116-7,%202008%29.pdf" rel="nofollow">article</a> about this bust type between 279 and 307, the example pictured, which sold in 2008, also appears there at p. 197, 8.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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