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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 7798819, member: 99554&quot;]<b>Victoria</b> is, in the Roman religion,the personification of victory and the equivalent of the Greek goddess Nike. She was often associated with Jupiter, Mars, and other deities and was especially worshiped by the army. In later times she had three or four sanctuaries at Rome, including a temple on the Palatine Hill and an altar in the Senate House. One of the most common virtues represented on the reverse of Roman coins, <b>Victoria</b> (from vincere, &quot;to conquer&quot;) was personified as a winged figure, usually holding a palm frond or laurel wreath, and descending in a flowing robe as a messenger of the gods to bestow them on the victorious. The image continued to appear after Christianization of the Empire and gradually evolved into depictions of Christian angels.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1339037[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A roman bronze figure of Victoria, 2nd-3rd century AD (Christies Auction)</p><p><br /></p><p>Nero is one of the first to popularize <b>Victory</b> on the reverse of his coins. <b>Victory</b> also often appears as an attribute in the hands of another deity, or in those of the emperor. Here we can see it in the hand of Roma, but it is also often presented in the company of Virtus, Fides, Mars, Nobilitas, Hercules, Jupiter, and Minerva. During the civil war of 68-69 AD, the type will become unavoidable, being struck by Galba, Otho, Vitellius and Vespasian ... each claiming victory in turn. From then on, the <b>Victory</b> will no longer leave the coinage of the emperors, being present for almost all the following reigns. As we can see, victory is omnipresent in Roman coinage, it will appear on the solidi until the last Roman emperor of the West, Romulus Augustule, while the empire is torn apart on all sides. </p><p><br /></p><p>Since the Gallic coinage is my passion, it&#039;s interesting to notice that the <b>Victory</b> reverse is the only type depicted on coinage of all the Gallic rulers (except Domitianus II). I already had an example of Victorinus:</p><p><br /></p><p>Victorinus Antoninianus</p><p>Cologne </p><p>Victory <i><b>walking </b></i>left...</p><p>Mairat 659</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1339038[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>But I needed a specimen from Trier (also called Mint 1). Here it is:</p><p><br /></p><p>Victorinus Antoninianus</p><p>Trier</p><p>Victory <i><b>running </b></i>left...</p><p>Mairat 633</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1339036[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh yes, she&#039;s on a hurry and <b>RUNNING</b>...</p><p><br /></p><p>I now&nbsp; miss the two COMES reverses with <b>Victoria</b>. I only saw 1 for sale in the last 5 years and the next one could get near 1000 $...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. At least I can admire nice pictures for the moment:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1339039[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1339040[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Since I can&#039;t think of one Emperor which didn&#039;t use Victory on his coinage (maybe Pertinax ?), <b><span style="color: #ff0000">please show me your nicest examples with this reverse.</span></b> How many different rulers can we reach ? 25 ? 50 ? Why not ?</p><p><br /></p><p>*This thread is dedicated to our friend Jared [USER=41219]@furryfrog02[/USER] who also is a <i>fan </i>of Victoria ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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