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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 7798997, member: 84744&quot;]Whoah... I think this is going to be a very long (and entertaining!) thread!</p><p><br /></p><p>I know you&#039;re focusing on the empire, but of course Victory featured prominently in the Republic, too, with one coin (the victoriatus) even being named after Victory:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1339069[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And while Nero may have got the ball really rolling, there is also this quinarius of Augustus:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1339071[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>At the other end of the quinarius&#039;s run, this is one of my favourite Victory coins, a quinarius of Diocletian:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1339073[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Another favourite is this VICTOR IVST of Septimius Severus.&nbsp; It&#039;s a Pescennius Niger type, with IVST being a Pescennius moniker... it didn&#039;t last long (nor, perhaps, did the engraver) [Edit: I see Doug covered these while I was writing!):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1339074[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Otherwise I&#039;ll just plop in some of the harder ones to cover.&nbsp; Eugenius (AE4):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1339076[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Basiliscus (this is a semissis):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1339077[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Are we doing empresses too? and do Provincials count?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1339078[/ATTACH]</p><p>Aquilia Severa, AE29 from Tyre[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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