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<p>[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 4742911, member: 14873"]Of course the descriptions of Victory we are using here are our own, but we Ancient coin collectors do that quite often - and I think it enriches our discussions. It seems to me that the early issues of these “Victory” reverse coins from the Rome mint are more subdued in the portraiture, titulature legends and depictions of Victory than the more flamboyant Lugdunum issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the three coins I posted (also those posted by by Justin Lee): The titulature on the earliest Rome mint issues is simply IMP CAESAR AVG GERM IMP (BMCRE, vol. I, No. 232/233) and Victory is usually rather static. The Lugdunum issue coins (BMCRE, vol. I, No’s. 543/544) depict Nero with his famous elaborate curly “hair-do’s”, more extensive titulature with IMP as a Praenomen and more dramatic, and active, “Victories”.</p><p><br /></p><p>The magnificent coins posted by [USER=100777]@octavius[/USER] also illustrate these attributes. BTW, the shield that Victory carries always bears the legend SPQR, but the inscription was very lightly rendered and so wore off with normal coin handling and is seldom clearly visible on surviving coins. His coins are remarkable in that SPQR is readable on all of them![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 4742911, member: 14873"]Of course the descriptions of Victory we are using here are our own, but we Ancient coin collectors do that quite often - and I think it enriches our discussions. It seems to me that the early issues of these “Victory” reverse coins from the Rome mint are more subdued in the portraiture, titulature legends and depictions of Victory than the more flamboyant Lugdunum issues. Regarding the three coins I posted (also those posted by by Justin Lee): The titulature on the earliest Rome mint issues is simply IMP CAESAR AVG GERM IMP (BMCRE, vol. I, No. 232/233) and Victory is usually rather static. The Lugdunum issue coins (BMCRE, vol. I, No’s. 543/544) depict Nero with his famous elaborate curly “hair-do’s”, more extensive titulature with IMP as a Praenomen and more dramatic, and active, “Victories”. The magnificent coins posted by [USER=100777]@octavius[/USER] also illustrate these attributes. BTW, the shield that Victory carries always bears the legend SPQR, but the inscription was very lightly rendered and so wore off with normal coin handling and is seldom clearly visible on surviving coins. His coins are remarkable in that SPQR is readable on all of them![/QUOTE]
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