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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ambr0zie, post: 7921361, member: 80952&quot;]Shield and spear</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1368539[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gallienus AR Antoninianus. Mediolanum (Milan) Mint 260-268 AD. Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG Radiate head right. Reverse: VIRTV-S AVG Soldier, helmeted, in military attire, standing left, resting right hand on shield and holding spear in left hand. References: RICV Gallienus 534</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Haste</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1368540[/ATTACH]</p><p>GALLIENVS PF AVG. Radiated and armored bust of Gallienus on the left, seen from three quarters in front with shield and holding a haste on the left shoulder (F1). GERMANICVS MAX V.Arms trophy with a captive on each side.Reverse translation: “Germanicus Maximus quintum”, (Winner of the Germans for the fifth time).</p><p>RIC V Gallienus (joint reign)18</p><p><br /></p><p>Parazonium</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1368541[/ATTACH]</p><p>Constantine I (306-337 AD) for Constantinus II Caesar. AE Nummus (18 mm, 2.83 g), Treveri, c. 322.</p><p>Obv. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, Laureate bust to left, wearing ornate trabea, holding Victory on globe in right hand and parazonium in left.&nbsp; </p><p>Rev. BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Large globe on an altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX; three stars above,&nbsp; •STR• dot in exergue.</p><p>RIC 382</p><p><br /></p><p>Another sturdy spear</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1368542[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM. Head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right. Rev:TR P XXX IMP VIII COS III. Mars, helmeted, naked except for cloak flying behind, advancing right, holding transverse spear in right hand and trophy, sloped over left shoulder, in left hand</p><p>RIC III Marcus Aurelius 349</p><p><br /></p><p>Bipennis</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1368543[/ATTACH]</p><p>Lydia, Thyateira</p><p>Obv: laureate head of Apollo right&nbsp; / Rev: ΘΥΑΤΕΙ / ΡΗΝ-ΩΝ, ethnic above and across handle of bipennis (double-axe), palm-branch to right.</p><p>Cf. SNG Cop 571 ; Cf. Klein 578; Cf. SNG Von Aulock 3200</p><p><br /></p><p>Labrys</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1368544[/ATTACH]</p><p>Islands off Troas, Tenedos AR Obol. Circa 5th Century BC. Janiform head of female, facing left, and bearded male (Philonome and Tenes), facing right / Labrys (double axe) within shallow incuse; T-E across fields. SNG München 340; SNG Copenhagen 509; HGC 6, 387; SNG von Aulock 7666.</p><p><br /></p><p>Quiver, spear, bow</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1368545[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II (ca 485-420 BC) AR Siglos, Sardes mint.</p><p>Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys , quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow</p><p>Rev: Incuse punch.</p><p>Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XII, 17); Meadows, Administration 322; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 17; Sunrise 25</p><p>5,44 g, 17 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Harpa</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1368546[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>PONTOS. Amisos AE29 Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, ca 105-90 or 90-85 BC</p><p>Helmeted head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Pegasos</p><p>Rev: AMI - ΣOY - Perseus standing left, holding harpa and head of Medusa, whose decapitated body lies at his feet; monogram to left and right.</p><p>SNG BM Black Sea 1169-72; HGC 7, 238.</p><p>18,30 g, 30 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>The club must have been a formidable weapon, if handled by Herakles himself</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1368547[/ATTACH]</p><p>Lydia. Blaundos circa 200-0 BC.</p><p>Bronze Æ</p><p>12 mm, 2,04 g</p><p>Obv: Head of Herakles right, bearded / Rev MΛAYNΔE ΘEOTIMIΔO (or MΛAYNΔEΩN ΘEOTIMIΔO); club</p><p>IMHOOF LS S50,4(1) / COLL IMHOOF(1) ; BMC 16 S42,5(1)</p><p><br /></p><p>...and another spear and shield, my latest acquisition, as I was lacking a Constantinopolis commemorative.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1368548[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>City Commemoratives AD 330-354. Siscia</p><p>Follis Æ</p><p>17 mm, 2,31 g</p><p>RIC VII Siscia 224</p><p>Obv: CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS, bust of Constantinopolis, laureate, helmeted, wearing imperial cloak, left, holding reversed spear in right hand / Rev: Victory, winged, draped, standing left on prow, holding spear in right hand and shield in left hand. Mintmark BSIS[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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