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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3239657, member: 56859&quot;]I didn&#039;t consider the context of your first question when I answered.&nbsp; The coin Doug showed in the first post is not the type commonly called &quot;falling horseman&quot; .&nbsp; It is another type of late Roman bronze which at a glance looks similar and I&#039;ve made this mistake too (including very recently <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;falling horseman&quot; type of FEL TEMPS coin shows an unmounted Roman soldier about to spear a barbarian who has fallen from his horse.&nbsp; The coin that led this post, and others in the thread, show a Roman soldier mounted on a horse, about to spear an unmounted barbarian; the reverse legend is GLORIA ROMANORVM, although there are some of this reverse iconography which have the FEL TEMPS legend (<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/when-the-horseman-wins.324857/#post-3208333" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/when-the-horseman-wins.324857/#post-3208333">see lrbguy&#039;s post in this thread</a>).&nbsp; In general, all of these are common but of course there are some variations which are uncommon.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=13719]@randygeki[/USER] is the CoinTalk King of Falling Horseman coins.&nbsp; Hey Randy, wanna give Darren some guidance?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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