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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 8156475, member: 57495&quot;]Neat thread, Ryro.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have one of those cool Capitos yet and should really put it on the ol&#039; want list.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a warm up scene...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1423291[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.88g, 19.4mm. Rome mint, 113-2 BC. T. Didius, moneyer. Crawford 294/1; Sydenham 550. O: Helmeted head of Roma right; [XVI monogram below], monogram of ROMA behind. R: Two gladiators (paegniarii?) fighting, one attacking with a whip, the other defending with a staff (or sword); T•DEIDI in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex Prof Dr Hildebrecht Hommel Collection, acquired from Hirsch, auction 71, 17 March 1971, lot 477</i></p><p>Roma notes: &quot;Babelon suggests that the reverse type refers to the moneyer’s ancestor T. Didius, who was sent to Sicily in 138 BC to quash a slave result that was ultimately the precursor to the first of the three Servile Wars. Crawford disagrees, suggesting that the reverse depicts a scene one would expect to witness at the games T. Didius promised to put on during his time as aedile, making this issue an example of electoral propaganda.&quot;</p><p>Further notes: Apparently Tameanko’s theory is that this was a mock fight of sorts between <i>paegniarii</i>, gladiators who might use wooden weapons and stage comedic fights as pre-events at games. </p><p><br /></p><p>And let&#039;s not forget man vs beasts!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1423292[/ATTACH]<b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.43g, 18.5mm. Rome mint, 42 BC. Crawford 494/30; RBW 1735; Sydenham 1112. O: Bare head of the praetor L. Livineius Regulus to right. R: L•REGVLVS, Bestiarius standing left, spearing lion; behind, another bestiarius standing right, spearing panther; to left, wounded bear sitting right. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1423293[/ATTACH]<b>GALLIENUS</b></p><p>AE28. 8.09g, 27.6mm. IONIA, Ephesus, circa AD 253-268. Karwiese 1136 (<i>this coin cited</i>). O: VT · K · ΠO · ΛIKIN · ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: EΦ-ECIΩN · Γ · NEO, KOPON in exergue, Androklos facing right, chlamys blowin’ in the wind, wielding spear at boar standing left; hound at his side. <i></i></p><p><i>Ex N. M. McQ. Holmes Collection; ex Marcel Burstein Collection (Peus 366, 25 October 2000, lot 636); ex G. Hirsch 171 (25 September 1991), lot 1273</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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