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@ ALL nice Vicotries.
@JW I especially love # 3 & 4
Nate
BTW is the use or the meaning of Victory different depending on the direction advancing?..I notice all advancing left are Victory and the one advancing right being Nemesis
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07/27/2012 1:12 pm
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Probus AE Antoninianus Obverse: IMP PROB - VS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust facing to the right. reverse: VICTO - RIA AVG, Victoria advancing to the left, holding out a wreath with her right hand and with her left hand holding a trophy over her left shoulder. R ➛ S in exergue. Weight: 2.81 grams, Maximum dimensions: 24 x 21.5 x 1 mm and Die axis: 0 degrees Mint: Rome, struck in 281 AD Reference: RIC VII 213  Edited by Masis
07/27/2012 1:27 pm
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I don't think left or right has anything to do with it. I also have an Aurelian with Victory facing rising up between two shields, and a Maximinus with Victory advancing right   Edited by Bing
07/27/2012 1:39 pm
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@ JW WOW Both are really neat. The first one looks fabulous I love the front view of the Angel ascending. That is just plain gnarly! Cudos.
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JW, that Aurelian rocks the house!  BTW cool quote above!  Do you have a reference? |
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The OP's coin is a type that I want to get sometime. One question I'd like to raise is--why is the profile of Athena fading into the fields?  Not to cast doubt, but when I see something like this, I wonder if it was struck that way? Is it due to corrosion, heavy wear, cleaning, or something else? Edited by DVCollector
07/27/2012 4:30 pm
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@DV no worries all comments are welcome. To answer your question to the best of my ability.. I believe it was struck like that. The face and what not is warn back like a half millimeter. The photo does not do it justice. The coin at some point was cleaned and rather harshly. Although the relief on this issue is so high it doesn't really deter from the obverse at all INHO. There is also corrosion encroaching on face coming from the right obverse field. Wight is correct and within range and there is no evidence of a seam or casting pearls or any of the other mitigating factors. :-)
Thanks for the query,
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@Ancient--on closer inspection I saw the pitting and wondered if that's the explanation. My post got ahead of those observations. That's a great figure of Nike--there's a lot of fluidity to the lines, the best of Greek coin art. |
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@DV Thanks DV. I am glad there are people out their who appreciate these fine coins as I do.
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How far back in the coinage of the ancient world does the Victory go? Not long ago I did some searching to find the oldest coin I could with a depiction of Nike (Victory). This is the oldest one I've found so far. There are several types from this era, here is one of them. Picture and description from acsearch.  Sicily. Syracuse. c. 490-485 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.03g (2h). Obv: Quadriga in slow motion to right, the charioteer holding reins and long goad. Above, Nike flying to crown the horses. Dotted border. Rx: ΣVR' - ΚΟΣΙ - Ο - Ν Head of nymph Arethusa right, wearing necklace; around, four dolphins. Boehringer 59 (O31/R38). Randazzo Hoard 242 (same dies). SNG ANS -. Beautiful archaic head of Arethusa. Struck in high relief. Beautifully centered surrounded by four magnificent dolphins. Extremely unusual obverse with large charioteer and graceful Nike over the quadriga with wings spread. Mint State. |
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What a beautiful coin. I could never afford that beauty.
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Ok that coin is nuts. Surprisingly much older then I thought I thought it appeared on the coinage of Korinth. Nike appears as a small device in the right obverse field of the 130grs/ 8.5g stater. Although other early figures like the gorgan appear too.
That coin is rediculus.
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Archaic-style Greek coins are beautiful, rare and valuable. Wish I could afford that--it sold for $16,000 in 2011. |
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