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Well what about including the animal kingdom ? Perhaps we widen the entries to include Horses Elephants Lions or even 'Eagle Claws' etc. An ADVENTVS reverse suggests the idea of (ready or not)'Here I come' ! A stretch perhaps ..... but why not ? The more the merrier
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 Victory with foot proudly on the prow of a galley.  The Fallen Horseman might not qualify, but there's a lot of feet in motion on this one. |
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Looks good to me! Nice offset double strike and at the very least (Constantius II ?) he is stepping on the poor guys shoe laces.
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02/25/2013 09:11 am
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The only on I have , not sure if it fit with the topic though . Carausius   |
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Some poor sap getting 'trampled' to death under the Emperors horse definitely makes the cut !
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A stretch perhaps ..... but why not? The more the merrier Don't think I have an actual foot on an item but the following coins do represent that idea in propaganda-full reverses. As Constantine set about conquering Europe following his fathers death and his unexpected promotion to Augustus he left in his wake, and in his new mints some interesting 'special edition' coins. Between 306 and 312 He fought his way from Britain through France and into Italy finally defeating Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge on the 28th October 312AD. With his new lands came new mints, specifically Aquileia, Rome and Ticinum. In these mints once he had gained power he produced a version of a very common coin with a slight difference. The coin was the Sol, SOLI INVICTO COMITI reverse.  The slight difference was the addition of a kneeling / sitting captive in the left field of the reverse. He did this to 'celebrate' his later victories over Licinius and impress upon the locals (who technically were subjects of Licinus) his superiority. The captives are wearing Phrygian caps and have their hands tied behind their backs, no doubt this was also an attempt to claim superiority over the Phrygia region (Turkey) that Constantine would also eventually control. I think its quite a powerful 'and that foot is me' message to place on coins made in mints and areas Constantine had recently conquered / liberated depending on your point of view. Both sellers pics, both bought this year, the bottom one only yesterday for a very reasonable price   RIC VII Rome 52 RIC VII Rome 52 |
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The fact that the foot might be interpreted as making contact with the prisoners 'gluteus maximus' makes it ..... close enough !
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Hope this one qualifies. Foot on a globe (or basketball) while kneeing a fallen horsemen?  |
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You might be old enough to remember Vaughn Meader. He was an early '60's comedian who did spoofs of JFK. "We'll play by my rules ! ...... And do you know why we will play by my rules ? Because its my ball.... That's why !"
Looks like Constantius II was using some leverage to drive home his point ! If the Emperor does it .... then its not cheating.
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02/25/2013 1:57 pm
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I think I have another one , not sure about the id but I think someone's getting stomped ?   |
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I 'think' it might be SARMATIA DEVICTA in which case she (Victory) would seem to be giving someone a kick in the backside. A little better focus in the photo would help !
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02/25/2013 6:02 pm
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Here's my two coins...very nice coins so far...  Aurelian...270-275..AD.. AE Antoninianus.. Rome Mint.. 20mm x 4.67g.   Probus ..276-282..AD.. AEAntoninianus.. 22mm x   |
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Very nice ! I have always been partial to Probus. One of the first coins I bought in the '70's was the same type as yours. Back then I decided to concentrate on Probus reverse types. You could buy EF condition Probus antoniniani for between $10-15. I had about 16 of them .... all VF+ EF. In 1995 an 'ex' of mine climbed through the bathroom window and helped herself to them and about 15 other coins in a box on my desk. If I ever see her again I hopefully will be riding a horse !
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Arcadius, AE4, Antioch. OBV: DN ARCADI-VS PF AVG - Helmeted bust facing, spear across shoulder holding shield decorated with cross. REV: CONCORDIA AVGG - Constantinopolis entrhoned facing, foot on prow, head right, holding scepter and Victory on globe.   Philip I, 244-249 CE Silver Antoninianus, Mint: Rome, 244-245 CE. Obverse: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VIRTVS AVG Virtus standing left, right foot on helmet, downward pointing spear in left hand, raising branch in right hand. RIC IV 52. Wish the helmut showed better on this one, but I still like it:)   FR, great idea for a smackdown!  |
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Very nice Philip ! After all these years I still don't own even one 'Arkady'. Maybe next year ....
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