this is a particularly nice example that I saw for sale yesterday
Hi Victor,
I have the same coin with only a slight variation on the Obverse, mine has stripes on his chest where the one you posted has dots.
Shame about the Reverse on my coin :(
Quote from: tenbobbit on April 09, 2017, 05:36:22 AM
Shame about the Reverse on my coin :(
Yes, it is a shame; but the obverse is quite nice.
my favorite quote about this type from Palladas, a fourth-century pagan poet, who wrote mockingly about the city of Constantinople and coins with Victories on the prow --
"Here we are, the Victories, the laughing maidens, bearing victories to the Christ-loving city. Those who loved the city fashioned us, stamping figures appropriate to the victories." (Anth. Plan. 282)
Nice to see that Sarcasm was alive and well back in the day ;)
Brave chap with a good pair old Palladas.