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 Dacian Types

  9. Tiber kneels on Dacia


The Tiber(or the Danube) as represented by an agressive river god figure pushes to the ground and kneels on Dacia


 

from the Matthew Sersch collection

 

obv : IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS V PP

rev: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI SC

36mm

23.5g

Bust right, aegis

103-111ad

Banti 235

This type appears with several bust variations:

 

from the Dr. Jones collection

Head right (Banti 230, BMC 793)

Head right draped left shoulder (Banti 231)

Bust right draped left shoulder (Banti 233)

Bust right draped (RIC556)

Bust right draped and cuirassed (RIC557, Banti 236, BMC 796)

Bust right draped, aegis (RIC558)

Bust left (Banti 238)

Bust left aegis (RIC559, Banti 239)

All varieties rare.


 

 

 


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