VICTORIA AVGG

Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Jovinus to the right.

Rome seated left on a curule chair with back of throne behind her. Holding an inverted spear with the left hand and a victory resting on a globe with the right hand. Victory crowning Rome and holding a palm.

Photo of a coin sold the 16/05/2007 by Numismatcia Ars Classica, Auction 40, lot 901, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=372465, link to their website: https://www.arsclassicacoins.com/.

Numismatica Ars Classica classified this coin as RIC 1721. The RIC 1721 is for the legend RESTITVTOR REIP. This coin with reverse VICTORIA AVGG for Arles is not referenced in the RIC X. I don't know if another book has since classified this coin correctly.

The RIC X established a variant classification: curule chair or stylized cuirass. I analyzed a hundred Siliquae from various mint and I noticed that the mints of Trier and Lyon display a kind of Z placed on a footstep with two or three legs ... Cuirass or chair? Looking at the illustrations and the classification given, it is understood that the RIC X classified this as a stylized cuirass. I chose to classify for my part three variants: curule chair, stylized cuirass (Z) and cuirass. I have indeed isolated some coins whose cuirass is very well represented. The RIC X ranked the stylized cuirass first, then the curule chair. I will first classify the curule chair then the stylized cuirass and finally the well-represented cuirass.