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.

Coin referenced in the RIC X, n ° 1713. Source: Baldwin 1991. The only difference with the AYC #11 (1), RIC 1715 is this legend break on the reverse VICTORI - A AVGG with Roma seated on cuirass. Indeed I notice that the copy illustrated as n° 1713 seems to show a legend VICTOR - IA AVGG and curule chair (var D of RIC X). The existence of this type is therefore to be confirmed, the same goes for the shape of the chair (I noted curule chair by default).

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.