Sestertius (Primary Title)
Coin (Object Name)
Unknown (Artist)
Individual warriors often dedicated miniature versions of armor in thanksgiving for their survival (center). This cuirass recalls the dedication of the enemy’s armor as a tropaeum (a battlefield monument made of the enemy’s arms and armor, see bottom center) by a victorious general at the site of a victory. In art, dejected prisoners were often shown at the foot of such tropaea (bottom right). Each of these coins includes an image of Nike, the winged personification of Victory.
Gift of Dr. William M. Patterson
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC
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