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<p>[QUOTE="evca, post: 2879194, member: 90423"]The fact my coin has no star and the coin depicts Theodosius II as the larger of the three emperors is very interesting to me and confirms this is no imitation designed to deceive anyone. Considering; <i>In January 402 Theodosius II was proclaimed co-Augustus by his father, thus becoming the <u>youngest person</u> ever to bear this title in <u>Roman history</u>. (</i>And I assume the smallest person?)</p><p><br /></p><p>So to change the most significant story telling part of the coin for me its sure the coin was never designed to fool anyone.</p><p>Here is a possible theory to explain the coin I have;</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Theodosius' increasing interest in Christianity, fuelled by the influence of Pulcheria, led him to go to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman-Sassanid_War_(421-422)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman-Sassanid_War_(421-422)" rel="nofollow">war against the Sassanids</a> (421–422), who were persecuting Christians; the war ended in a stalemate, when the Romans were forced to accept peace as the <u><b>Huns</b></u> menaced <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople" rel="nofollow">Constantinople</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosius_II#cite_note-11" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosius_II#cite_note-11" rel="nofollow">[11]</a></i></p><p><br /></p><p>For me the most significant aspect of this coin is on the original issue the emperor heads is somewhat rounded and proportionate. Where as on my coin the head seems somewhat elongated..</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><b>Artificial cranial deformation </b></font></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Khingila_portrait.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Khingila_portrait.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Khingila_portrait.jpg/220px-Khingila_portrait.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_cranial_deformation" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_cranial_deformation" rel="nofollow">Artificial cranial deformation</a> of the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchon_Huns" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchon_Huns" rel="nofollow">Alchon Huns</a>, possible relatives of the European Huns, as seen on a portrait of king <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khingila" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khingila" rel="nofollow">Khingila</a> c. 430 – 490 CE.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-CC-74" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-CC-74" rel="nofollow">[74]</a></i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_cranial_deformation" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_cranial_deformation" rel="nofollow">Artificial cranial deformation</a> was practiced by the Huns and sometimes by tribes under their influence.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-Delius-75" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-Delius-75" rel="nofollow">[75]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-76" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-76" rel="nofollow">[76]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-77" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-77" rel="nofollow">[77]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-78" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-78" rel="nofollow">[78]</a> Artificial cranial deformation of the circular type can be used to trace the route that the Huns took from north China to the Central Asian steppes and subsequently to the southern Russian steppes.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-79" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-79" rel="nofollow">[79]</a> The people who practiced annular type artificial cranial deformation in Central Asia were <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuezhi" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuezhi" rel="nofollow">Yuezhi</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushans" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushans" rel="nofollow">Kushans</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-80" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-80" rel="nofollow">[80]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKim201333-81" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKim201333-81" rel="nofollow">[81]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-82" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-82" rel="nofollow">[82]</a></i></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Some artificially deformed crania from the 5th–6th Century AD have been found in Northeastern Hungary and elsewhere in Western Europe. None of them have any Mongoloid features and all the skulls appear Europoid; these skulls may have belonged to Germanic or other subject groups whose parents wished to elevate their status by following a custom introduced by the Huns.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-Molnar_Janos_Szucs_Szathmary-35" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-Molnar_Janos_Szucs_Szathmary-35" rel="nofollow">[35]</a></i></p><p><br /></p><p>The Huns were classed as a barbaric tribe?</p><p>Maybe it was Hun tribe who was inspired by the 3 emperor coin and made some coins based on this design with the cranial deformation?</p><p><br /></p><p>In short is mine potentially a Hun tribe issue?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evca, post: 2879194, member: 90423"]The fact my coin has no star and the coin depicts Theodosius II as the larger of the three emperors is very interesting to me and confirms this is no imitation designed to deceive anyone. Considering; [I]In January 402 Theodosius II was proclaimed co-Augustus by his father, thus becoming the [U]youngest person[/U] ever to bear this title in [U]Roman history[/U]. ([/I]And I assume the smallest person?) So to change the most significant story telling part of the coin for me its sure the coin was never designed to fool anyone. Here is a possible theory to explain the coin I have; [I]Theodosius' increasing interest in Christianity, fuelled by the influence of Pulcheria, led him to go to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman-Sassanid_War_(421-422)']war against the Sassanids[/URL] (421–422), who were persecuting Christians; the war ended in a stalemate, when the Romans were forced to accept peace as the [U][B]Huns[/B][/U] menaced [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople']Constantinople[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosius_II#cite_note-11'][11][/URL][/I] For me the most significant aspect of this coin is on the original issue the emperor heads is somewhat rounded and proportionate. Where as on my coin the head seems somewhat elongated.. [SIZE=4][B]Artificial cranial deformation [/B][/SIZE] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Khingila_portrait.jpg'][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Khingila_portrait.jpg/220px-Khingila_portrait.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_cranial_deformation']Artificial cranial deformation[/URL] of the[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchon_Huns']Alchon Huns[/URL], possible relatives of the European Huns, as seen on a portrait of king [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khingila']Khingila[/URL] c. 430 – 490 CE.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-CC-74'][74][/URL][/I] [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_cranial_deformation']Artificial cranial deformation[/URL] was practiced by the Huns and sometimes by tribes under their influence.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-Delius-75'][75][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-76'][76][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-77'][77][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-78'][78][/URL] Artificial cranial deformation of the circular type can be used to trace the route that the Huns took from north China to the Central Asian steppes and subsequently to the southern Russian steppes.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-79'][79][/URL] The people who practiced annular type artificial cranial deformation in Central Asia were [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuezhi']Yuezhi[/URL]/[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushans']Kushans[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-80'][80][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKim201333-81'][81][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-82'][82][/URL][/I] [I]Some artificially deformed crania from the 5th–6th Century AD have been found in Northeastern Hungary and elsewhere in Western Europe. None of them have any Mongoloid features and all the skulls appear Europoid; these skulls may have belonged to Germanic or other subject groups whose parents wished to elevate their status by following a custom introduced by the Huns.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#cite_note-Molnar_Janos_Szucs_Szathmary-35'][35][/URL][/I] The Huns were classed as a barbaric tribe? Maybe it was Hun tribe who was inspired by the 3 emperor coin and made some coins based on this design with the cranial deformation? In short is mine potentially a Hun tribe issue? [I] [/I][/QUOTE]
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