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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 5429621, member: 83845"]Great post and fantastic portrait.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is actually really interesting. At the top of the reverse I think I can actually make out "PRIMI" which might mean this was struck in imitation of this very decennales type. I wonder how common in is for barbarous coins to get the legends right but still have that heavy stylized barbarous style. Presumably the people copying these would often not have spoken Latin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks!</p><p><br /></p><p>This relief is actually in a very awkward place in the museum. It is situated way above your head as you walk up the large main staircase.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1235934[/ATTACH]</p><p>So to capture the photo in the OP you have to imagine me... standing in the middle of the main staircase with people going up and down... holding my DSLR camera up over my head as high as I could to try to get the best straight on shot. Yes people often look at me funny in museums. I still couldn't get it dead centered and had to adjust it on my computer later. Not to mention I didn't focus it as well as I would have liked but the shot turned out okay and I was able to use it to get a better idea of the scene.</p><p><br /></p><p>If there was a plaque I must have missed it (it was in a main staircase). I usually take photos of the plaques too so I can re-read about my photos later but I don't have one for this. I looked online again and the Capitoline Museum site mentions a date between AD 176-180 so possibly related to the Germanic wars. Now that I have looked again a bit closer and in context with the other reliefs on the staircase I think this may be thought to be the end of a Triumphal procession.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your comments on the children are interesting. If the above dates are correct Commodus would have been between 15 and 19. If not Commodus then I wonder who it could be and who the girl is. I'll looks some more into it and report back if I find more of interest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 5429621, member: 83845"]Great post and fantastic portrait. This is actually really interesting. At the top of the reverse I think I can actually make out "PRIMI" which might mean this was struck in imitation of this very decennales type. I wonder how common in is for barbarous coins to get the legends right but still have that heavy stylized barbarous style. Presumably the people copying these would often not have spoken Latin. Thanks! This relief is actually in a very awkward place in the museum. It is situated way above your head as you walk up the large main staircase. [ATTACH=full]1235934[/ATTACH] So to capture the photo in the OP you have to imagine me... standing in the middle of the main staircase with people going up and down... holding my DSLR camera up over my head as high as I could to try to get the best straight on shot. Yes people often look at me funny in museums. I still couldn't get it dead centered and had to adjust it on my computer later. Not to mention I didn't focus it as well as I would have liked but the shot turned out okay and I was able to use it to get a better idea of the scene. If there was a plaque I must have missed it (it was in a main staircase). I usually take photos of the plaques too so I can re-read about my photos later but I don't have one for this. I looked online again and the Capitoline Museum site mentions a date between AD 176-180 so possibly related to the Germanic wars. Now that I have looked again a bit closer and in context with the other reliefs on the staircase I think this may be thought to be the end of a Triumphal procession. Your comments on the children are interesting. If the above dates are correct Commodus would have been between 15 and 19. If not Commodus then I wonder who it could be and who the girl is. I'll looks some more into it and report back if I find more of interest.[/QUOTE]
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