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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4579204, member: 75937"]It's important to look at primary sources with images and decide for oneself. My coin is too worn to tell, so I consulted an exemplar in a museum. It's important to use context as well, when an image is unclear. Hence one might ask "Does it make sense that Marcus Aurelius in military dress would hold a spear while rescuing Italy in the immediate aftermath of battle?"</p><p><br /></p><p>British Museum collection, <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-14652" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-14652" rel="nofollow">1449</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>"Marcus Aurelius, in military dress, standing left, holding vertical spear in left hand and clasping right hands with Italia kneeling right before him, holding globe in left hand."</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a relevant detail of BMC <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-14652" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-14652" rel="nofollow">1449</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1133907[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Print edition of BMCRE4 (1449, p.629):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1133908[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4579204, member: 75937"]It's important to look at primary sources with images and decide for oneself. My coin is too worn to tell, so I consulted an exemplar in a museum. It's important to use context as well, when an image is unclear. Hence one might ask "Does it make sense that Marcus Aurelius in military dress would hold a spear while rescuing Italy in the immediate aftermath of battle?" British Museum collection, [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-14652']1449[/URL]: "Marcus Aurelius, in military dress, standing left, holding vertical spear in left hand and clasping right hands with Italia kneeling right before him, holding globe in left hand." Here's a relevant detail of BMC [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-14652']1449[/URL]: [ATTACH=full]1133907[/ATTACH] Print edition of BMCRE4 (1449, p.629): [ATTACH=full]1133908[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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