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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Okidoki, post: 2005132, member: 70512&quot;]<font size="4"><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrianus Tetradrachm 128-29 AD Hands Clasped.</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p>Ebay</p><p>dionysos_numismatik</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<img src="http://www.muntenbodemvondsten.nl/forum205a/Smileys/default/love008.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.muntenbodemvondsten.nl/forum205a/Smileys/default/love008.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Reference.</p><p>Emmett 848.13; Dattari 1525; Milne 1274 </p><p><br /></p><p>Extra.</p><p>In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic" rel="nofollow">Republican</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" rel="nofollow">Imperial</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome" rel="nofollow">Rome</a>, the <b>paludamentum</b> was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloak" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloak" rel="nofollow">cloak</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape" rel="nofollow">cape</a> fastened at one shoulder, worn by military commanders (e.g. the legionary <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legatus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legatus" rel="nofollow">Legatus</a></i>) and rather less often by their troops. As supreme commander of the whole Roman army, Roman emperors were often portrayed wearing it in their statues (e.g. the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prima_Porta_Augustus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prima_Porta_Augustus" rel="nofollow">Prima Porta Augustus</a>) and on their coinage. After the reign of Augustus, the paludamentum was restricted to the Emperor.[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" rel="nofollow">citation needed</a></i>] Children would also wear it sometimes, when there was bad weather and they needed protection.</p><p><br /></p><p>The paludamentum was generally <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson" rel="nofollow">crimson</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_(color)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_(color)" rel="nofollow">scarlet</a>, or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple" rel="nofollow">purple</a> in colour,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paludamentum#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paludamentum#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a> or sometimes white.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paludamentum#cite_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paludamentum#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a> It was fastened at the shoulder with a clasp, called a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibula,_or_ancient_brooch" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibula,_or_ancient_brooch" rel="nofollow">fibula</a>, whose form and size varied through time. Putting on the paludamentum was a ceremonial act on setting out for war.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paludamentum#cite_note-Paludamentum-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paludamentum#cite_note-Paludamentum-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>bron.</p><p><a href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paludamentum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paludamentum" rel="nofollow">http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paludamentum</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv. AVT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CEB </p><p>Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from back, with Paludamentum.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev ΠATHP ΠATPIΔOC&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>Hands clasped, L IΓ=Jear 13=(128/129).</p><p><br /></p><p>13.08 gr</p><p>25 mm</p><p>Good VF</p><p>[ATTACH=full]359993[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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