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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Heliodromus, post: 7998938, member: 120820&quot;]I think it&#039;s possible that this was really just Rome&#039;s version of the &quot;phonenix on rocky mound&quot; as issued by other mints. Tory&#039;s coin makes it look more nest-like than mound-like, but that&#039;s not always true.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a larger photo of &quot;Tory&#039;s coin&quot; from WildWinds, from whoever bought it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1387609[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s one from Vienna looking much more mound-like.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1387610[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Compare to Vienna&#039;s one from Aquileia considered just as a mound.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1387611[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve not been able to find any reference to it, but there must be come mythalogical basis to this association of the phoenix with a rocky perch/nest. Here&#039;s a 5thC AD mosaic in the Louvre, taken from Antioch, depicting the same scene.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1387612[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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