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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3457161, member: 74834&quot;]GREAT subject! You learn to look at your coins in a very different way. Shoes and, indeed, feet are treated stepmotherly (can one use this word in English?) in ancient coinage. I only have a few examples for show.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]919117[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>On this Aurelian ant, Jupiter (left) wears elastic stockings or laced boots. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]919118[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here we have two soldiers during a break, with heavy nail-studded shoes.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]919119[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]919120[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And here, Constantius II is jumping two feet into the air on his laced boots, or is there some coil spring involved?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]919121[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Decentius&#039; angels (thanks, John Anthony!) are wearing heavy sabots.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]919124[/ATTACH] </p><p>And those of his brother Magnentius, though slightly barbaric, have modern block heels. </p><p><br /></p><p>The only realistic feet in my collection are on this <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/pellinores-15-nicest-coins-of-2018.329920/#post-3290438" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/pellinores-15-nicest-coins-of-2018.329920/#post-3290438">great Baroque medal</a> of the Papal State (AD 1670). They belong to the Pope in the person of the Apostle Peter. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]919125[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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