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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3457266, member: 56859&quot;]What an extraordinary shoe!&nbsp; I had no idea that any ancient shoes were so elaborate and sophisticated!</p><p><br /></p><p>On this coin, the personification of Alexandria is wearing booties.&nbsp; I hadn&#039;t given it any thought before.&nbsp; What are those little dangly things at the top of the boots?&nbsp; Are they just the ends of the ties or are they some other decoration?&nbsp; I wonder if they could have any local meaning, perhaps a style of shoe favored by Egyptian women.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252Fmedia%25252Fae43f8_e743d9d8f61f48489e954c0aafef75fe.jpg%25252Fv1%25252Ffill%25252Fw_1000%25252Ch_625%25252Cal_c%25252Cq_90%25252Fae43f8_e743d9d8f61f48489e954c0aafef75fe.jpg%2526hash%253Df65ec5893e2ea2fec9238bf6b55b1131%26hash%3D7e5db8a5d9ad04f388feba46edbccdbe&amp;hash=566fa30fa93326ef53681e78b179596d" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Severus Alexander</b></p><p>year 12, CE 232/3</p><p>tetradrachm, 23 mm, 13.87 gm</p><p>Obv: AKAIMAAVPCEVAΛEΞANΔPOCEV; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: Alexandria standing facing, head left, holding vexillum and grain ears; palm frond to left, L IB (date) to right</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3088.12 (R4); Köln 2474 var. (obv. legend); Dattari (Savio) 4264; K&amp;G 62.172 var. (same)</p><p><br /></p><p>Next, not a shoe but the thing that goes inside a shoe <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/marcusaureliusdiobolserapisfoot-rt-jpg.867370/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Marcus Aurelius</b></p><p>AE diobol, 22.8 mm, 8.33 gm</p><p>RY 17 (176/7 CE)</p><p>Obv: MAVPHΛIOCANTωNINOC; laureate head right</p><p>Rev: right foot and ankle (of a statue of Serapis?), pointing right; draped bust right of Serapis above, wearing kalathos; LI[Z] in right field</p><p>Ref: Dattari (Savio) 3516; Emmett 2254.17 (<i>this coin illustrated, p. 96</i>); K&amp;G 37.411 <i>(this coin illustrated</i>). Extremely rare. None in CoinArchives.</p><p><i>Ex WRG Collection</i></p><p><i>Ex Kerry K. Wetterstrom Collection (Part II, Classical Numismatic Auctions XIII, 4 December 1990), lot 130.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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