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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3044225, member: 75937&quot;]Your post reminded me of something that has puzzled me for a while. Please indulge me while I go off on a bit of a tangent.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have wondered about the significance of a high-back on the throne of these issues of Herennia Etruscilla and whether it indicates merely a choice adopted by an individual celator or whether it is mint-specific. </p><p><br /></p><p>These ones from Rome show a high-backed chair on which Pudicitia sits:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]760362[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]760363[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]760364[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Whereas this one from Antioch (with dots below the obverse portrait and a particular way of rendering her hairstyle) has a low-backed chair:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]760369[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It makes one wonder if this is a mint-specific design feature, doesn&#039;t it?</p><p><br /></p><p>But this sestertius is almost certainly from Rome and it has a low-backed chair:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]760371[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And I&#039;ve seen examples of antoniniani online from Rome with a low-backed chair, too. So I&#039;ve been forced to reconsider my theory about whether the chair back means anything. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s interesting to note that in the case of this Vespasian issue, it seems to be significant. Or is it?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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