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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3927052, member: 19463"]That is a good point. The obvious, standard answer is that the fold was used to catch the coins dispensed by the emperor via Liberalitas. Some will show a coin or several coins in the air heading to the fold. I am unaware of any evidence whether or not that the Liberalitas distributions actually involved a formal ceremony including coin tossing/catching but the scene is common to several reigns. This is Commodus as Caesar.[ATTACH=full]1035192[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My Trajan sestertius is so worn that it only serves to show he used the type.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1035193[/ATTACH] </p><p> CNG has many:</p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&PAGE=1&TABS_TYPE=2&CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_DESC=liberalitas+platform&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&PAGE=1&TABS_TYPE=2&CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_DESC=liberalitas+platform&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&PAGE=1&TABS_TYPE=2&CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_DESC=liberalitas+platform&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1</a></p><p>The Hadrian below is unusual in showing coins being poured into the fold from a cornucopia. </p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=67566" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=67566" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=67566</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3927052, member: 19463"]That is a good point. The obvious, standard answer is that the fold was used to catch the coins dispensed by the emperor via Liberalitas. Some will show a coin or several coins in the air heading to the fold. I am unaware of any evidence whether or not that the Liberalitas distributions actually involved a formal ceremony including coin tossing/catching but the scene is common to several reigns. This is Commodus as Caesar.[ATTACH=full]1035192[/ATTACH] My Trajan sestertius is so worn that it only serves to show he used the type. [ATTACH=full]1035193[/ATTACH] CNG has many: [URL]https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&PAGE=1&TABS_TYPE=2&CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_DESC=liberalitas+platform&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1[/URL] The Hadrian below is unusual in showing coins being poured into the fold from a cornucopia. [URL]https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=67566[/URL][/QUOTE]
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