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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3704389, member: 19463"]I really would like to know how/why we have the minor variations if the type was a copy of the statue represented by the Louvre example. My Geta assarion copies the standard pose which I call 'grabbing' because I see the boy slowly sneaking his hand closer so he can make a quick grabbing capture. I have grabbed lizards this way but most got away.</p><p>The most common type is was I call 'darting' because it looks like Apollo intends to throw the sharp object and kill rather than capture. I usually show my larger one but this pose also comes in the single assarion size.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]993042[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This thread shows two poses I do not have. The first (TIF's Caracalla) show him holding a branch down by his side....but why??? Roman Collector'a Macrinus appears to me to be extending the branch toward the tree but the lizard is gone.</p><p><br /></p><p>What TIF sees as a skinny lizard with a few weak legs strikes me as a branch. </p><p><br /></p><p>Is there meaning to these differences. Can we date/sequence them? (I believe the grabbers were first and the darters later). We need a lot more coins to have any chance three. </p><p><br /></p><p>I bought the one below for a reason I expect no one to appreciate. There are always differences in die quality. This one makes a serious error in leg placement. The left leg is crossed over in front of the straight right leg when it should be behind as in all the others shown here. I am not suggesting you try standing like that because it would be easy to fall flat in the attempt. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]993054[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The lizard is on the right side of the tree on darting coins but on the left on grabbing? Is this consistent? The lizard on the grabbing coins is definitely a lizard but I could accept the one on the darters as a snake. Were there once several statues of the general type but only the Louvre type survived?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3704389, member: 19463"]I really would like to know how/why we have the minor variations if the type was a copy of the statue represented by the Louvre example. My Geta assarion copies the standard pose which I call 'grabbing' because I see the boy slowly sneaking his hand closer so he can make a quick grabbing capture. I have grabbed lizards this way but most got away. The most common type is was I call 'darting' because it looks like Apollo intends to throw the sharp object and kill rather than capture. I usually show my larger one but this pose also comes in the single assarion size. [ATTACH=full]993042[/ATTACH] This thread shows two poses I do not have. The first (TIF's Caracalla) show him holding a branch down by his side....but why??? Roman Collector'a Macrinus appears to me to be extending the branch toward the tree but the lizard is gone. What TIF sees as a skinny lizard with a few weak legs strikes me as a branch. Is there meaning to these differences. Can we date/sequence them? (I believe the grabbers were first and the darters later). We need a lot more coins to have any chance three. I bought the one below for a reason I expect no one to appreciate. There are always differences in die quality. This one makes a serious error in leg placement. The left leg is crossed over in front of the straight right leg when it should be behind as in all the others shown here. I am not suggesting you try standing like that because it would be easy to fall flat in the attempt. [ATTACH=full]993054[/ATTACH] The lizard is on the right side of the tree on darting coins but on the left on grabbing? Is this consistent? The lizard on the grabbing coins is definitely a lizard but I could accept the one on the darters as a snake. Were there once several statues of the general type but only the Louvre type survived?[/QUOTE]
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