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<p>[QUOTE="Andrew McCabe, post: 5432148, member: 90666"][ATTACH=full]1236062[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Indeed bought from Quaritch! Actually secured it before the catalogue went out as Quaritch had commented on twitter on the absurdity of the boars head on a prow and I pointed out that Roman coins indeed show a boars head at the front of the prow and one thing led to another....</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe many of the illustrations are from coins. After all there weren't many other illustrated books on the ancient world to copy them from in 1536! So double sestertii of Postumus, Republican asses and such like may have formed models[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Andrew McCabe, post: 5432148, member: 90666"][ATTACH=full]1236062[/ATTACH] Indeed bought from Quaritch! Actually secured it before the catalogue went out as Quaritch had commented on twitter on the absurdity of the boars head on a prow and I pointed out that Roman coins indeed show a boars head at the front of the prow and one thing led to another.... I believe many of the illustrations are from coins. After all there weren't many other illustrated books on the ancient world to copy them from in 1536! So double sestertii of Postumus, Republican asses and such like may have formed models[/QUOTE]
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