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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3635641, member: 57495"]I didn't read the entire writeup (too long), but basically, you're saying Caesar is the <i>elephant</i>, right? Dude, I thought everyone already knew that. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>J/k. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Your writeup on the type was hands down my favorite in the entire Imperator tournament. Given the prominence of the elephant and Caesar's name on the coin, it's tempting to make the simple association between the two. Throw in the snake and frame the whole scene in its proper historical context, however, and our reading of the reverse becomes completely different. I think you've laid out your arguments persuasively, so I'm 100% with you on this - the elephant is Caesar. Err, no, scratch that... whatever you said! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]975558[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>JULIUS CAESAR</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.91g, 18.4mm. Military mint traveling with Caesar (in northern Italy?), April - August 49 BC. Crawford 443/1; Sydenham 1006. O: Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent; CAESAR below. R: Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex.</p><p><i>Ex Michael Kelly Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3635641, member: 57495"]I didn't read the entire writeup (too long), but basically, you're saying Caesar is the [I]elephant[/I], right? Dude, I thought everyone already knew that. :facepalm: J/k. :D Your writeup on the type was hands down my favorite in the entire Imperator tournament. Given the prominence of the elephant and Caesar's name on the coin, it's tempting to make the simple association between the two. Throw in the snake and frame the whole scene in its proper historical context, however, and our reading of the reverse becomes completely different. I think you've laid out your arguments persuasively, so I'm 100% with you on this - the elephant is Caesar. Err, no, scratch that... whatever you said! :p [ATTACH=full]975558[/ATTACH] [B]JULIUS CAESAR[/B] AR Denarius. 3.91g, 18.4mm. Military mint traveling with Caesar (in northern Italy?), April - August 49 BC. Crawford 443/1; Sydenham 1006. O: Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent; CAESAR below. R: Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. [I]Ex Michael Kelly Collection[/I][/QUOTE]
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