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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3635825, member: 57495"]The elephant is certainly dominating the snake figure on the coin. And if the average Roman were to associate the snake with the Salus of the Republic, or the benevolent genius of the People, then there would be no mistaking that Caesar was casting the elephant (ie., Pompey and Metellus) as the foe here. The 'real estate' given to the elephant in this bit of numismatic propaganda would be an intimation of how much of a threat they should still be considered and why Caesar needed to fight them. If the fight had already been won and this type was issued to brag about Caesar's victory, perhaps we would have seen the elephant in chains or under a trophy, like how poor Vercingetorix was depicted on another issue of Caesar's (below, not my coin).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]975609[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If it doesn't look like a Carnyx, then I think it's safer to suppose that it isn't one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3635825, member: 57495"]The elephant is certainly dominating the snake figure on the coin. And if the average Roman were to associate the snake with the Salus of the Republic, or the benevolent genius of the People, then there would be no mistaking that Caesar was casting the elephant (ie., Pompey and Metellus) as the foe here. The 'real estate' given to the elephant in this bit of numismatic propaganda would be an intimation of how much of a threat they should still be considered and why Caesar needed to fight them. If the fight had already been won and this type was issued to brag about Caesar's victory, perhaps we would have seen the elephant in chains or under a trophy, like how poor Vercingetorix was depicted on another issue of Caesar's (below, not my coin). [ATTACH=full]975609[/ATTACH] If it doesn't look like a Carnyx, then I think it's safer to suppose that it isn't one.[/QUOTE]
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