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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 6239190, member: 83956&quot;]The most interesting takeaway from this thread for me was learning just how old the late imperial &quot;two captives&quot; posture was. From an earlier Caesar coin in this thread we see the captives in the same position--one looks down&nbsp; while the other twists his head back and up. It&#039;s a staple of Constantinian era coinage, as many coins in this thread demonstrate. I had no idea it was a Republican motif as well. There must be some kind of significance to the posture. Perhaps it&#039;s as simple as one captive bows in despair, while the other looks back at the trophy of arms (or standard)--a sign of his abject humiliation.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1247000[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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