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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4243706, member: 96898"]Me neither. It might well be a carnyx, but considering that your (absolutely stellar!) coin is supposed to depict a pile of arms captured from the Sarmatian and Germanic tribes during the Marcomannic Wars, I'm tempted to understand the object at 12h as a draco standard, see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacian_Draco" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacian_Draco" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>The draco was used by the Dacians and Sarmatians and thus would be a bit more fitting than a Gallic carnyx. What do you think?</p><p><br /></p><p>For comparison, here is a later coin showing Dacia carying a draco:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1083473[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Trajan Decius, Roman Empire, AR antoninian, 249–251 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP C Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG; bust of Trajan Decius, draped, cuirassed, and laureate, r. Rev: DACIA: Dacia standing left, holding draco. 22mm, 3.66g. Ref: RIC IV Traian Decius 12. Ex Frascatius Ancients.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4243706, member: 96898"]Me neither. It might well be a carnyx, but considering that your (absolutely stellar!) coin is supposed to depict a pile of arms captured from the Sarmatian and Germanic tribes during the Marcomannic Wars, I'm tempted to understand the object at 12h as a draco standard, see [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacian_Draco']here[/URL]. The draco was used by the Dacians and Sarmatians and thus would be a bit more fitting than a Gallic carnyx. What do you think? For comparison, here is a later coin showing Dacia carying a draco: [ATTACH=full]1083473[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Trajan Decius, Roman Empire, AR antoninian, 249–251 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP C Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG; bust of Trajan Decius, draped, cuirassed, and laureate, r. Rev: DACIA: Dacia standing left, holding draco. 22mm, 3.66g. Ref: RIC IV Traian Decius 12. Ex Frascatius Ancients.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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