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<p>[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 3144124, member: 84744"]This is a good thought – [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] said he assumed the same thing when he browsed the auction – and definitely a possibility, though on balance I don't think it's a prow on the Theoderics. Besides the Theodohad type from a few decades later, where the well-engraved prow has a pretty consistent appearance with the curl at the leading end, there is a cruder earlier Zeno Victory on prow type as well, in both bronze and silver. Here's a silver example (British Museum #B.2930, Milan mint):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]804162[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I think the coils on the Naville example, coin (a), and coin (b) are too clear for a prow; plus there's the apparent eye on the Naville example. The Naville example is the most convincing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 3144124, member: 84744"]This is a good thought – [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] said he assumed the same thing when he browsed the auction – and definitely a possibility, though on balance I don't think it's a prow on the Theoderics. Besides the Theodohad type from a few decades later, where the well-engraved prow has a pretty consistent appearance with the curl at the leading end, there is a cruder earlier Zeno Victory on prow type as well, in both bronze and silver. Here's a silver example (British Museum #B.2930, Milan mint): [ATTACH=full]804162[/ATTACH] I think the coils on the Naville example, coin (a), and coin (b) are too clear for a prow; plus there's the apparent eye on the Naville example. The Naville example is the most convincing.[/QUOTE]
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