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<p>[QUOTE="Jovian363, post: 4721797, member: 112900"]'The first systematic study of the FTR-coinage was undertaken by Harold Mattingly in 1933. Next to studying the technical aspects of the reform, Mattingly put particular focus on the interpretation of the new coinage’s typology. <b>Crucial to his interpretations was the belief that the reform was fundamentally connected to the occurrence of the saeculares in 348, marking the 1100th anniversary of Rome.</b> In this regard, <b>the phoenix was easiest to explain: the cyclical rebirth of the phoenix made it a saecular symbol par excellence, marking the constant renewal of time.</b> On a basic level, types showing the falling horseman and the military figure with captives were two sides of the same coin. One showed the emperor as a soldier in the act of victory, the other the emperor after battle with captives at his feet. Victory at the steer of a ship with the emperor on it conformed to the image of successful government of the state, while the figure being led from a hut could be interpreted as a legionary soldier leading a barbarian from his ‘primitive dwellings’ to be settled in the Roman world. Mattingly, however, felt this superficial analysis did not go far enough as it failed to lay bare any underlying theme. In Mattingly’s vision, the connecting theme could be found in the religious life of the mid-4th century AD. Even though Constans and Constantius II were Christians, they (or at least the officials responsible) went out of their way to communicate a – in religious terms – relatively neutral message on the new FTR coinage, not to offend a receding but still sizeable pagan population. Indeed, the labarum was the only overtly Christian symbol to make its appearance.' (<font size="3">Taken from Nick Vaneerdewegh: <b>Fel Temp Reparatio: image, audience and meaning in the mid-4th century, </b>2017, Revue Belge de Numismatique et de Sigillographie)</font></p><p><br /></p><p>One more scarce example from Siscia with the symbol in field[ATTACH=full]1157035[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jovian363, post: 4721797, member: 112900"]'The first systematic study of the FTR-coinage was undertaken by Harold Mattingly in 1933. Next to studying the technical aspects of the reform, Mattingly put particular focus on the interpretation of the new coinage’s typology. [B]Crucial to his interpretations was the belief that the reform was fundamentally connected to the occurrence of the saeculares in 348, marking the 1100th anniversary of Rome.[/B] In this regard, [B]the phoenix was easiest to explain: the cyclical rebirth of the phoenix made it a saecular symbol par excellence, marking the constant renewal of time.[/B] On a basic level, types showing the falling horseman and the military figure with captives were two sides of the same coin. One showed the emperor as a soldier in the act of victory, the other the emperor after battle with captives at his feet. Victory at the steer of a ship with the emperor on it conformed to the image of successful government of the state, while the figure being led from a hut could be interpreted as a legionary soldier leading a barbarian from his ‘primitive dwellings’ to be settled in the Roman world. Mattingly, however, felt this superficial analysis did not go far enough as it failed to lay bare any underlying theme. In Mattingly’s vision, the connecting theme could be found in the religious life of the mid-4th century AD. Even though Constans and Constantius II were Christians, they (or at least the officials responsible) went out of their way to communicate a – in religious terms – relatively neutral message on the new FTR coinage, not to offend a receding but still sizeable pagan population. Indeed, the labarum was the only overtly Christian symbol to make its appearance.' ([SIZE=3]Taken from Nick Vaneerdewegh: [B]Fel Temp Reparatio: image, audience and meaning in the mid-4th century, [/B]2017, Revue Belge de Numismatique et de Sigillographie)[/SIZE] One more scarce example from Siscia with the symbol in field[ATTACH=full]1157035[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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