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<p>[QUOTE="Heliodromus, post: 7959176, member: 120820"]I agree. What's also interesting is that while RIC gives the issue mark as '+ | *' (cross in left field, star in right field), that's only true for the Sol type. For Marti they are reversed. This is 100% consistent on all dies, and there's no space issue or other consideration that forced them to do this - it appears to have been a deliberate choice.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, note how Sol is facing left, and Mars is facing right... this means that the cross is always in front of either figure, and the star behind. Given that this appears to be deliberate, my take is that it seems to be sending the message that Christianity is the future (ahead of us), Solar worship is the past (behind us).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1379762[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1379764[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Heliodromus, post: 7959176, member: 120820"]I agree. What's also interesting is that while RIC gives the issue mark as '+ | *' (cross in left field, star in right field), that's only true for the Sol type. For Marti they are reversed. This is 100% consistent on all dies, and there's no space issue or other consideration that forced them to do this - it appears to have been a deliberate choice. But, note how Sol is facing left, and Mars is facing right... this means that the cross is always in front of either figure, and the star behind. Given that this appears to be deliberate, my take is that it seems to be sending the message that Christianity is the future (ahead of us), Solar worship is the past (behind us). [ATTACH=full]1379762[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1379764[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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