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<p>[QUOTE="Hrefn, post: 8290231, member: 115171"][USER=15481]@svessien[/USER], I wonder if your coin does not feature a harpa, but rather a true flint sickle.</p><p> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Museum_Quintana_-_Neolithische_Sichel.jpg#/media/File:Museum_Quintana_-_Neolithische_Sichel.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Museum_Quintana_-_Neolithische_Sichel.jpg#/media/File:Museum_Quintana_-_Neolithische_Sichel.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Museum_Quintana_-_Neolithische_Sichel.jpg#/media/File:Museum_Quintana_-_Neolithische_Sichel.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Neolithic sickles with multiple individually set pieces of sharpened flint were the standard form for thousands of years, until superseded by metal. The body of the sickle would be wood or bone, sometimes an animal jawbone. It is possible that the development of effective sickles made cereal cultivation practical. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Romans were closer to the time of flint sickles, than we are to Ancient Rome. </p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, a very appropriate symbol on a coin associated with the Lex Frumentaria.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hrefn, post: 8290231, member: 115171"][USER=15481]@svessien[/USER], I wonder if your coin does not feature a harpa, but rather a true flint sickle. [URL]https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Museum_Quintana_-_Neolithische_Sichel.jpg#/media/File:Museum_Quintana_-_Neolithische_Sichel.jpg[/URL] Neolithic sickles with multiple individually set pieces of sharpened flint were the standard form for thousands of years, until superseded by metal. The body of the sickle would be wood or bone, sometimes an animal jawbone. It is possible that the development of effective sickles made cereal cultivation practical. The Romans were closer to the time of flint sickles, than we are to Ancient Rome. In any case, a very appropriate symbol on a coin associated with the Lex Frumentaria.[/QUOTE]
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