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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2497628, member: 19463"]It would be interesting to see the coins from which RIC described 167 and 168. I'd probably accept the very vanilla 167 walking were it not for the much better 168 suggestion that he was more than just holding the t-bolt. I rather like the way this aureus was described but we have to remove the part about the giant:</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=221253" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=221253" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=221253</a></p><p>Fulgeratori means 'lightning bringer' and the pose here clearly shows a lot more beyond 'holding' so I would chalk this up to just one more example of why we really need a new RIC V edition that is not just a reprint of the current pathetic one. If there is any volume that strayed from 'user friendly' it is V. Instead, we see all the efforts put into polishing of the popular RR and early empire material. Diocletian deserves better than this. </p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, I was trying to be good avoid asking if those numbers were ERIC. I failed. Put ERIC away and buy RIC if you really want RIC numbers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2497628, member: 19463"]It would be interesting to see the coins from which RIC described 167 and 168. I'd probably accept the very vanilla 167 walking were it not for the much better 168 suggestion that he was more than just holding the t-bolt. I rather like the way this aureus was described but we have to remove the part about the giant: [url]https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=221253[/url] Fulgeratori means 'lightning bringer' and the pose here clearly shows a lot more beyond 'holding' so I would chalk this up to just one more example of why we really need a new RIC V edition that is not just a reprint of the current pathetic one. If there is any volume that strayed from 'user friendly' it is V. Instead, we see all the efforts put into polishing of the popular RR and early empire material. Diocletian deserves better than this. BTW, I was trying to be good avoid asking if those numbers were ERIC. I failed. Put ERIC away and buy RIC if you really want RIC numbers.[/QUOTE]
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