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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nathan B., post: 7947312, member: 112852&quot;]I just got a quadriga coin, and instantly fell in love with this reverse!</p><p><br /></p><p>I will try to post a picture of it tomorrow, but I have a few very stupid, elementary questions:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Does &quot;divus&quot; mean something like &quot;god&quot; or more like &quot;divine&quot;?</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Why is Constantine veiled?&nbsp; (By the way, I, too, thought this was a woman until I looked at my coin more closely.&nbsp; Originally, I had thought: &quot;man, this ancient die-cutter used a male model for this female portrait!&quot;&nbsp; And then I realized the portrait was of a male after all.)</p><p><br /></p><p>3. What is this &quot;hand of God&quot; business?&nbsp; I can&#039;t see anything resembling a hand on the coins in this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. On another note, the symbolism of the quadriga is certainly very rich.&nbsp; There is the story of Elijah ascending, alive, to God in the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, for one thing.&nbsp; Then, too, there is also a very long tradition of showing a quadriga on Greek and Roman coins.&nbsp; Is it possible that Constantine would ever have driven one himself in public, say for ceremonial purposes?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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