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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nathan B., post: 7950503, member: 112852&quot;]Thank you very much for answering my questions, wittwolf!&nbsp; I appreciate your artwork, particularly--it&#039;s about the level of my own!&nbsp; Regarding the &quot;hand(s)&quot; as you mentioned, now I understand!&nbsp; All this time I thought it was supposed to be a bird, perhaps a dove.&nbsp; Now that you explained it, I&#039;ve been able to see many different styles of these hands.&nbsp; Sometimes it&#039;s just one, and other times there are two.&nbsp; The styles vary quite a bit, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the veil, I had not been aware of other Roman emperors being depicted in the veil on other coins, so I&#039;m very grateful to you for mentioning that.&nbsp; Yes, I see now see how that would make sense: the emperor was after all the <i>pontifex maximus</i>.&nbsp; Funny how the papacy somehow got that title in the western part of the empire.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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