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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3551919, member: 85693&quot;]Not sure - I think a fold in the drapery is plausible.&nbsp; But your example is odd - the lines are parallel all the way to the ground, not the typical drapery fold.&nbsp; And yet there is a slight tilt to it - not like a column.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Faustina II sestertius with Aeternitas leaning on a column - as poor o&#039; shape as this is in, it is pretty clearly a column she is leaning on (not sure which order - Ionic or Doric?):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]943908[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Faustina II&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(176-180 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>DIVA FAV STINA PIA, draped bust right / [AETERNITAS] S C, Aeternitas standing left, holding [globe with phoenix] and leaning on column.</p><p>RIC 1693; BMC 1563.</p><p>(22.86 grams / 29 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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