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<p>[QUOTE="Julius Germanicus, post: 5170691, member: 80783"]Thank you for the info! </p><p><br /></p><p>One more question: do you think it is possible to date reverse dies according to the position of the star, i.e. left or right of the figure, at least on the Sestertii of the wives of Elagabalus?</p><p>Would (for example) the fact that 85% of the Sestertii of Julia Paula show the star left and 85% of Aquilia Severa showing it right indicate that there was a trend to move the star to the right (because it was found to be a more appropriate position)?</p><p>If so, could we not call the design of the two Paula dies with star right as "progressive" and date them later than the one dozen or so dies with star left which we then could call "conservative"? </p><p>By Elagabalus´ second marriage most reverse dies (five) of Aquilia Severa were engraved with the star to the right already. Couldn´t that indicate that her rare Sestertii with star left (one reverse die only) should have been her earliest emission, soon to be replaced by the star right design?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Julius Germanicus, post: 5170691, member: 80783"]Thank you for the info! One more question: do you think it is possible to date reverse dies according to the position of the star, i.e. left or right of the figure, at least on the Sestertii of the wives of Elagabalus? Would (for example) the fact that 85% of the Sestertii of Julia Paula show the star left and 85% of Aquilia Severa showing it right indicate that there was a trend to move the star to the right (because it was found to be a more appropriate position)? If so, could we not call the design of the two Paula dies with star right as "progressive" and date them later than the one dozen or so dies with star left which we then could call "conservative"? By Elagabalus´ second marriage most reverse dies (five) of Aquilia Severa were engraved with the star to the right already. Couldn´t that indicate that her rare Sestertii with star left (one reverse die only) should have been her earliest emission, soon to be replaced by the star right design?[/QUOTE]
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