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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 3323810, member: 83956&quot;][ATTACH=full]880975[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I love these coins, obviously. The photo shows my mint set; I need to upgrade my Arles and Nicomedia.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your Cyzicus tree is interesting; all those leaves look more like Antioch. Maybe an Antiochene die engraver decided to take a Turkish vacation.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m more interested in what the smaller figure is holding. That&#039;s been a mystery for collectors of this coin; some say the figure is just holding his hand in front of his face. I have argued that he&#039;s holding a <i>pedum</i>, or hunting stick, that was an attribute of Phrygian shepherds and aligns him with Ascanius, and more generically marks him as a rustic figure.</p><p><br /></p><p>Alas, the only person I think I&#039;ve convinced with my reading is me. If anyone is having trouble sleeping, my article can be downloaded at Victor&#039;s site: <a href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/articles/Richardson_Barbarian_Hut.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/articles/Richardson_Barbarian_Hut.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/articles/Richardson_Barbarian_Hut.pdf</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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