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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2598117, member: 19463&quot;]This was an interesting coverage of past theories by scholars, many of whom I doubt looked at the coins as much as they presented their knowledge of Vergil.&nbsp; I would have appreciated more on the meaning of the different trees from each mint (they are not all cypress) and any hint of explanation of the differences between the barbarians from place to place.&nbsp; The question of relocating &#039;friends&#039; inside the Empire has a two edged situation.&nbsp; Yes, Rome provided for them and, yes, they would serve as human shields to the possible waves of unfriendly barbarians that might otherwise cause more trouble for Roman interests.&nbsp; We need evidence as to how general was the knowledge of the mint officials with such things as previous Vergillian artist renditions that would at least suggest the traditional poses for a soldier leading a less important, therefore smaller, figure.&nbsp; We will never all agree on each point of each of these observations but it was good to see them laid out.&nbsp; How we are to tell what came from the minds of the ancient artists and what was read into it by a century of scholars with their own grindable axes.&nbsp; Thanks for sharing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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