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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 5424593, member: 110350"]Wonderful coins, all. If I were to buy an example, I, too, would want a complete, readable "CAESAR" legend, and to be able to see both the elephant and the [snake or carnyx] reasonably clearly. Unfortunately for me, I haven't seen one yet that I can afford.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] had a fascinating thread last year on the meaning of the coin, presenting the theory (also expounded by Michael Harlan, I believe) that the snake is in fact a snake, but that -- if I understand correctly -- the elephant would have been immediately recognizable (based on a lengthy Republican and Imperatorial numismatic tradition) as representing Caesar's enemies, the Metellus family. Whereas the alleged connection between Caesar's family and elephants was remote and dubious, and would have been unlikely to be recognized. Under this theory, then, the elephant is the bad guy and the snake is the good guy, with which Caesar was associating himself. See <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/caesars-elephant-and-snake-what-do-they-mean.343865/#post-3635051" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/caesars-elephant-and-snake-what-do-they-mean.343865/#post-3635051">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/caesars-elephant-and-snake-what-do-they-mean.343865/#post-3635051</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 5424593, member: 110350"]Wonderful coins, all. If I were to buy an example, I, too, would want a complete, readable "CAESAR" legend, and to be able to see both the elephant and the [snake or carnyx] reasonably clearly. Unfortunately for me, I haven't seen one yet that I can afford. [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] had a fascinating thread last year on the meaning of the coin, presenting the theory (also expounded by Michael Harlan, I believe) that the snake is in fact a snake, but that -- if I understand correctly -- the elephant would have been immediately recognizable (based on a lengthy Republican and Imperatorial numismatic tradition) as representing Caesar's enemies, the Metellus family. Whereas the alleged connection between Caesar's family and elephants was remote and dubious, and would have been unlikely to be recognized. Under this theory, then, the elephant is the bad guy and the snake is the good guy, with which Caesar was associating himself. See [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/caesars-elephant-and-snake-what-do-they-mean.343865/#post-3635051[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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