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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3771828, member: 99456"]<font size="3"><i>"The stephane was already established in the symbolical repertoire of sculpture and coinage in Greece at least by the third century BC. The other states surrounding the Mediterranean (partly) swiftly followed the Greek example by either using the stephane on coinage like in Egypt or in sculpture, like in Etruria. After the adoption of the stephane by the Etruscan city states, it was only a matter of time before the object appeared in Rome."</i></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><i>"...our knowledge of the existence of the stephane mainly comes from coins and sculptures...Of the upright, freestanding diadem called the stephane only very few examples are known..."</i></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><i>"...this study argues that the stephane was equal to the male honorary symbols like the royal diadema, signifying the elevated, semi-divine, status of its wearer..."</i></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">- <a href="https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/bitstream/handle/1887/31709/Thesis%20Stephane%20Anique%20final%20version%20including%20database.pdf?sequence=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/bitstream/handle/1887/31709/Thesis%20Stephane%20Anique%20final%20version%20including%20database.pdf?sequence=1" rel="nofollow">Anique Hamelink, "Symbol or jewellery? The stephane and its wearer in the Roman world (1st-3rd centuries AD)"</a></font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1008774[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Severina,</b> wife of Aurelian, Antoninianus, Rome mint</p><p>Struck 275 AD</p><p><b>Obv: </b>SEVERINA AVG, draped bust right <b>wearing stephane</b>, resting on a crescent</p><p><b>Rev:</b> CONCORDIAE MILITVM, Concordia standing facing, holding standard in both hands</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #336600"><b>Next up:</b></span> a turreted crown[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3771828, member: 99456"][SIZE=3][I]"The stephane was already established in the symbolical repertoire of sculpture and coinage in Greece at least by the third century BC. The other states surrounding the Mediterranean (partly) swiftly followed the Greek example by either using the stephane on coinage like in Egypt or in sculpture, like in Etruria. After the adoption of the stephane by the Etruscan city states, it was only a matter of time before the object appeared in Rome."[/I] [I]"...our knowledge of the existence of the stephane mainly comes from coins and sculptures...Of the upright, freestanding diadem called the stephane only very few examples are known..."[/I] [I]"...this study argues that the stephane was equal to the male honorary symbols like the royal diadema, signifying the elevated, semi-divine, status of its wearer..."[/I] - [URL='https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/bitstream/handle/1887/31709/Thesis%20Stephane%20Anique%20final%20version%20including%20database.pdf?sequence=1']Anique Hamelink, "Symbol or jewellery? The stephane and its wearer in the Roman world (1st-3rd centuries AD)"[/URL][/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]1008774[/ATTACH] [B]Severina,[/B] wife of Aurelian, Antoninianus, Rome mint Struck 275 AD [B]Obv: [/B]SEVERINA AVG, draped bust right [B]wearing stephane[/B], resting on a crescent [B]Rev:[/B] CONCORDIAE MILITVM, Concordia standing facing, holding standard in both hands [COLOR=#336600][B]Next up:[/B][/COLOR] a turreted crown[/QUOTE]
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