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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 6447483, member: 26430"]A slightly different take on "coded," turning to the coded messages in the "visual puns" of Republican denarii. Both have been interpreted as coded messages to Pompey, although there are rival hypotheses as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>First: Brutus' denarius (c. 54 BCE), showing his ancestor, L. Iunius Brutus reputed to have driven out the last Roman King, Tarquin, c. 509. Often interpreted as a veiled threat to Pompey, "Put on a crown, another Brutus will come for you." Complicated by the uncertain dating of Brutus' post as Moneyer</p><p><br /></p><p>Second: Julius Caesar's elephant denarius (c. 49). The elephant is sometimes taken as a dig at Pompey, who had a humiliating failure trying to bring elephants to his Triumph. The snake is also sometimes interpreted as Pompey. The main rival interpretation is that the snake is actually a carnyx, or Gallic war trumpet. In my view, it's entirely possible that viewers were meant to recognize <b><i>both </i></b>messages in the elephant - snake/carnyx imagery. </p><p><br /></p><p>The highest form of wit in the Republican denarius wasn't just the pun, but the multi-pun, and Roman culture was well-primed to decipher whatever such messages they could find. </p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, whatever their original intent, we are still zealously mulling over the coded messages in the imagery of Republican coinage today.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1256314[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1256315[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Next: A coin relating to dictators and their assassins</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 6447483, member: 26430"]A slightly different take on "coded," turning to the coded messages in the "visual puns" of Republican denarii. Both have been interpreted as coded messages to Pompey, although there are rival hypotheses as well. First: Brutus' denarius (c. 54 BCE), showing his ancestor, L. Iunius Brutus reputed to have driven out the last Roman King, Tarquin, c. 509. Often interpreted as a veiled threat to Pompey, "Put on a crown, another Brutus will come for you." Complicated by the uncertain dating of Brutus' post as Moneyer Second: Julius Caesar's elephant denarius (c. 49). The elephant is sometimes taken as a dig at Pompey, who had a humiliating failure trying to bring elephants to his Triumph. The snake is also sometimes interpreted as Pompey. The main rival interpretation is that the snake is actually a carnyx, or Gallic war trumpet. In my view, it's entirely possible that viewers were meant to recognize [B][I]both [/I][/B]messages in the elephant - snake/carnyx imagery. The highest form of wit in the Republican denarius wasn't just the pun, but the multi-pun, and Roman culture was well-primed to decipher whatever such messages they could find. In any case, whatever their original intent, we are still zealously mulling over the coded messages in the imagery of Republican coinage today. [ATTACH=full]1256314[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1256315[/ATTACH] [B]Next: A coin relating to dictators and their assassins[/B][/QUOTE]
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