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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 1388695, member: 8959&quot;]Thank you for your comments everybody</p><p><br /></p><p>The female figure depicted on the coin was possibly inspired by a contemporary statue said to be of Thusnelda, and now in a museum in Florence. I said possibly because nobody can be sure, but there is certainly some similarity: please see this link (sorry I was not able to find a picture I could paste)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.traunsteiner-tagblatt.de/includes/mehr_chiemg.php?id=812" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.traunsteiner-tagblatt.de/includes/mehr_chiemg.php?id=812" rel="nofollow">http://www.traunsteiner-tagblatt.de/includes/mehr_chiemg.php?id=812</a> </p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>Thusnelda was the wife of Arminius, the germanic chieftain who defeated 3 of Augustus&#039; legions in 9 a.d. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I also agree with the comment that since Hadrian&#039;s reign was one of relative peace, this coin was probably struck in a peaceful context meant to advertise the empire&#039;s ties to the provinces.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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