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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 26322997, member: 10613&quot;]I have the earlier issue of this coin with laurels that I like better; mainly because it is ex Peter Weiß.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1680544[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>for those not familiar check out his Festschrift (it has a list of his publications)</p><p><br /></p><p>Monumentum et Instrumentum Inscriptum: Beschriftete Objekte aus Kaiserzeit und Spatantike als historische Zeugnisse. Festschrift fuer Peter Weiß zum 65. Geburtstag</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1680541[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>my favorite article of his is-</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The Vision of Constantine.&quot; <b>Journal of Roman Archeology</b> 16, 2003, pp. 237-259.</p><p><br /></p><p>this is a must read for people interested in the topic; which Weiß convincingly argues that the vision was a &quot;sundog&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>and to stray further from the original topic...have a page from an incunable, which is a&nbsp; book printed before 1501; which illustrates a sun dog or solar halo</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1680542[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>sun dog</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1680543[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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