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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1226532, member: 26302&quot;]Sorry I was not clear, I was speaking of the statue on Antioch bronzes from 510 or so that are a famous pagan statue there. And just so I was clear about the Isis issues, they were rare little coins issued to celebrate the arrival of grain ships from Egypt, and they were continued well into the Christian Roman era. I guess when you are celebrating the arrival of your food supply you don&#039;t mess with tradition!</p><p><br /></p><p>We agree mainly man, sorry I just pointed out a couple, tiny little issues that carried on. However, you are completely right that Julian&#039;s issues were in the main the last hurrahs for classic symbolism. The Bull on these has some controversy, with people saying it was a sacrificial bull, others that it had more symbolism than that. I am sure someone here has a better explanation than that. It was interesting, though, that I do not think these coins were ever issued from Rome, though they were issued from many other mints throughout the empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t looked, but I bet Doug either has a page on them or has always wanted to make one. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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