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<p>[QUOTE="tenacious, post: 1462573, member: 14553"]As for the snake, do a search for the Celtic/Gallic <b>carnyx</b>. The carnyx was a Celtic war trumpet shaped like a serpent. It looks like the "serpent" on the Julius Caesar elephant denarius. If you wanted to represent the Celts being dominated in a simple image, the image of their ubiquitous war trumpet being trampled would do it. The carnyx would have been very familiar to the soldiers and die engravers of Julius Caesar's moving military mint. Do a Google <u>image</u> search for carnyx to see what it looks like.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not everyone believes it is a carnyx. But they don't have a better explanation for the serpent either. The "serpent" on this coin has been argued about on various coin forums and sites. I am in the <i>"It's a carnyx"</i> camp.</p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT: BTW, the carnyx has been engraved on a couple other Roman coins in connection with, and symbolism of, the domination of the Celts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tenacious, post: 1462573, member: 14553"]As for the snake, do a search for the Celtic/Gallic [B]carnyx[/B]. The carnyx was a Celtic war trumpet shaped like a serpent. It looks like the "serpent" on the Julius Caesar elephant denarius. If you wanted to represent the Celts being dominated in a simple image, the image of their ubiquitous war trumpet being trampled would do it. The carnyx would have been very familiar to the soldiers and die engravers of Julius Caesar's moving military mint. Do a Google [U]image[/U] search for carnyx to see what it looks like. Not everyone believes it is a carnyx. But they don't have a better explanation for the serpent either. The "serpent" on this coin has been argued about on various coin forums and sites. I am in the [I]"It's a carnyx"[/I] camp. EDIT: BTW, the carnyx has been engraved on a couple other Roman coins in connection with, and symbolism of, the domination of the Celts.[/QUOTE]
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