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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 2747821, member: 84744&quot;]Here&#039;s a denarius like [USER=4298]@Cucumbor[/USER]&#039;s and [USER=31620]@maridvnvm[/USER]&#039;s.&nbsp; An enigmatic coin, both for the occasional &quot;VSV&quot; in the exergue, and nobody seems to know what Venus is holding.&nbsp; Venus Felix is often shown holding a cupid or an apple, but that doesn&#039;t look to be the case on this type (though it&#039;s often described in one of these ways, or as &quot;a seated figure&quot;). To me it looks like a sphere set on top of a tripod, cone, or pyramid. Maybe the sun on a tripod of Apollo?&nbsp; Some connection to Sol/the sun seems possible, given its importance to Aurelian.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]628442[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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