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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24732881, member: 26430&quot;]That&#039;s a great looking coin! Lovely patina.</p><p><br /></p><p>That parazonium must&#039;ve gotten heavy, because by the 240s Philip&#039;s Virtus had to take a seat!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1582178[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I think the Virtus standing on helmet holding spear &amp; parazonium iconography must&#039;ve inspired the Severan Provincial coinage showing Caracalla and Elagabalus in similar pose (maybe Septimius had them too). Here, Elagabalus (from Nicopolis) has his foot on a captive &amp; holds a globe instead of helmet &amp; parazonium:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1582180[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an interesting variation on that iconography -- it&#039;s Roma, not Virtus, and she&#039;s holding a cornucopia instead of the parazonium:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1582179[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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