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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 3961240, member: 87200&quot;]A very interesting coin, with a nice orichalcum appearance. This Adlocutio is a great reverse. It shows that as late as the mid 180&#039;s that soldiers were still using the scutum, the traditional rectangular shield that when interlocked could form a Testudo (tortoise) formation. In the third century the army mostly moved to the circular shield characteristic of the later empire. Partly this was a cost-saving measure and also coincided with the adoption of the spatha as the sword of choice rather than the shorter gladius.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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