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<p>[QUOTE="GinoLR, post: 24557868, member: 128351"]Very interesting reverse.</p><p>Domitian just copied the reverse and the formula of Vespasian and Titus' sestertii celebrating the victory against the Jews :</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1555445[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It is the same design, except for the palm-tree on the <i>Judaea Capta</i> coins which becomes a trophy on the <i>Germania Capta</i> coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now let's have a closer look on the <i>Germania Capta</i> reverse. The man, who is naked under his cloak on the Judaea coins, is wearing trousers on the Germania coins. The weapons are typically Celtic : hexagon-shaped shields, a Celtic horn called "<i>carnyx</i>" (just over the standing male captive's head), horned helmet (on top of trophy), circular crest on top of helmets, the helmet on the ground at the male captive's feet has a wheel-shaped crest.</p><p><br /></p><p>We can find all this on the Gundestrup Cauldron, a Celtic ceremonial 1st c. BC cauldron found in Denmark. Same shields, same <i>carnyx</i> horns, the two horsemen on the left wear helmets with a wheel or with horns.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1555452[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A helmet with both a wheel and horns (like the one on top of trophy on Domitian's coin) can be seen among the trophies of the Orange triumphal arch (1st c. AD).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1555453[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>For the Romans, it seems there was no real difference between Celts and Germans. The weapons on the <i>Germania Capta</i> sesterce are typically Celtic, but it is possible that the 1st c. AD Germans actually used Celtic-inspired weaponry: after all, the Romans themselves had done it in the Republican period.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GinoLR, post: 24557868, member: 128351"]Very interesting reverse. Domitian just copied the reverse and the formula of Vespasian and Titus' sestertii celebrating the victory against the Jews : [ATTACH=full]1555445[/ATTACH] It is the same design, except for the palm-tree on the [I]Judaea Capta[/I] coins which becomes a trophy on the [I]Germania Capta[/I] coins. Now let's have a closer look on the [I]Germania Capta[/I] reverse. The man, who is naked under his cloak on the Judaea coins, is wearing trousers on the Germania coins. The weapons are typically Celtic : hexagon-shaped shields, a Celtic horn called "[I]carnyx[/I]" (just over the standing male captive's head), horned helmet (on top of trophy), circular crest on top of helmets, the helmet on the ground at the male captive's feet has a wheel-shaped crest. We can find all this on the Gundestrup Cauldron, a Celtic ceremonial 1st c. BC cauldron found in Denmark. Same shields, same [I]carnyx[/I] horns, the two horsemen on the left wear helmets with a wheel or with horns. [ATTACH=full]1555452[/ATTACH] A helmet with both a wheel and horns (like the one on top of trophy on Domitian's coin) can be seen among the trophies of the Orange triumphal arch (1st c. AD). [ATTACH=full]1555453[/ATTACH] For the Romans, it seems there was no real difference between Celts and Germans. The weapons on the [I]Germania Capta[/I] sesterce are typically Celtic, but it is possible that the 1st c. AD Germans actually used Celtic-inspired weaponry: after all, the Romans themselves had done it in the Republican period.[/QUOTE]
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