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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 5145450, member: 75937"]Interesting story, [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER]! Now I have an "Also Sprach Zarathustra" earworm. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The identity of the object on the ground at the emperor's feet on this AE3 of Procopius remains a mystery:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/procopius-fel-temp-reparatio-jpg.818968/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Procopius, AD 365-366</p><p>Roman Æ centenionalis, 2.70 g, 20mm.</p><p>Constantinople, AD 365-366.</p><p>Obv: D N PROCO-PIVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust left.</p><p>Rev: REPARATI-O FEL TEMP, Procopius standing facing, head right, holding labarum in right hand, left resting on shield set on the ground; Chi-rho in upper right field and unidentified object in left at foot; CONSЄ• in exergue.</p><p>Refs: RIC ix 17a.7; Cohen 8; RCV 19883.</p><p>Notes: The small object at the feet of the emperor on the reverse has never been satisfactorily explained. Pearce (RIC ix, p. 215, 17 note) comments "The small indeterminate object is given by Cohen as 'seated captive.' Koblitz suggests a helmet. I have noted it as resembling the letter T, a mushroom, two small circles standing one above the other, a small circle standing on a pyramidal object, etc., but never 'seated captive' or 'helmet.'"[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 5145450, member: 75937"]Interesting story, [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER]! Now I have an "Also Sprach Zarathustra" earworm. :eek: The identity of the object on the ground at the emperor's feet on this AE3 of Procopius remains a mystery: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/procopius-fel-temp-reparatio-jpg.818968/[/IMG] Procopius, AD 365-366 Roman Æ centenionalis, 2.70 g, 20mm. Constantinople, AD 365-366. Obv: D N PROCO-PIVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust left. Rev: REPARATI-O FEL TEMP, Procopius standing facing, head right, holding labarum in right hand, left resting on shield set on the ground; Chi-rho in upper right field and unidentified object in left at foot; CONSЄ• in exergue. Refs: RIC ix 17a.7; Cohen 8; RCV 19883. Notes: The small object at the feet of the emperor on the reverse has never been satisfactorily explained. Pearce (RIC ix, p. 215, 17 note) comments "The small indeterminate object is given by Cohen as 'seated captive.' Koblitz suggests a helmet. I have noted it as resembling the letter T, a mushroom, two small circles standing one above the other, a small circle standing on a pyramidal object, etc., but never 'seated captive' or 'helmet.'"[/QUOTE]
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