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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 8281181, member: 99456&quot;]Very nice - it looks like it is in amazing condition and richly illustrated.&nbsp; I&#039;ve <a href="https://archive.org/details/veterumromanorum00duch/page/n33/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/veterumromanorum00duch/page/n33/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">bookmarked it on archive.org</a> (no substitute for the physical book, but fun to leaf through).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462585[/ATTACH]</p><p>My Octavia is facing the other way <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462586[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462592[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a sample translation (applying some pretty rusty Latin to <a href="https://archive.org/details/veterumromanorum00duch/page/n33/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/veterumromanorum00duch/page/n33/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">page 20</a>) - it seems that there are a few elements of the description that we would see differently today - notably Octavia is not Augustus and Dionysus is not Concordia (see RPC <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2202" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2202" rel="nofollow">2202</a> <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2201" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2201" rel="nofollow">2201</a>) &quot;Dionysus standing left upon cista mystica&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Reperitur adhuc in Numismatibus M. Antontii Concordia depicta cum duobus&nbsp; serpentibus, qui aram circumdant, supraquam caput Augusti conspicitur, in signum&nbsp; Concordiae Triumviratus, quem fecerant ad constituendam Rempublicam.&nbsp; Et in numismatibus Caesaris&nbsp; Avgusti adhuc videri potest Concordia, una manu cornucopiae tenens , et altera suos fructus offerens Triumviris , qui sunt&nbsp; Lepidus, Antonius , et junior Caesar : eo significans , quod ab unione et concordia quas simul contraxerant, procederet salus generis humani, sicut inscriptio Numismatis fert, sub similibus verbis : SALUS GENERIS HVMANI.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Found amongst the coins/medals of Mark Antony, Concordia depicted with two serpents&nbsp; which surround the altar, above which is seen the head of Augustus, as a sign of the Triumvirate of Concord, which they had made in order to preserve the republic.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462591[/ATTACH]</p><p>And in the coins/medals of Augustus you can also see Concordia,</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462590[/ATTACH]</p><p>with one hand holding a cornucopia and the other offering it&#039;s fruit to the triumvirs: they are Lepidus, Antony, and the young Caesar, indicating that from the union and concord which they had contracted together, the salvation of the human race would proceed, as the inscription reads using similar words: the Health of the human race.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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