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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sand, post: 7754594, member: 118540&quot;]Here is a Wikipedia article on Proskynesis :</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proskynesis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proskynesis" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proskynesis</a></p><p>The Wikipedia article says :</p><p>&quot;In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" rel="nofollow">Byzantine</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial" rel="nofollow">ceremonial</a> it was a common gesture of supplication or reverence. The physical act ranged from full <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostration" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostration" rel="nofollow">prostration</a> to a genuflection, a bow, or a simple greeting and concretized the relative positions of performer and beneficiary within a hierarchical order (taxis).&quot;</p><p>On the other hand, the Wikipedia article also says :</p><p>&quot;among the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Empire" rel="nofollow">Persians</a>, it was that a man prostrated himself and kissed the earth, kissed the arms or legs of a respected person. Proskynesis (adoratio) was one of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_cult#Ancient_Rome" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_cult#Ancient_Rome" rel="nofollow">religious rites</a> of the Greeks and Romans.&quot;</p><p>Regardless of the definition of Proskynesis, I guess you are saying, that the Emperor on your coin, exhibits a degree of Proskynesis, which is to a greater degree, than almost all other Byzantine coin types, or perhaps all other Byzantine coin types.</p><p>I&#039;ll see, if I can find any photos, of any other Byzantine coin types, which show the same degree of Proskynesis, as the Emperor on your coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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