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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herberto, post: 2384668, member: 74222&quot;]If you look carefully at the two shields of my Solidus of Theodosius II and 40-nummi of Justinian you will see what appears to be a man on a riding horse.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder: is that supposed to be Saint George? Or is this an arbitrary horse motif that even existed before Constantine the Great? Anyone who knows?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]489174[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]489173[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And a drawing of Maurice Tiberius I found across the internet. Definitely not a contemporary. Look at the chest of Maurice, also Saint George.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]489175[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So anyone here who can tell me whether the motif on my solidus and nummi is a Saint George figure or just an arbitrary man on a riding horse that existed before the Constantinian era?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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