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<p>[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 3107052, member: 82322"]I have found it very education to attempt to describe coins myself rather than cutting and pasting from a catalog. Unfortunately little of what I see on this coin can be summarized with seachable keywords.</p><p><br /></p><p>The emperor has an unusually large chest with his neck near the middle of the coin. The cheast reminded me of Trajan's. <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=131241" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=131241" rel="nofollow">Nude</a> or <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=973377" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=973377" rel="nofollow">draped</a>? Caracalla sometimes chose to show off <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3173107" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3173107" rel="nofollow">his muscular back</a>. The head reminded me more of Caracalla or Severus Alexander but the nose is unusually high for any of these guys.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obversion inscription is broken above the emperor's head, an unusual feature but one I don't know how to search for.</p><p><br /></p><p>The most distinctive thing about the reverse is the awkward position of the left arm. When I saw it at the show I thought perhaps it was Zeus lobbing a bolt but when I looked for arms like this in catalogs it was nearly always shown holding a pole described as a scepter. Occassionaly it was the thrysus (Dionysos' magic staff). If a pole was present on this coin it is not visible at this time. I did find a coin of an athlete crowning himself with an arm in this pose and no scepter (see below).</p><p><br /></p><p>Most mythical figures are clothed on coins. Only a few go nude: <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4798417" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4798417" rel="nofollow">Dionysos</a>, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=299813" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=299813" rel="nofollow">Zeus</a>, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=175640" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=175640" rel="nofollow">Apollo</a>, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=533870" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=533870" rel="nofollow">Poseidon</a>, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1943579" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1943579" rel="nofollow">“Athlete”</a>, and <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4033444" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4033444" rel="nofollow">Perseus</a>. If the figure is holding a club it is Herakles but I am only 90% sure I see a club. I found depictions of Apollo with his arm in the pose but never nude -- he is always in a short cloak ('chalmys').</p><p><br /></p><p>The fabric suggests it was struck by two dies both small for the flan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 3107052, member: 82322"]I have found it very education to attempt to describe coins myself rather than cutting and pasting from a catalog. Unfortunately little of what I see on this coin can be summarized with seachable keywords. The emperor has an unusually large chest with his neck near the middle of the coin. The cheast reminded me of Trajan's. [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=131241']Nude[/URL] or [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=973377']draped[/URL]? Caracalla sometimes chose to show off [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3173107']his muscular back[/URL]. The head reminded me more of Caracalla or Severus Alexander but the nose is unusually high for any of these guys. The obversion inscription is broken above the emperor's head, an unusual feature but one I don't know how to search for. The most distinctive thing about the reverse is the awkward position of the left arm. When I saw it at the show I thought perhaps it was Zeus lobbing a bolt but when I looked for arms like this in catalogs it was nearly always shown holding a pole described as a scepter. Occassionaly it was the thrysus (Dionysos' magic staff). If a pole was present on this coin it is not visible at this time. I did find a coin of an athlete crowning himself with an arm in this pose and no scepter (see below). Most mythical figures are clothed on coins. Only a few go nude: [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4798417']Dionysos[/URL], [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=299813']Zeus[/URL], [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=175640']Apollo[/URL], [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=533870']Poseidon[/URL], [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1943579']“Athlete”[/URL], and [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4033444']Perseus[/URL]. If the figure is holding a club it is Herakles but I am only 90% sure I see a club. I found depictions of Apollo with his arm in the pose but never nude -- he is always in a short cloak ('chalmys'). The fabric suggests it was struck by two dies both small for the flan.[/QUOTE]
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