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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 7385640, member: 96898"]I hadn't heard of this theory before, but it seems fully plausible to me. This late Roman mosaic, excavated in Israel near Tel Aviv (source <a href="https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Roman-and-Byzantine-era-mosaic-discovered-in-Lod-434235" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Roman-and-Byzantine-era-mosaic-discovered-in-Lod-434235" rel="nofollow">here</a>), at least appears to support this theory. I don't think the cross-hatched lines here could possibly represent armor:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1285689[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I very much like Bing's example of the Septimius Severus type, and looking at [USER=97204]@Archeocultura[/USER] 's coin, I can't help but wonder whether the elephant quadriga has been the Imperial Roman equivalent to driving a Maserati Quattroporte...</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is another Roman elephant – maybe meant as propaganda against the Metelli, since the elephant tramples a snake, which often represents Salus:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1285691[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, Imperatorial Coinage, Julius Caesar, AR denarius, 49–48 BC, military mint moving with Caesar. Obv: [CA]ESAR; elephant walking r., trampling snake. Rev: priestly implements: culullus, aspergillum, axe, apex. 20mm, 3.70g. Ref: RRC 443/1. </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 7385640, member: 96898"]I hadn't heard of this theory before, but it seems fully plausible to me. This late Roman mosaic, excavated in Israel near Tel Aviv (source [URL='https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Roman-and-Byzantine-era-mosaic-discovered-in-Lod-434235']here[/URL]), at least appears to support this theory. I don't think the cross-hatched lines here could possibly represent armor: [ATTACH=full]1285689[/ATTACH] Also, I very much like Bing's example of the Septimius Severus type, and looking at [USER=97204]@Archeocultura[/USER] 's coin, I can't help but wonder whether the elephant quadriga has been the Imperial Roman equivalent to driving a Maserati Quattroporte... Here is another Roman elephant – maybe meant as propaganda against the Metelli, since the elephant tramples a snake, which often represents Salus: [ATTACH=full]1285691[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Roman Republic, Imperatorial Coinage, Julius Caesar, AR denarius, 49–48 BC, military mint moving with Caesar. Obv: [CA]ESAR; elephant walking r., trampling snake. Rev: priestly implements: culullus, aspergillum, axe, apex. 20mm, 3.70g. Ref: RRC 443/1. [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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