This Victorinus was in a large lot. Salus is shown with a super long finger placed delicately on her scepter. I just wonder if the long finger meant something to the die cutter ? Antoninianus (Billon) Treveri (according to Mairat 637), southern Gallic mint, 269 – 271 AD, 5th issue 18 x 20 mm, 2.3 g Mairat 637; RIC V, 71; RCS 3170; Sear 11181; Cohen 118; Cunetio 2552; Elmer 697; Ob.: IMP C VICTORINVS (P F) AVG Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust to r. Rev.: SALVS AVG Salus, standing left; l. hand with an extra-long finger placed on her scepter and patera in r. hand feeding snake coiled around altar It seems to be Ex. Glenn Simonelli at http://feltemp.com/Emperors/Emperors_Page9.html in the lot there are mostly coins from feltemp.com Please share your Victorinus and/or Salus with a long finger
Claudius II with a weird one... Homonoia has a gigantic 3-fingered left hand on her RIGHT arm!! Homonoia Scaevola Alienus: Lol, starting in the mid/late 3rd century the engravers started having problems representing bodily proportions, and hands seem to have given them the most trouble. (There are some great Alexandrian tetradrachms at the end where the fingers are like arms!) A couple of my weird Antoniniani hands: On this Valerian, Apollo is supposed to be holding a branch, but you can't tell where his arm ends and the branch begins.... in German, I think "Apollo Branch Hands" would be Apollo-Zweighände: I need a better photo here, but I love this Otacilia with Pietas Crab Hands = Pietas-Krabbenhände: Sol was also often weirdly proportioned. Sol Strange Hands = Sol der Fremdhändige:
