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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 5296925, member: 110350&quot;]Congratulations!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a Divus Vespasian shield, with SC on it:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1222923[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Then there are the &quot;in action&quot;-type shields, as on this Q. Thermus denarius. Note that the Roman&#039;s shield is always bigger:</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1222924[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A pile of shields is always comfortable for Roma to sit on:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1222936[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>(If the surface of this coin were a little less rough, it might have made my top 10, because it&#039;s a great type.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, I always like Juno Sospita and her violin or figure-eight shield, a/k/a <i>ancilia</i>, probably an allusion to the mythological Shield of the Salii priests.*</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1222929[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1222932[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>*David R. Sear states as follows in his online &quot;Glossary of Frequently Encountered Terms in Roman Coin Descriptions&quot; (also found in each volume of the Millennium Edition of Roman Coin Values): &quot;<i>Ancile</i> a shield of distinctive form (narrow central section of oval shape with broad curving extensions at top and bottom). It was a particular attribute of Juno Sospita and was associated with the Salian priesthood of Mars.&quot; See <a href="https://www.davidrsear.com/academy/roman_glossary.html#Ancile" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.davidrsear.com/academy/roman_glossary.html#Ancile" rel="nofollow">https://www.davidrsear.com/academy/roman_glossary.html#Ancile</a>. See also the discussion of the <i>ancile</i> at <a href="https://www.romanumismatics.com/historicarticles?view=article&amp;article_id=509" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.romanumismatics.com/historicarticles?view=article&amp;article_id=509" rel="nofollow">https://www.romanumismatics.com/historicarticles?view=article&amp;article_id=509</a>, with a photo of an example of an Augustus denarius (RIC 343) depicting two <i>ancilia</i> on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish I had a Boeotian shield to show. One of these days![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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