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<p>[QUOTE="seth77, post: 7449436, member: 56653"]It's a scene of Fides receiving the "blessing" from Sol Invictus, but I think that the undertext here is how the legions are in the blessings of the emperor. I also think that it shows just how strong Aurelian's ideology of putting Sol at the center of the religious aspect of his power was, and how that got preserved and perpetuated by his "heirs" to the purple. Serdica is also a very interesting mint for this period, it seems this type was a favorite of the mint, fitting if we consider that Aurelian was possibly born there and the city became the capital of his new Dacia province in 271.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="seth77, post: 7449436, member: 56653"]It's a scene of Fides receiving the "blessing" from Sol Invictus, but I think that the undertext here is how the legions are in the blessings of the emperor. I also think that it shows just how strong Aurelian's ideology of putting Sol at the center of the religious aspect of his power was, and how that got preserved and perpetuated by his "heirs" to the purple. Serdica is also a very interesting mint for this period, it seems this type was a favorite of the mint, fitting if we consider that Aurelian was possibly born there and the city became the capital of his new Dacia province in 271.[/QUOTE]
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