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<p>[QUOTE="Jochen1, post: 26308877, member: 103829"]Dear friends of ancient coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>For the belt of Mars I received the following information from my forum member Altamura:</p><p><br /></p><p>In LIMC II-1, under the heading Ares, on page 521, there's something about this: Mars with a sash (as it's called there) belongs to the so-called Type T (like "Tänzer" ="dancer"). Hellenistic reliefs of dancers with weapons are cited as models, and various other literature is also cited: <a href="https://archive.org/details/limc_20210516/Lexicon%20Iconographicum%20Mythologiae%20Classicae/LIMC%20II-1/page/n271/mode/2up?view=theater" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/limc_20210516/Lexicon%20Iconographicum%20Mythologiae%20Classicae/LIMC%20II-1/page/n271/mode/2up?view=theater" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/limc_20210516/Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae/LIMC II-1/page/n271/mode/2up?view=theater</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This type T, known primarily from coins and gems (209-222), was discussed by Kraus, Th., in Festschr. E. v. Mercklin (1964) 69-72, who stated that it need not necessarily have had a large-scale model. The fluttering sash is reminiscent of Lare statuettes, which are also only attested in small formats. According to an appealing hypothesis, this type was the patron god of the Praetorian camp and was placed there as a statuette: v. Domaszewski, op. cit. 21c, 34. However, it was by no means limited to this, as it already appears on Augustan coins (210, 211), at a time when the Praetorians were still kept very much in the background. Kraus points to Hellenistic reliefs of armored dancers as possible models. The type is actually known from Roman relief art, namely from the sarcophagus of C. Bellicus Natalis (295) and from lamps (265). Its precursor is the M. on the Berlin cist (12).</p><p><br /></p><p>Images can be found here:</p><p>Lexikon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LMC) LMC II-2.pdf <a href="https://archive.org/details/limc_20210516/Lexicon%20Iconographicum%20Mythologiae%20Classicae/LIMC%20II-2/page/n191/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/limc_20210516/Lexicon%20Iconographicum%20Mythologiae%20Classicae/LIMC%20II-2/page/n191/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/limc_20210516/Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae/LIMC II-2/page/n191/mode/2up</a></p><p>Image 218 VIRTVS AVG, Mars, helmeted, walking with spear and tropaion to the right, at his feet a prisoner sitting to the right with his arms bound behind his back.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kind regards</p><p>Jochen[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jochen1, post: 26308877, member: 103829"]Dear friends of ancient coins! For the belt of Mars I received the following information from my forum member Altamura: In LIMC II-1, under the heading Ares, on page 521, there's something about this: Mars with a sash (as it's called there) belongs to the so-called Type T (like "Tänzer" ="dancer"). Hellenistic reliefs of dancers with weapons are cited as models, and various other literature is also cited: [URL]https://archive.org/details/limc_20210516/Lexicon%20Iconographicum%20Mythologiae%20Classicae/LIMC%20II-1/page/n271/mode/2up?view=theater[/URL] This type T, known primarily from coins and gems (209-222), was discussed by Kraus, Th., in Festschr. E. v. Mercklin (1964) 69-72, who stated that it need not necessarily have had a large-scale model. The fluttering sash is reminiscent of Lare statuettes, which are also only attested in small formats. According to an appealing hypothesis, this type was the patron god of the Praetorian camp and was placed there as a statuette: v. Domaszewski, op. cit. 21c, 34. However, it was by no means limited to this, as it already appears on Augustan coins (210, 211), at a time when the Praetorians were still kept very much in the background. Kraus points to Hellenistic reliefs of armored dancers as possible models. The type is actually known from Roman relief art, namely from the sarcophagus of C. Bellicus Natalis (295) and from lamps (265). Its precursor is the M. on the Berlin cist (12). Images can be found here: Lexikon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LMC) LMC II-2.pdf [URL]https://archive.org/details/limc_20210516/Lexicon%20Iconographicum%20Mythologiae%20Classicae/LIMC%20II-2/page/n191/mode/2up[/URL] Image 218 VIRTVS AVG, Mars, helmeted, walking with spear and tropaion to the right, at his feet a prisoner sitting to the right with his arms bound behind his back. Kind regards Jochen[/QUOTE]
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