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<p>[QUOTE="Nemo, post: 3808247, member: 58462"]Interesting write up [USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER]! I think handshakes on Roman coins often seem to indicate someone is about to die. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite is the double handshake minted by pro-Vitellian forces in Southern Gaul during the civil war.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1015858[/ATTACH] </p><p>Civil Wars of 68-69 AD AR denarius. 3.49 g. </p><p>O: FIDES EXERCITVVM, two clasped hands. </p><p>R: FIDES PRAETORIANORVM, two clasped hands. </p><p>-BMC 65; Martin 7; RIC² 121 (Group IV) , Ex Jonathan P. Rosen, Ex Auktion Myers/Adams 7, New York 1974, Nr. 269.</p><p><br /></p><p>The message of a unified fidelity, or loyalty, of the 'armies' (FIDES EXERCITVVM) and the praetorians (FIDES PRAETORIANORVM) distributed among the praetorians as a propaganda tool.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1015861[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Nerva</b></p><p>AD 96-98. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.47 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 97. </p><p>O: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P, Laureate head right</p><p>R: CONCORDIA - EXERCITVVM around clasped hands. RIC II 14; RSC 20</p><p><br /></p><p>Nerva would not need to advertise that he had achieved concord with the army unless the relationship had been a problem. His adoption of Trajan, a general on the German frontier, as Caesar and heir, successfully established harmony with the army.</p><p><br /></p><p>And, of course, who could forget the best friends Pupienus and Balbinus?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1015864[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1015865[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Because they were constantly quarreling, they were defenseless against the praetorians. After a reign of only 99 days, Pupienus and Balbinus were beaten and dragged naked through the streets of Rome before being killed. Beware the Roman handshake!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Nemo, post: 3808247, member: 58462"]Interesting write up [USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER]! I think handshakes on Roman coins often seem to indicate someone is about to die. :D My favorite is the double handshake minted by pro-Vitellian forces in Southern Gaul during the civil war. [ATTACH=full]1015858[/ATTACH] Civil Wars of 68-69 AD AR denarius. 3.49 g. O: FIDES EXERCITVVM, two clasped hands. R: FIDES PRAETORIANORVM, two clasped hands. -BMC 65; Martin 7; RIC² 121 (Group IV) , Ex Jonathan P. Rosen, Ex Auktion Myers/Adams 7, New York 1974, Nr. 269. The message of a unified fidelity, or loyalty, of the 'armies' (FIDES EXERCITVVM) and the praetorians (FIDES PRAETORIANORVM) distributed among the praetorians as a propaganda tool. [ATTACH=full]1015861[/ATTACH] [B]Nerva[/B] AD 96-98. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.47 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 97. O: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P, Laureate head right R: CONCORDIA - EXERCITVVM around clasped hands. RIC II 14; RSC 20 Nerva would not need to advertise that he had achieved concord with the army unless the relationship had been a problem. His adoption of Trajan, a general on the German frontier, as Caesar and heir, successfully established harmony with the army. And, of course, who could forget the best friends Pupienus and Balbinus? [ATTACH=full]1015864[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1015865[/ATTACH] Because they were constantly quarreling, they were defenseless against the praetorians. After a reign of only 99 days, Pupienus and Balbinus were beaten and dragged naked through the streets of Rome before being killed. Beware the Roman handshake!!![/QUOTE]
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