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<p>[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 4319666, member: 99554"]This time It's a confrontation between to asses in my collection; in the right corner weighting 9.7g, Antoninus the Pius. In the left corner, weighting exactly 9.79g, Claudius the First. LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE ! Ok,ok, no fighting today. At least one of those two emperors didn't like the war. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1097718[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1097719[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>But let's focus instead on the common point between these two pieces. You surely noticed they both featured the goddess Libertas; and also that she is holding in her right hand a <b>pileus</b>. Let's talk a bit about this famous hat and its origin. First, the title of this thread is rather inaccurate, the <b>pileus</b> having a Phrygian's origin. It was a soft woven wool cap often associated with the notion of freedom( that's why <i>Libertas</i> is holding it). The <b>pilei</b> was found in several form: often round, sometimes looking like a helmet, even shaped almost like a pyramid. The <b>pileus</b> originated in Greek iconography as the hat of the <i>Dioscuri</i>, the twin sons of Zeus, Castor and Pollux. Their peculiar hats were supposed to be the vestige of the eggs from witch they were hatched.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Campidoglio_-_Dioscuri_all%27alba_1050290.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Roma, piazza del Campidoglio</p><p><br /></p><p>Odysseus, the legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the <i>Odyssey, </i>is usually depicted wearing the famous <b>pileus</b>. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Rhesos_MNA_Naples.jpg/1615px-Rhesos_MNA_Naples.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli</p><p><br /></p><p>For the Romans, it was also a symbol of freedom. In the republic, during the ceremony of enfranchisement, a slave was given a <b>pileus </b>to wear as a public sign of his freedom. The most popular example is obviously the cap of liberty on Brutus' <i>Eid Mar</i> coins. The message was intended to convey that on the Ides of March, Brutus set the people of Rome free.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesprucecrafts.com%2Fthmb%2FyluydCBGCSzMyIqoLmfaYCdE-b0%3D%2F800x0%2Ffilters%3Ano_upscale%28%29%3Amax_bytes%28150000%29%3Astrip_icc%28%29%2FMarcusJuniusBrutusAssassinofCaesarEIDMAR-5b2310838e1b6e0036d79439.jpg&hash=baf03f12f78d9b54a10ef725ec3ae89d" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Heritage auction</p><p><br /></p><p>On Roman coins, the goddess <i>Libertas</i> is usually portrayed with two accoutrements: the rod and the soft <b>pileus, </b>which she holds out, rather than wears, as you can see on my two examples shown above. At least 20 emperors has this specific iconographic element on their coinage. </p><p>Now it's time to show of your coins. <b>Please present us your Pileus' examples!</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 4319666, member: 99554"]This time It's a confrontation between to asses in my collection; in the right corner weighting 9.7g, Antoninus the Pius. In the left corner, weighting exactly 9.79g, Claudius the First. LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE ! Ok,ok, no fighting today. At least one of those two emperors didn't like the war. [ATTACH=full]1097718[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1097719[/ATTACH] But let's focus instead on the common point between these two pieces. You surely noticed they both featured the goddess Libertas; and also that she is holding in her right hand a [B]pileus[/B]. Let's talk a bit about this famous hat and its origin. First, the title of this thread is rather inaccurate, the [B]pileus[/B] having a Phrygian's origin. It was a soft woven wool cap often associated with the notion of freedom( that's why [I]Libertas[/I] is holding it). The [B]pilei[/B] was found in several form: often round, sometimes looking like a helmet, even shaped almost like a pyramid. The [B]pileus[/B] originated in Greek iconography as the hat of the [I]Dioscuri[/I], the twin sons of Zeus, Castor and Pollux. Their peculiar hats were supposed to be the vestige of the eggs from witch they were hatched. [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Campidoglio_-_Dioscuri_all%27alba_1050290.JPG[/IMG] Roma, piazza del Campidoglio Odysseus, the legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the [I]Odyssey, [/I]is usually depicted wearing the famous [B]pileus[/B]. [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Rhesos_MNA_Naples.jpg/1615px-Rhesos_MNA_Naples.jpg[/IMG] Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli For the Romans, it was also a symbol of freedom. In the republic, during the ceremony of enfranchisement, a slave was given a [B]pileus [/B]to wear as a public sign of his freedom. The most popular example is obviously the cap of liberty on Brutus' [I]Eid Mar[/I] coins. The message was intended to convey that on the Ides of March, Brutus set the people of Rome free. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesprucecrafts.com%2Fthmb%2FyluydCBGCSzMyIqoLmfaYCdE-b0%3D%2F800x0%2Ffilters%3Ano_upscale%28%29%3Amax_bytes%28150000%29%3Astrip_icc%28%29%2FMarcusJuniusBrutusAssassinofCaesarEIDMAR-5b2310838e1b6e0036d79439.jpg&hash=baf03f12f78d9b54a10ef725ec3ae89d[/IMG] Heritage auction On Roman coins, the goddess [I]Libertas[/I] is usually portrayed with two accoutrements: the rod and the soft [B]pileus, [/B]which she holds out, rather than wears, as you can see on my two examples shown above. At least 20 emperors has this specific iconographic element on their coinage. Now it's time to show of your coins. [B]Please present us your Pileus' examples![/B][/QUOTE]
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