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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3304035, member: 56859"]My understanding (well... <i>assumption</i> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) is the headdress connotes pharaonic power. The particular style of headdress seen on this coin's reverse is a <i><a href="http://egyptian-gods.org/egyptian-symbols-nemes/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://egyptian-gods.org/egyptian-symbols-nemes/" rel="nofollow">nemes</a></i>, perhaps most famously* seen on the death mask of Tutankhamum. I guess you could argue that the headdress on the coin is <i>not</i> a nemes since it doesn't seem to have the long front folds.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/CairoEgMuseumTaaMaskMostlyPhotographed.jpg/440px-CairoEgMuseumTaaMaskMostlyPhotographed.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/CairoEgMuseumTaaMaskMostlyPhotographed.jpg/640px-CairoEgMuseumTaaMaskMostlyPhotographed.jpg?1547386914901" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/CairoEgMuseumTaaMaskMostlyPhotographed.jpg/640px-CairoEgMuseumTaaMaskMostlyPhotographed.jpg?1547386914901" rel="nofollow">image from Wikipedia</a></font></p><p><br /></p><p>*or perhaps even more famously seen on <a href="https://jewinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-05-at-10.30.59-PM.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://jewinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-05-at-10.30.59-PM.png" rel="nofollow">Yul Brenner</a> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a nemes sported by Thutmose IV:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/pharaoh3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-africa-news-general-opinion/crowns-pharaohs-00579" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-africa-news-general-opinion/crowns-pharaohs-00579" rel="nofollow"><font size="3">image from ancient-origins.net</font></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Other styles of headdresses worn by Egyptian pharaohs:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]875664[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://docplayer.net/4260491-Chapter-2-ancient-egypt.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://docplayer.net/4260491-Chapter-2-ancient-egypt.html" rel="nofollow"><font size="3">source</font></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That I do not (yet) know but I will look for the answer.</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, the portrait on this coin's reverse bears a strong resemblance to Hadrian. Was he being portrayed as pharaoh?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3304035, member: 56859"]My understanding (well... [I]assumption[/I] :)) is the headdress connotes pharaonic power. The particular style of headdress seen on this coin's reverse is a [I][URL='http://egyptian-gods.org/egyptian-symbols-nemes/']nemes[/URL][/I], perhaps most famously* seen on the death mask of Tutankhamum. I guess you could argue that the headdress on the coin is [I]not[/I] a nemes since it doesn't seem to have the long front folds. [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/CairoEgMuseumTaaMaskMostlyPhotographed.jpg/440px-CairoEgMuseumTaaMaskMostlyPhotographed.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=3][URL='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/CairoEgMuseumTaaMaskMostlyPhotographed.jpg/640px-CairoEgMuseumTaaMaskMostlyPhotographed.jpg?1547386914901']image from Wikipedia[/URL][/SIZE] *or perhaps even more famously seen on [URL='https://jewinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-05-at-10.30.59-PM.png']Yul Brenner[/URL] :D Here's a nemes sported by Thutmose IV: [IMG]https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/pharaoh3.jpg[/IMG] [URL='https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-africa-news-general-opinion/crowns-pharaohs-00579'][SIZE=3]image from ancient-origins.net[/SIZE][/URL] Other styles of headdresses worn by Egyptian pharaohs: [ATTACH=full]875664[/ATTACH] [URL='https://docplayer.net/4260491-Chapter-2-ancient-egypt.html'][SIZE=3]source[/SIZE][/URL] That I do not (yet) know but I will look for the answer. ... Interestingly, the portrait on this coin's reverse bears a strong resemblance to Hadrian. Was he being portrayed as pharaoh?[/QUOTE]
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