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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3118370, member: 83845"]Thank you [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] ! I'm glad you found the article readable! I started out just typing away for my own archives about the stuff I had read while researching this coin and before long I had several pages! Got a bit out of hand <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I really like these Trajan trophy coins too. The word Trophy comes from the ancient Greek word Trepien (Eng.: to turn) because the Greeks would set these up on the spot that their enemy turned and ran in order to say "haha this land is ours now!" I had always wondered why some had sad looking personifications and some didn't. Then I saw this cool display at a museum one time that shows a recreation of a display used for a triumph.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]792895[/ATTACH]</p><p>Then it occurred to me that, to a lot of Roman's, trophies and sad looking people would have had a literal meaning as well as a symbolic one!</p><p><br /></p><p>Either way cool coin and thanks for your comments!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks [USER=78058]@Smojo[/USER] ! I like that trophy coin as well. Your mom has great coin-taste <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. That one doesn't have sad people but reminds me of the trophy carved to separate the first and second wars on the column (as shown on my figure 9). Great example.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm happy to see you posting! Missed you there for a while. I hope you're still adjusting well to the move and the new job![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3118370, member: 83845"]Thank you [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] ! I'm glad you found the article readable! I started out just typing away for my own archives about the stuff I had read while researching this coin and before long I had several pages! Got a bit out of hand :eek::D I really like these Trajan trophy coins too. The word Trophy comes from the ancient Greek word Trepien (Eng.: to turn) because the Greeks would set these up on the spot that their enemy turned and ran in order to say "haha this land is ours now!" I had always wondered why some had sad looking personifications and some didn't. Then I saw this cool display at a museum one time that shows a recreation of a display used for a triumph. [ATTACH=full]792895[/ATTACH] Then it occurred to me that, to a lot of Roman's, trophies and sad looking people would have had a literal meaning as well as a symbolic one! Either way cool coin and thanks for your comments! Thanks [USER=78058]@Smojo[/USER] ! I like that trophy coin as well. Your mom has great coin-taste ;). That one doesn't have sad people but reminds me of the trophy carved to separate the first and second wars on the column (as shown on my figure 9). Great example. I'm happy to see you posting! Missed you there for a while. I hope you're still adjusting well to the move and the new job![/QUOTE]
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