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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 438182, member: 5833"]To the extent I can read the inscriptions, they are all in Roman letters. This is the great thing about coins compared to most cameos: they typically say right on them who people are. If you do a search for 'ancient coin', along with as much of each inscription as you can make out, the excellent numismatic sites out there will probably ID them for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>What strikes me is the variety used, looks like both obverses & reverses, from a handful of different coins, instead of all being the same. Here are my doctored versions of a few of the obverses:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]153954[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]153955[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]153956[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This last one looks like it includes DIV: <b>'DV, DIV, DIVO</b>: Divus (divine) was applied to consecrated deceased rulers.'</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverses may or may not go with the obverses; the sites will show both if you can find the right obverses. The one that appears twice looks like Victoria/Nike descending on a warrior. The seated figures will be allegorical: Roma, as INH has shown; Justicia, Fortuna; Victoria were also popular. One looks like a centaur to me, but is too out of focus to be sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>In between are roaring lions? Think one is missing, back by the clasp? A really elaborate piece. Coins are likely to have been cast from genuine specimens. Quite a production!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bronwen pretty much exists there too.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Figures. Where haven't you been?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 438182, member: 5833"]To the extent I can read the inscriptions, they are all in Roman letters. This is the great thing about coins compared to most cameos: they typically say right on them who people are. If you do a search for 'ancient coin', along with as much of each inscription as you can make out, the excellent numismatic sites out there will probably ID them for you. What strikes me is the variety used, looks like both obverses & reverses, from a handful of different coins, instead of all being the same. Here are my doctored versions of a few of the obverses: [ATTACH=full]153954[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]153955[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]153956[/ATTACH] This last one looks like it includes DIV: [B]'DV, DIV, DIVO[/B]: Divus (divine) was applied to consecrated deceased rulers.' The reverses may or may not go with the obverses; the sites will show both if you can find the right obverses. The one that appears twice looks like Victoria/Nike descending on a warrior. The seated figures will be allegorical: Roma, as INH has shown; Justicia, Fortuna; Victoria were also popular. One looks like a centaur to me, but is too out of focus to be sure. In between are roaring lions? Think one is missing, back by the clasp? A really elaborate piece. Coins are likely to have been cast from genuine specimens. Quite a production! Bronwen pretty much exists there too. Figures. Where haven't you been?[/QUOTE]
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