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<p>[QUOTE="mirana, post: 9958365, member: 79705"]This one has such an interesting headpiece. Not a typical laurel wreath crown...</p><p><br /></p><p>It looks like the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_crown" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_crown" rel="nofollow">Camp Crown</a>? "<i>a military award given to the first man who penetrated into an enemy camp or field during combat. It took the form of a gold crown surmounted with replicas of the stakes of a palisade (a high fence consisting of pointed stakes)."</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Or maybe a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mural_crown" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mural_crown" rel="nofollow">Mural Crown</a>? <i>"The mural crown became an ancient Roman military decoration. The corona muralis (Latin for "walled crown") was a golden crown, or a circle of gold intended to resemble a battlement, bestowed upon the soldier who first climbed the wall of a besieged city or fortress to successfully place the standard (flag) of the attacking army upon it. The Roman mural crown was made of gold, and decorated with turrets"</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Ptolemy III <a href="https://www.artic.edu/artworks/5782/octadrachm-coin-portraying-king-ptolemy-iii-euergetes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.artic.edu/artworks/5782/octadrachm-coin-portraying-king-ptolemy-iii-euergetes" rel="nofollow">had a sunray crown</a>, but yours looks like it has horizontal structures between the points?</p><p><br /></p><p>If it was one of the above, then I wonder if it was made as a military honor gift from the time of it's making. It seems very tiny so I wonder what it was mounted as? What a cool object![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mirana, post: 9958365, member: 79705"]This one has such an interesting headpiece. Not a typical laurel wreath crown... It looks like the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_crown']Camp Crown[/URL]? "[I]a military award given to the first man who penetrated into an enemy camp or field during combat. It took the form of a gold crown surmounted with replicas of the stakes of a palisade (a high fence consisting of pointed stakes)." [/I] Or maybe a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mural_crown']Mural Crown[/URL]? [I]"The mural crown became an ancient Roman military decoration. The corona muralis (Latin for "walled crown") was a golden crown, or a circle of gold intended to resemble a battlement, bestowed upon the soldier who first climbed the wall of a besieged city or fortress to successfully place the standard (flag) of the attacking army upon it. The Roman mural crown was made of gold, and decorated with turrets" [/I] Ptolemy III [URL='https://www.artic.edu/artworks/5782/octadrachm-coin-portraying-king-ptolemy-iii-euergetes']had a sunray crown[/URL], but yours looks like it has horizontal structures between the points? If it was one of the above, then I wonder if it was made as a military honor gift from the time of it's making. It seems very tiny so I wonder what it was mounted as? What a cool object![/QUOTE]
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