11-25-2004, 10:49 PM
Dan,<br>
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I did say "many stones", rather than all stones. I fully agree that a number of stele could not have been anything other than specially made. Some random examples of these would be Marcus Caelius, Gnaeus Musius and Genialis (the Raetian imaginifer rather than the cavalryman). At least one of the signifers you mention must also have been made on site rather than a distant workshop, as Mike Bishop has pointed out that Secundus' stele seems to have been rather poorly copied from Faustus' stele. However, there are enough uninscribed standing soldier type stones (normally referred to as 'unfinished') surviving to strongly suggest the possibility of generic soldier stones which were inscribed after puchase alongside specially commissioned stones. Incidentally, on the front of six phalerae being the maximum shown on a signum, the late second or early third century AD stele of Aurelius Alexandrus appears to show seven phalerae on each of the signa pictured.<br>
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Crispvs <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=crispvs>Crispvs</A> at: 11/26/04 12:04 am<br></i>
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I did say "many stones", rather than all stones. I fully agree that a number of stele could not have been anything other than specially made. Some random examples of these would be Marcus Caelius, Gnaeus Musius and Genialis (the Raetian imaginifer rather than the cavalryman). At least one of the signifers you mention must also have been made on site rather than a distant workshop, as Mike Bishop has pointed out that Secundus' stele seems to have been rather poorly copied from Faustus' stele. However, there are enough uninscribed standing soldier type stones (normally referred to as 'unfinished') surviving to strongly suggest the possibility of generic soldier stones which were inscribed after puchase alongside specially commissioned stones. Incidentally, on the front of six phalerae being the maximum shown on a signum, the late second or early third century AD stele of Aurelius Alexandrus appears to show seven phalerae on each of the signa pictured.<br>
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Crispvs <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=crispvs>Crispvs</A> at: 11/26/04 12:04 am<br></i>
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