Phalearae on Standards

[Titvs Statilivs Castvs]

Hello folks

I should caveat this with the following, this is not an area of expertise or something I have given a heap of attention to.

However, whenever I saw a pile of these together in reenactments I always wondered whether the circles were blanks, to be replaced with a specific honour once the group had earnt that particular award. Otherwise the shaft would be bare until populated with awards. I have almost no doubt in my mind that this is wrong but its just something that always crossed my mind whenever I saw them in Roman gatherings.

Hope it helps, even if its just another version of something it can't be it means that we're one step closer to understanding what it is

All the best

That's something that crossed my mind as well, looking at the coins I spoke about. The same seems to happen there, but it wouldn't make much sense if, indeed, the three phalerae are not the rule.
Not regarding the coins, it also comes to mind, but we also see signa with several phalerae and several awards, if I'm not mistaken, in addition to signa with e.g. only 3 phalerae and no awards.