02-15-2012, 12:18 AM
Thanks Brian. Absolutely correct. It is stylized for sure and mostly porpaganda but there must be hints of reality hidden away. By the 4th century the die cutters for the most part were quite crude, but occasionally you find a real artist as in the ones above. They must have had some basis in reality for the engraving and they are quite different from those of the 1st and second century. Here is a Medallic sestertius of Hadrian which is in the British Museum (gallery 49, case 14)minted in AD 122.
EXERC BRITANNICVS SC ("For the army of Britain, by order of the Senate") RIC 913.
The reverse shows Hadrian addressing the troops in England, standing on a low plinth, clearly showing the Roman soldiers with their standards.
[attachment=2981]HADRIAN-BRITANICUS2.jpg[/attachment]
Ever find anything interesting?
I'd love to metal detect but no Roman camps in Canada and in my grandmother's place in Italy it is strictly forbidden!
EXERC BRITANNICVS SC ("For the army of Britain, by order of the Senate") RIC 913.
The reverse shows Hadrian addressing the troops in England, standing on a low plinth, clearly showing the Roman soldiers with their standards.
[attachment=2981]HADRIAN-BRITANICUS2.jpg[/attachment]
Ever find anything interesting?
I'd love to metal detect but no Roman camps in Canada and in my grandmother's place in Italy it is strictly forbidden!
"The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones"
Antony
The good is oft interred with their bones"
Antony
