Hi,
Curtisthanks for your interest in this question. Before posting, I
had a look at the
Sear Imper. among others and the detail (whatever it is) before the lady seems obviously there but the one between the legs of the soldier doesn't seem to be (accepting that the picture on the book is quite small and catching this detail is quite difficult).
Additionally, if this is the stem, would this be "perpendicular" to the
palm branch ?
Last but not least, I
had a look at several examples on
Acsearch inc. the ones classified as "with long stem" : unless my eyes are betraying me, I saw none.
Last (and I assure you that I didn't take prohibited substances before posting this question !!!!), when looking at the detail between the legs of the soldier, it does look a little
bit as some kind of "bull's
head" or bucrane facing although much thinner on the bottom (i.e a little
bit like in some
denarii of the Social Wars of 91 BC) : apart from the "bull's
head" completing the "horse's
head", again, I
still think this is a die break but the form it took is quite strange.
Best
Pierre