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Offline tetrico

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Valerianus strange bust
« on: September 07, 2017, 09:34:28 am »
Hello.
I found this piece of Valerian I with a not so common decoration of the draped and cuirassed bust: there are 3 dots around the neck.

I found this type of bust in only others 3 antoniniani of Valerian (two are IOVI CONSERVAT).
What's your opinion?
Many thanks!
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Re: Valerianus strange bust
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2017, 04:04:17 pm »
For me, absolutly nothing particular. As you say those dots appear on other coins of same type for this emperor.
Those "dots" are common for emperors of third and particulay the fourth century. Im not sure that this a necklace or a part of cuirass.
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Re: Valerianus strange bust
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2017, 03:16:05 am »
yes. nothing of big relevance, but for Valerian I it's not so common.
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Re: Valerianus strange bust
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2017, 08:20:41 pm »
We know that Roman soldiers wore fabric "scarves" under the armour at their neck.  This prevented chaffing from the armour.  One could assume that Emperors had rather fancy embroidered "scarves".  Not sure this is what is portrayed but it is worth taking into consideration.

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Re: Valerianus strange bust
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2017, 05:26:33 am »
Interesting theory. For me this is a necklace. We often see pearl necklace for emperors like Vetranio for example.
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