Numa’s Ancilia?

Arachne Entry = = impression of Berlin specimen from Stosch coll. glasspaste Winckelmann 1863

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From Logeion:

BUT what of the PAV… could it be from this:

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You don’t need to read this post. You just need to read:

Colonna, Giovanni. “Gli scudi bilobati dell’Italia centrale e l’ancile dei Salii.” Archeologia classica 43 (1991): 55-122. It is gloriously illustrated. JSTOR link

There I learned that the first intaglio (impression) above derives from a coin of Pius. He doesn’t seem to know the above specimen but the reset of this post and FAR More he covers v well.

Impression of original:

Update 6-2-21:

Now I know why those shields were tickling my numismatic brain:

Update 1-25-22:

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Ferri, Giorgio. “I Salii e gli « ancilia ».” In Apex : studi storico-religiosi in onore di Enrico Montanari, Edited by Casadio, Giovanni, Mastrocinque, Attilio and Santi, Claudia., 87-95. Roma: Quasar, 2016. Ordered from ILL 27 June 2023