Why does class prep have to be full of such interesting and relevant images for my research?! This is raising my blood pressure. And of course a student walked in an I had to go all geek out special interest telling them why this image made me so excited.
Detail of Cancelleria Relief
I’ve been worried for so so long about the notches in the spearhead of just some of the amphora/spearhead currency bars (so-called Aes Signatum) and NOW I HAVE A PARALLEL in the ritual attribute of a figure typically identified as Honos personified. Nope. I think as I look closer that the object is held by the guy who looks a little like Nero and has a round disc (shield) clasped in his other hand.
Liv Mariah Yarrow 