06-03-2004, 07:21 AM
Hi,<br>
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Brittanicus, if I look at the picture well, it isn't FOES in the inscription but EQES for eq(u)es or rider. Sometimes a ranker like a signifer or other doesn't mention his rank in the inscription because it would be obvious from the image of his portrait. Now in this case it's a bit difficult for us to be certain, but perhaps his contemporaries wouldn't have had any problem interpreting him as a signifer.<br>
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Hans <p></p><i></i>
<br>
Brittanicus, if I look at the picture well, it isn't FOES in the inscription but EQES for eq(u)es or rider. Sometimes a ranker like a signifer or other doesn't mention his rank in the inscription because it would be obvious from the image of his portrait. Now in this case it's a bit difficult for us to be certain, but perhaps his contemporaries wouldn't have had any problem interpreting him as a signifer.<br>
<br>
Hans <p></p><i></i>
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