12-16-2009, 04:53 PM
Quote:Fancy you plumping for “old” interpretations.
I honestly don't know what this phrase means. Are you meaning to suggest that in the time between the first discovery of these mints (and Evans made clear in his introduction that the coins which he published were new finds in his day) and the modern day that more precise dating and more extensive understanding of the numismatic issues surrounding them has not arisen?
At any rate, I think that we are getting a bit mixed up as to who is for what. To summarize:
I think that this stele dates to c.300 BC, because the helmet worn by Nikanor is similar enough to examples of early Attic helmets to date to around that time.
I think that the cavalryman could wear a long-sleeved tunic.
I agree with you that the shape is right for the man to be carrying a large round shield.
However, I think that the photograph in the article makes quite clear that the vertical lines visible on the "shield" area, which look to be quite clear, mirror those on the left arm.
And so, I do not think that he could be carrying a shield.
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
