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Should I start a separate thread about this:
"I heard from someone a while back that there was an existing disc found. All I remember about it (as I wasn't particularly interested at that time in making any) was that it was round, had a raised "doughnut" around the outer edge and a square hole in the center. Does anyone have any information on that find? Size? Other dimensions?"
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A bit off topic – but only a little bit:
Auxiliary cohorts had a signum, agreed.
Legionary cohorts had no signum, also clear.
But it is uncertain if each century or only each maniple had its own signum. I think German scholars are leaning towards the maniple, at least for the early Principate.
I’m really looking forward to the publishing of Dr. Töpfer’s thesis to shed some light on the matter.
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Just a quick observation, but could the disc's represent honours won during a daylight battle, whilst the half moon represent honours during a night attack?
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Anything could be. I guess I thought that the crescent moon was a nod to Luna, the Moon Goddess, maybe to help protect them during the night. But that could be just my own imagination.
On that, how do we suppose the lunae were attached to the shaft? A welded-on long rivet?
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If I was asked to attach one and not leave a mark on the front I think I would drill a counter sunk hole and rivet it on then polish the front back down.
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So you're saying they should be more or less solid, not a bent metal shell? Hadn't thought of that, but that would work. I'd envisioned a repousse' shaped from a flat piece of sheet metal. The countersink method wouldn't work for that.
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HI there
I am not entirely familiar with the objects other than a couple I have seen on a living history sites, however, I suspect that countersinking might work on the ones I have seen as I don't think they need to withstand too much punishment and the ones I have seen where fairly shallow.
But a deep one might not withstand the punishment too much I guess if it was countersunk unless it was backed with wood or something similar to give it the weight needed to receive the rivet?
Just me guessing though.
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Thanks, Gash. I'm doing a lot of guessing, too. It all looks so nice and neat on a grave stone, but when you actually want to make one in the real world, things get quite a bit more complicated.
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Salvete omnes
This topic is very interesting for me .I have also open questions here in this research.
I have already once commented this Standards and I apologize that I will repeat ..
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After a long time I was browsing on the ancient fresco and authentic materials to which I have access.I decided to stop my self on the original heraldic flag (Standard) of LEG IIII SCYTHICA.They differ in the combination of symbols than the other legions. Such as combination of Right-handed,vexillum and Imago.Or three emperors bust of Vespasian and sons on the Signum. Also the symbol of the legion in combination with crescent.With making this project on our heraldic flag we will be beyond the accepted standards in the Roman re-enactment. With my brother Dany Boy we decided that it would be very original.