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FilthyBroke
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You decide....
Here's one of two "UFO" jetons that I've come across, the other design even more dramatic and mysterious. These are very scarce, it took about two years to find this one.
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Interesting that the die rotation on this one is opposite of most jetons, which would actually lead people to view it like this -
<< <i>Shield defending against arrows? I can see the UFO likeness though. >>
That's one of the current theories on this one, a shield defending a city or location against some sort of impending danger.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I:
<< <i>In the eighth year of Numa's reign an epidemic
raged throughout Italy, and afflicted the city of Rome. Now amidst the
general distress it is related that a brazen shield fell from heaven
into the hands of Numa. Upon this the king made an inspired speech,
which he had learned from Egeria and the Muses. The shield, he said,
came for the salvation of the city, and they must guard it, and make
eleven more like it, so that no thief could steal the one that fell from
heaven, because he could not tell which it was. Moreover the place and
the meadows round about it, where he was wont to converse with the
Muses, must be consecrated to them, and the well by which it was watered
must be pointed out as holy water to the vestal virgins, that they might
daily take some thence to purify and sprinkle their temple. The truth
of this is said to have been proved by the immediate cessation of the
plague. He bade workmen compete in imitating the shield, and, when all
others refused to attempt it, Veturius Mamurius, one of the best workmen
of the time, produced so admirable an imitation, and made all the
shields so exactly alike, that even Numa himself could not tell which
was the original. He next appointed the Salii to guard and keep them.
>>
OPPORTVNVS ADEST ('here at an opportune time') most likely refers to the shield saving the city from the plague.
Very cool jeton.
How about this one?
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Oh, and that is a pic of the other one, which is turning out to be another tough find.
<< <i>That's one of the current theories on this one, a shield defending a city or location against some sort of impending danger. >>
Theory? THEORY??? You mean there are people who actually believe otherwise?
<< <i>You decide....
Here's one of two "UFO" jetons that I've come across, the other design even more dramatic and mysterious. These are very scarce, it took about two years to find this one.
1648 Bourgogne -
Fascinating piece! Well done
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<< <i>That's one of the current theories on this one, a shield defending a city or location against some sort of impending danger. >>
Theory? THEORY??? You mean there are people who actually believe otherwise? >>
Ha! Ha! ...yeah, go figure.
Now, did I show you my "Bigfoot" jeton?
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This is a renaissance illustration of a UFO sighting that occurred in Rome. This account is detailed in the book "Prodigiorum Liber" by Roman historian Julio Obsequens. The caption translates: "Something like a sort of weapon, or missile, rose with a great noise from the earth and soared into the sky."
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