Caracalla Denarius. 198 AD. M AVR ANTON CAES PONTIF, draped bust right / DESTINATO IMPERAT, lituus, helmet, bucranium & simpulum. RSC 53.
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lituus - the curved staff of an augur (q.v.).
loros - an elaborately decorated garment constituting the consular dress of the Byzantine emperor.
maeander - a rectilinear pattern that appears in Greek art from the Geometric period onward.
Lituus
(lit. 'crooked') The Romans used the word in two senses. A. A short curving staff, hooked at the end, used by augurs to mark out a sacred space for the observation of birds. B.
THE LITUUS
The lituus is by way of being the "star" of Pilate coinage, not only because the two coins it illustrates (those of years 30 and 31) offer many more varieties than that of year 29 with the simpulum, ...
The lituus and sacrificial vase on the reverse of this denarius, refer to the augural priesthood of Lentulus Spinter, who, after the murder of the Dictator, openly declared himself a partisan of the conspirators; ...
" IMP Lituus" Countermark from Haltern/Westfalen
Lugdunum I As with " IMP Lituus" Countermark on reverse
Nemausus As with "IMP" and "IMP Lituus" on obverse
"IMP" on Lugdunum Sestertius of Tiberius (countermark Martini Pangerl Collection 18) ...
/Caius and Lucius caesars stand facing, simpulum left, lituus rt., struck ca 2BC-AD14, RIC 207; RSC43. Near centered obv., rev. centered slightly low with some legend weak or off, grey tone, decent portrait and clear rev., about Very Fine....
Obverse: a lituus (astrologer's staff) within an inscription. Reverse: date mark in a wreath (LIZ for AD 30/31). The specimen illustrated is far above average for this normally very poorly struck type.
Description : Instruments pontificaux : lituus, couteau à sacrifice, patère, vase (capis), simpulum et aspersoir.
N° dans les ouvrages de référence : C.183 (20f.) - RIC.3 - BMC/RE.64 - RC.2424 (300£) ...
Diademed head of Ancus Marcius right, ANCVS below, lituus behind. PHILIPPVS behind equestrian statue right, on an arcade of five arches, A Q V A MAR (ligate) within arches, flower before horse. 3.75g. BMC 3890; Syd 919a; Marcia 28.
Sprinkler, simpulum, jug and lituus
PIETAS AVGVSTORVM
RIC181d, Hostilian: Antoninianus (0251AD) ...
CAESAR COS VI, bare head of Augustus left, lituus behind
/AEGYPTO CAPTA above and below crocodile (represeting Egypt) right
Prototype: SM.1564 under Octavian, stuck 28 BC before he became Augustus.
Octavian [Later Augustus] 36 BC. AR denarius
Obv: Bare head of Octavian right; IMP CAESAR DIVI F III VIR ITER R P C.
Rx: Simpulum, sprinkler, vase and lituus; COS ITER ET TER DESIG.
Crawford 538/1; Sydenham 1334; RSC 91 ...
These coins bear, as a rule, an inanimate object (Ear of corn, Cornucopiae, Lituus, &c.), the name of the reigning emperor or emperors, and the regnal year in Greek characters (Madden, Coins of the Jews, pp. 173 sqq.).
 See also: Caesar, Wreath, Bust, Legend, Revers
  
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