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Do you folks see two hands of God or one? I know the "hand" of God is what is written, and I often see one obviously and not two, but this one looks like two hands reaching together? At least to me. (The thumbs would be behind the image so not shown in my mind the way I see this.) Divus Constantine I. Died AD 337. Veiled head of Constantine right / Constantine in quadriga right,extending his hand toward manus Dei above; star to upper left;RIC VIII 37; LRBC 1372. 15 mm, 1.70 grams     Edited by louisvillekyshop
09/13/2020 8:03 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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It's clearly an owl with a unibrow!
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Flying elephant with a toupee?  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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CCF Advertiser
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Or if this is the actual single hand of God, man was clearly not made in his image.
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Pillar of the Community
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Spence said... Quote:
Flying elephant with a toupee? OR a flying elephant with a beach umbrella? ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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Bedrock of the Community
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I saw this as two cupped hands facing one another. The elephant interpretation also makes sense to my eyes though!  Edited by Earle42
09/13/2020 9:25 pm
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It is supposed to be a single hand reaching out from heaven.
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Pillar of the Community
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One hand with a badly formed thumb in my opinion.
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echizento;
If that is one hand I'd say the artist did know how to make a much shorter thumb as they made Constantine have a short thumb. Anyway, holding my hand in this position so that would be my thumb and not another hand, there is an issue with the wrist as it looks like the only way that is one wrist is if God is wearing a loose dress shirt. What people are likening to the left eye of the Owl just should not be there at all with just one hand. I have looked over a lot of these now and yes they usually always draw one hand I recognize that. It is a common coin so there are plenty of examples to look through in the literature online. Interesting all around to me.
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Pillar of the Community
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As we quite often see in this period, they can find hands difficult to convey.   Edited by maridvnvm
09/14/2020 08:07 am
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