Mural crown

Depiction of Darius the Great wearing an early mural crown on the Behistun inscription
Mural crown on city goddess (silver tetradrachm issued by Smyrna, 160–150 BC)

A mural crown (Latin: corona muralis) is a crown or headpiece representing city walls, towers, or fortresses. In classical antiquity, it was an emblem of tutelary deities who watched over a city, and among the Romans a military decoration. Later the mural crown developed into a symbol of European heraldry, mostly for cities and towns, and in the 19th and 20th centuries was used in some republican heraldry.


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