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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4849834, member: 99456"][USER=80556]@David@PCC[/USER], nice trio - cornucopia on the Demetrios is spectacular. </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER], the goddesss on the obverse of this coin is fun to see in various attributions; "Isis + Minerva + Apollo + Diana + Victory + Sabine + Vacuna + Tanit + Fortuna" on the obverse. Given your Carthaginian interests you might find this <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/43580153" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/43580153" rel="nofollow">1989 ANS/AJN article</a> interesting, discussing North African/Punic influence and and Tanit/Cybele reflected on the obverse imagery of this coin, Ba'al-Hammon/Jupiter on the reverse. Here's my Plaetorius - with a cornucopia in front of this unusual deity - and what is that behind, above the quiver - a bow?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1171100[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus</b>, 67 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv:</b> CESTIANVS - S.C, bust of female deity to right, draped and wearing the helmet of Minerva, the laurel wreath of Apollo, the crown of Isis, the wings of Victory and with the bow and quiver of Diana on her back and with a cornucopia before</p><p><b>Rev:</b> M PLAET-ORIVS M F - AED - CVR, eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head left, wings spread</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford 409/1; Sydenham 809; Plaetoria 4</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks Mike, I appreciate seeing another of these in any condition. Given the coin was issued over many years, I wish more could be gleaned from the detail differences. </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=99412]@PeteB[/USER] - Thanks, interesting to see such a similar coin from Laodicea ad Lycum centuries later with radiate Helios in the place of Laodice/Aphrodite.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4849834, member: 99456"][USER=80556]@David@PCC[/USER], nice trio - cornucopia on the Demetrios is spectacular. [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER], the goddesss on the obverse of this coin is fun to see in various attributions; "Isis + Minerva + Apollo + Diana + Victory + Sabine + Vacuna + Tanit + Fortuna" on the obverse. Given your Carthaginian interests you might find this [URL='https://www.jstor.org/stable/43580153']1989 ANS/AJN article[/URL] interesting, discussing North African/Punic influence and and Tanit/Cybele reflected on the obverse imagery of this coin, Ba'al-Hammon/Jupiter on the reverse. Here's my Plaetorius - with a cornucopia in front of this unusual deity - and what is that behind, above the quiver - a bow? [ATTACH=full]1171100[/ATTACH] [B]M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus[/B], 67 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint [B]Obv:[/B] CESTIANVS - S.C, bust of female deity to right, draped and wearing the helmet of Minerva, the laurel wreath of Apollo, the crown of Isis, the wings of Victory and with the bow and quiver of Diana on her back and with a cornucopia before [B]Rev:[/B] M PLAET-ORIVS M F - AED - CVR, eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head left, wings spread [B]Ref: [/B]Crawford 409/1; Sydenham 809; Plaetoria 4 Thanks Mike, I appreciate seeing another of these in any condition. Given the coin was issued over many years, I wish more could be gleaned from the detail differences. [USER=99412]@PeteB[/USER] - Thanks, interesting to see such a similar coin from Laodicea ad Lycum centuries later with radiate Helios in the place of Laodice/Aphrodite.[/QUOTE]
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