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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7537104, member: 110350"]I'm glad you like my example of the Fonteius, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER], and I completely agree with you. I don't understand the impulse to identify the winged child on the goat as someone other than Cupid. I have another denarius from less than ten years later for which there's a similar disagreement as to whether the winged child (this time riding a dolphin) is Cupid or a so-called "Infant Genius," and for which I think it should be similarly obvious that the child is simply Cupid:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, L Lucretius Trio, AR Denarius, 76 BCE. Obv. Laureate head of Neptune right, XXXIII above and trident behind/ Rev. Cupid (or Infant Genius) on dolphin right; L LVCRETIVS TRIO. Crawford 390/2, Sydenham 784, RSC I Lucretia, Sear RCV I 322 (ill.), Harlan, RRM I Ch. 16 at pp. 98-103, BMCRR Rome 3247. 19 mm., 3.9 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301180[/ATTACH]</p><p>If you zoom in, you should be able to see how much Cupid is enjoying himself -- there's a big grin on his face.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7537104, member: 110350"]I'm glad you like my example of the Fonteius, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER], and I completely agree with you. I don't understand the impulse to identify the winged child on the goat as someone other than Cupid. I have another denarius from less than ten years later for which there's a similar disagreement as to whether the winged child (this time riding a dolphin) is Cupid or a so-called "Infant Genius," and for which I think it should be similarly obvious that the child is simply Cupid: Roman Republic, L Lucretius Trio, AR Denarius, 76 BCE. Obv. Laureate head of Neptune right, XXXIII above and trident behind/ Rev. Cupid (or Infant Genius) on dolphin right; L LVCRETIVS TRIO. Crawford 390/2, Sydenham 784, RSC I Lucretia, Sear RCV I 322 (ill.), Harlan, RRM I Ch. 16 at pp. 98-103, BMCRR Rome 3247. 19 mm., 3.9 g. [ATTACH=full]1301180[/ATTACH] If you zoom in, you should be able to see how much Cupid is enjoying himself -- there's a big grin on his face.[/QUOTE]
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