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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 5145437, member: 75937"]That is indeed a very interesting reverse type, [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER]! The reverse design is (I think) unique to Domitian. Its symbolism is enigmatic, indeed. Mattingly's interpretation is imaginative. As [USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER] notes, the figures may depict Ceres and Annona. I think the intellectually honest thing to do is as the ever humble [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] (who is not "being dense") recommends: to "call it a figure without assigning an age" or a name.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like [USER=79017]@Andres2[/USER], my Antonine bronze featuring Annona uses more conventional iconography -- corn ears, a modius, a prow, and a cornucopiae. Antoninus Pius loved to take credit for providing grain to the Roman people; he issued several dozen different coins over his reign depicting Annona.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antoninus-pius-annona-avg-s-c-sestertius-jpg.1151116/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 23.16 g, 29 mm.</p><p>Rome, AD 142.</p><p>Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right.</p><p>Rev: ANNONA AVG S C, Annona standing right, between modius and prow, holding corn ears and out-turned cornucopiae.</p><p>Refs: RIC 597; BMCRE 1228; Cohen 37; RCV 4147; UCR 502.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 5145437, member: 75937"]That is indeed a very interesting reverse type, [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER]! The reverse design is (I think) unique to Domitian. Its symbolism is enigmatic, indeed. Mattingly's interpretation is imaginative. As [USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER] notes, the figures may depict Ceres and Annona. I think the intellectually honest thing to do is as the ever humble [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] (who is not "being dense") recommends: to "call it a figure without assigning an age" or a name. Like [USER=79017]@Andres2[/USER], my Antonine bronze featuring Annona uses more conventional iconography -- corn ears, a modius, a prow, and a cornucopiae. Antoninus Pius loved to take credit for providing grain to the Roman people; he issued several dozen different coins over his reign depicting Annona. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antoninus-pius-annona-avg-s-c-sestertius-jpg.1151116/[/IMG] Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 23.16 g, 29 mm. Rome, AD 142. Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right. Rev: ANNONA AVG S C, Annona standing right, between modius and prow, holding corn ears and out-turned cornucopiae. Refs: RIC 597; BMCRE 1228; Cohen 37; RCV 4147; UCR 502.[/QUOTE]
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