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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 7303351, member: 110350&quot;]My earliest Roma, looking a bit chubby -- not really so early, but it was the first Republican coin to bear the legend &quot;ROMA&quot; on the obverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, C. Servilius M.f., AR Denarius 136 BCE. Obv. Head of Roma right wearing winged helmet, wreath behind neck, ROMA beneath with * [XVI monogram] to left / Rev. Dioscuri on horseback galloping in opposite directions, heads turned back to face each other, both twins holding their spears downwards behind horses, C. SERVEILI M F in exergue. RSC I Servilia 1, Crawford 239/1, Sydenham 525, Sear RCV I 116 (ill.), BMCRR Italy 540. 19.35 mm., 3.89 g. [Sear says that this is the first Republican denarius with “ROMA” legend on obverse, and the second to use the monogram * for XVI .]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1277205[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Another relatively early Roma, with a very angular, almost masculine face with bold lines -- a little Art Deco-ish, perhaps, when viewed together with her helmet:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, M. Caecilius Q.f. Metelllus, AR Denarius, 127 BC (Crawford, RSC, Sear), ca. 126 BCE (Mattingly, op. cit. at p. 258, Table 3), Rome Mint. Obv. Head of Roma right in winged helmet, star on helmet flap, ROMA upwards behind, <b>*</b> (XVI ligature, mark of value = 16 asses) below chin / Rev. Macedonian shield, decorated with elephant head in center wearing bell, M METELLVS Q F around beginning at 6:00, all within laurel wreath. Crawford 263/1(a), Sydenham 480, RSC I Caecilia 29, Russo RBW 1064, Sear RCV I 139 (ill.). 19.5 mm., 3.80 g., 9 hr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1277218[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>(Yes, I know she has a skin problem on her chin, but even goddesses can&#039;t be perfect.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Roma&#039;s head on one side, and Roma as a whole on the other:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, Anonymous AR Denarius, 115-114 BCE.&nbsp; Obv. Head of Roma right wearing winged Corinthian helmet; below, ROMA; behind, X [<i>despite earlier change from 10 to 16 asses in value</i>] / Rev. Roma, wearing Corinthian helmet, seated right on pile of shields, holding spear in left hand; helmet on ground between pile of&nbsp; shields and her right foot; before her, she-wolf right, suckling twins Romulus and Remus; on either side, birds flying. Crawford 287/1, RSC I 176 (ill.), Sear RCV I 164 (ill.). 20 mm., 3.07 g. <i>Ex. Silbury Coins, UK, Jan. 3, 2019.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1277220[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Another portrayal of Roma in her entirety:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, M Fovri L.f. Philus, AR Denarius 119 BCE. Obv. Laureate head of Janus, M•FOVRI•L•F around / Rev. Roma with Corinthian helmet standing left holding scepter, crowning trophy surmounted by helmet and flanked by carnyx and shield on each side, Gallic arms around; star above, ROMA to right, PHLI in exergue.&nbsp; RSC I Furia 18 (ill.), Crawford 281/1, Sydenham 529, Sear RCV I 156 (ill.), BMCRR Italy 555. 20.13 mm., 3.66 g. [<i>According to Crawford (Vol. I p. 297), this reverse probably refers to &quot;the defeat of the Allobroges and Arverni and the triumphs of 120.&quot;</i>] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1277225[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My latest portrayal of Roma, more than 500 years after the earliest:</p><p><br /></p><p>Gratian, AR Siliqua, 368-375 AD, Trier Mint. Obv. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, D&nbsp; N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG / Rev. Helmeted Roma seated left on throne, holding Victory on globe in right hand, and scepter in left hand, VRBS ROMA; in exergue, TRPS• (Trier Mint; PS = <i>pvsvlatvm</i>, struck from refined silver). RIC IX 27f(1) at p. 19, RSC V 86a, Sear RCV V 19964. 17 mm., 2.0 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1277231[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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