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Message:: [QUOTE="SeptimusT, post: 3876142, member: 91240"]I have been fascinated by Vejovis ever since I first saw these coins. Such a mysterious and intriguing figure. My take is that he was thoroughly syncretized with Apollo, embodying all of the negative aspects of that god. He probably originated as an Etruscan death god called Veive, and by the late Republic he was almost indistinguishable from Apollo. Whether the coin is meant to be Vejovis or just some strange form of Apollo, it's definitely an interesting series. That said, I'm not convinced the goat in this case has much to do with Vejovis. There's just no good evidence to link Vejovis to Jupiter and Amalthea, and the winged 'genius' or 'cupid' doesn't fit. It fits better with Dionysus, whose thyrsus is shown in the exergue. On the other hand, the similarity to the Valerian coin is pretty obvious, sans the wings. At any rate, in a bit of shameless self promotion, I have written an article on Vejovis in the latest volume of Koinon (Vol. II), entitled 'Veiovis: The Youthful God Revisited," going into more detail about all that we know about this deity and how he came to be associated with this series of coins. Here is the only statue which can be definitively identified as Vejovis, since it was found in his temple at Rome: [ATTACH=full]1023973[/ATTACH] Anyway, here's my example of the Fonteius type, not as nice as some of the others in this thread:[ATTACH=full]1023971[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]