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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3115712, member: 57495&quot;]Thanks for the writeup, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER], I really enjoyed it!&nbsp; Artemis/Diana is featured on some of my favorite coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]791645[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>MACEDONIA, Roman Protectorate, First Meris</b></p><p>AR Tetradrachm. 16.84g, 32.7mm. MACEDONIA (as Roman Protectorate), First Meris, Amphipolis mint, circa 167 - 149 BC.&nbsp; SNG Cop 1313; Prokopov 127.&nbsp; O: Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, in the center of a Macedonian shield.&nbsp; R: Club; monogram above, two monograms below, MAKEΔONΩN above, ΠPΩTHΣ below; all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to left.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]791646[/ATTACH]<b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 4.03g, 18.8mm. Rome mint, 64 BC. C. Hosidius C.f. Geta, moneyer. Crawford 407/2. O: Draped bust of Diana right, wearing stephane, earring, and double necklace of pendants; bow and quiver over shoulder; III VIR down left, GETA down right. R: Calydonian Boar standing right, pierced by spear and harried by hound below; C HOSIDI C F in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]791647[/ATTACH]<b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>Rare left-facing portrait. Billon Tetradrachm. 12.71g, 22.5mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 5 = AD 141/142. Dattari-Savio pl. 108, 8094 (<i>this coin</i>); Emmett 1362.5; RPC Online 14246 (2 spec., <i>this coin cited</i>). O: Laureate head left. R: L-E, Artemis advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder, holding bow. </p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1981.513); Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>[ATTACH=full]791649[/ATTACH]<b>ANTONINUS PIUS, as Caesar</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 2.91g, 20.8mm. Rome mint, AD 138. RIC 447a (Hadrian). O: IMP T AEL CAES ANTONINVS, bare head right. R: TRIB POT COS, Diana standing right, holding bow and arrow. </p><p><i>Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, previously held by the American Numismatic Society (1001.57.4904)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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