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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3299838, member: 19463&quot;]I agree with the attractiveness of suggestion #2 and did not immediately think of Artemis when I first saw the coin.&nbsp; To be a certain Artemis, I would expect a hound and a bow rather than the deer and spear.&nbsp; There is no reason to limit possibilities to the Cicero list since mythology develops and Domna was 250 years later.&nbsp; It would help to know what statues adorned Philippopolis c.200 AD.&nbsp; Even if we found one in the ruins, we would not know who it represented.&nbsp; We have nothing approaching a complete list of minor deities that were subject of art in some part of the Empire at some period.&nbsp; We can study the evidence but we have to realize the best we can do is make well educated and reasonable guesses.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse of this coin has a less than standard legend with different abbreviations for Domna and Sebasta.&nbsp; Is ths standard for this city at this period?&nbsp; I have no Domnas but the three Septimius coins of Philippopolis below share different than standard and what I believe to be earlier legend variations.&nbsp; None use the genitive plural for the city as seen on the Domna and the Geta (whose age dates the coin well). </p><p>[ATTACH=full]873927[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]873928[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]873929[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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