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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3636386, member: 91461"]This was at least the third time I've read this very enjoyable post. I wish I could say with even half certainty.</p><p>But I couldn't reply any better than [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER] did "None of them seem particularly convincing. I do not think we shall ever know the meaning behind this enigmatic coin, but it will still be an interesting coin."</p><p>That said, if you twisted my arm, as entertaining and accurate as your hypothesis is, I revert back to what I was first told. It's Caesar and Rome as the elephant stomping out the Gaulic threat as the horned serpent/Carynx.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]975844[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julius Caesar 49-48 BCE AR denarius (18 mm, 3.43 g, 2 h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. CAESAR in exergue, elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent / Simpulum, sprinkler, axe (surmounted by a dog's head), and priest's hat. Crawford 443/1; HCRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49. Banker's mark on obverse, porous. Near fine. From the Expatriate Collection.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]975843[/ATTACH]</p><p>L. Cosconius M.f.</p><p>118 BCE. AR Serrate Denarius (17 MM, 3.53g, 6h). Narbo mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) to left / Gallic warrior (Bituitus, king of the Averni?)driving galloping bigaright, hurling spear and holding shield and carnyx. Crawford 282/2; Sydenham 521; Cosconia 1.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's my latest RR purchase! The second 2 I add to show that at the time the Carynx was very symbolic of the Gauls.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]975848[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>HOSTILIA</p><p>(48 BC) Lucius Hostilius SasernaDenarius, Rome, 18mm, 3.66g.</p><p>Degree of rarity: R1</p><p>Anépigraphe.</p><p>Obverse: Female head disheveled on the right (Gaul); behind, a carnyx.</p><p>Reverse: L HOSTILIVS / SASERNA.</p><p>Diana of Ephesus standing from the front, holding with her right hand a deer and from the left, a vertical javelin.</p><p>Ex: Savoca</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin commemorates both the victories of Caesar over the Gauls and the siege and capture in 49 BC of Marseille who had not wanted to choose between Pompey and Caesar. L. Hostilius Saserna is best known for another denarius representing a Gallic warrior, identified as Vercingetorix (RCV 418). The carnyx behind the female head is a Gallic trumpet. On the reverse the statue of Diana of Ephesus also recalls the worship that the massaliètes rendered to the goddess (Artémis), and the temple that they had raised. Lucius Hostilius Saserna was originally from Cremona in Cisalpine Gaul. He owed his career to Julius Caesar he had followed throughout the war of Gaul (58-50 BC). In the fratricidal struggle between Caesars and Pompeians, he remained faithful to.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3636386, member: 91461"]This was at least the third time I've read this very enjoyable post. I wish I could say with even half certainty. But I couldn't reply any better than [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER] did "None of them seem particularly convincing. I do not think we shall ever know the meaning behind this enigmatic coin, but it will still be an interesting coin." That said, if you twisted my arm, as entertaining and accurate as your hypothesis is, I revert back to what I was first told. It's Caesar and Rome as the elephant stomping out the Gaulic threat as the horned serpent/Carynx. [ATTACH=full]975844[/ATTACH] Julius Caesar 49-48 BCE AR denarius (18 mm, 3.43 g, 2 h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. CAESAR in exergue, elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent / Simpulum, sprinkler, axe (surmounted by a dog's head), and priest's hat. Crawford 443/1; HCRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49. Banker's mark on obverse, porous. Near fine. From the Expatriate Collection. [ATTACH=full]975843[/ATTACH] L. Cosconius M.f. 118 BCE. AR Serrate Denarius (17 MM, 3.53g, 6h). Narbo mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) to left / Gallic warrior (Bituitus, king of the Averni?)driving galloping bigaright, hurling spear and holding shield and carnyx. Crawford 282/2; Sydenham 521; Cosconia 1. Here's my latest RR purchase! The second 2 I add to show that at the time the Carynx was very symbolic of the Gauls. [ATTACH=full]975848[/ATTACH] HOSTILIA (48 BC) Lucius Hostilius SasernaDenarius, Rome, 18mm, 3.66g. Degree of rarity: R1 Anépigraphe. Obverse: Female head disheveled on the right (Gaul); behind, a carnyx. Reverse: L HOSTILIVS / SASERNA. Diana of Ephesus standing from the front, holding with her right hand a deer and from the left, a vertical javelin. Ex: Savoca This coin commemorates both the victories of Caesar over the Gauls and the siege and capture in 49 BC of Marseille who had not wanted to choose between Pompey and Caesar. L. Hostilius Saserna is best known for another denarius representing a Gallic warrior, identified as Vercingetorix (RCV 418). The carnyx behind the female head is a Gallic trumpet. On the reverse the statue of Diana of Ephesus also recalls the worship that the massaliètes rendered to the goddess (Artémis), and the temple that they had raised. Lucius Hostilius Saserna was originally from Cremona in Cisalpine Gaul. He owed his career to Julius Caesar he had followed throughout the war of Gaul (58-50 BC). In the fratricidal struggle between Caesars and Pompeians, he remained faithful to.[/QUOTE]
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