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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael Stolt, post: 3778108, member: 100445&quot;]Some additional info on the L. Hostilius Saserna : there is a proposition that the obverse figure is a representation of Pallor, the goddess of fear and paleness. The complexion on the faces of different dies lend plausibility to this theory. There was another god, Pavor, who represented consternation, panic, and dread. Interestingly, Hostilius also struck a coin with a male head (most common theory is that it is a representation of the Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix). This may be an allusion to Tullus Hostilius, who vowed (and presumably later erected) temples to Pallor and Pavor during his war with the Etruscan cities Veii and Fidenae.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.ancientcoingallery.net/Files/Images/Coinsite/CoinDB/SasernaCroped.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>L. Hostilius Saserna. 48 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.82 g). Rome mint.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Obverse: Bare head of Gallia (or Pallor?) right, wearing long, dissheveled hair; carnyx to left.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Reverse: Diana (Artemis) standing facing, laureate, wearing long hair falling down her shoulders and long flowing robes, holding spear in left hand and stag by its antlers in her right; SASERNA upwards to left, L • HOSTILIVS downward to right.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: Crawford 448/3[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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