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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 7308959, member: 110350&quot;]My favorite of my coins with Ceres:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, C. [Gaius] Marius C.f. Capito, AR Serrate Denarius 81 BCE [Harlan: 81/80 BCE], Rome Mint. Obv. Draped bust of Ceres right, wearing earring, head bound with corn wreath, hair falling down neck; CAPIT• upwards behind, with legend followed by control number CI; control symbol (knife [Crawford, Table XXXIII at p. 395 ] or distaff [BMCRR p. 355]) to right of chin* / Rev. Husbandman/plowman left holding goad in right hand and plow in left, with yoke of two oxen plowing left with heads turned to face forward; horizontal test cut and control-number CI above; C•MARI•C•F / S•C [<i>Senatus consulto</i>] on two lines in exergue. Crawford 378/1c; RSC I Maria 9; Sear RCV I 300 (ill.); Sydenham 744b; BMCRR Vol. I 2855-2890 [<i>Control-number CI is no. 2873</i>]; Harlan, Michael, <i>Roman Republican Moneyers and their Coins</i>, 81 BCE-64 BCE (2012) [“RRM I”], Ch. 2 at pp. 8-13. 19 mm., 3.97 g., 10 hr. <i>Purchased Feb. 21, 2021 from Nomos AG, Obolos Auction 18, Lot 468. </i>[Footnote omitted.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1277772[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And even though I&#039;ve posted it before, here&#039;s the illustration of Ceres from the story of &quot;Proserpina and Pluto&quot; in my childhood copy of <i>A Child&#039;s Book of Myths</i> (published in 1924 with illustrations by Margaret Evans Price): </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1277782[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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