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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3216532, member: 75937&quot;]While <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/artemis-the-huntress.318722/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/artemis-the-huntress.318722/">Artemis/Diana as huntress</a> was a common motif in ancient coin iconography, coins bearing the reverse inscription DIANA FELIX (Happy Diana) are limited to those struck under Gallienus at the Mediolanum (Milan) mint. I think they are charming reverse types.</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins feature two similar scenes on the reverse: an earlier type (struck AD 259-260), depicting Diana walking right, drawing an arrow from a quiver and holding a bow, and a later type (struck AD 264-265), depicting the goddess standing right, holding a spear and a bow. In both types, Diana is accompanied by a hound facing right at her feet in the right lower field.</p><p><br /></p><p>The earlier type bears the obverse inscription IMP GALLIENVS AVG, whereas the later type reads IMP GALLIENVS AVG. Both the early and late issues, like many of Gallienus&#039; coins, feature left-facing as well as right-facing portraits. Göbl, unsurprisingly, describes a number of variations in the portraits, which may depict the emperor&#039;s radiate head or radiate and cuirassed bust, and variations in the breadth of the head and whether or not both ribbons of the radiate crown are behind the portrait or whether one of the ribbons lies across his shoulder.</p><p><br /></p><p>The latest addition to my Gallienus sub-collection is an example of the later type:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]836441[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gallienus, AD 153-268.</p><p>Roman billon antoninianus.</p><p>Mediolanum, AD 264-265.</p><p>Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, Narrow radiate head right, both ribbons behind.</p><p>Rev: DIANA FELIX, Diana standing right, holding spear and bow; at foot, hound.</p><p>Refs: RIC 473K; Göbl 1146m(2): Cohen/RSC 173; RCV 10197; Hunter pl. lxvi.</p><p><br /></p><p>For comparison, here is an example of a coin of the earlier type and with a left-facing, cuirassed bust (<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4604123" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4604123" rel="nofollow">lot 752</a>, Leu Numismatik Web Auction 2, December 3, 2017):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]836445[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s see your Diana or Artemis coins or anything you feel is relevant![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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