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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Optimo Principi, post: 25392994, member: 159747&quot;]Having read and appreciated the original post, I am still uncertain on how the attribution of this coin has evolved from Acca Larentia to Diana Nemorensis. If the obverse does depict Diana then she is shown in a fashion atypical of the time without her quiver etc, none of the goddesses on the coin are identified in the legends, and I believe nothing is known of the moneyer or his family origins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Moreover, if the reverse does show &#039;Diana Triformis&#039;, the three-bodied Diana, would it be more likely that the figure on the right is actually Hecate holding one of her signature torches, rather than a poppy or other flower? (see etching below, modelled on a statue in the BM)</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone can shed some more light on where this confident re-attribution has come from, I would be very interested.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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