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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4549831, member: 110350&quot;]It&#039;s been 24 hours without a response, so here&#039;s a new request: please post a coin or coins showing Diana (or Artemis) and an animal of any kind, whether on the same side or the other side of the coin(s) from Diana.&nbsp; Here are three examples of my own:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, C. Hosidius C.f. Geta, AR Denarius, 68 BCE. Obv. Diademed and draped bust of Diana R., bow and quiver over shoulder, GETA before, III VIR behind/ Rev. Wild boar of Calydon r., pierced in shoulder by spear and attacked by hound beneath, C. HOSIDI C F in exergue. RSC I Hosidia 1 (ill.), Crawford 407/2, Sear RCV I 346 (ill.), Harlan, RRM I Ch. 32 at pp. 189-194, BMCRR Rome 3388. 18 mm., 3.91 g. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1126326[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1126332[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, C. Postumius, AR Denarius, Rome 74 BCE. Obv. Bust of Diana R. w/ bow and quiver/ Rev. Hound running R., hunting spear below, “C POSTUMI TA” [TA in monogram] in exergue. RSC I Postumia 9, Crawford 394/1a, Sear RCV I 330, Harlan, RRM I Ch. 18 at pp. 109-112, BMCRR Rome 3238. 18 mm., 3.83 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1126333[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1126334[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus, AR Serrate Denarius, 81 BCE. Obv. Draped bust of Diana right, with bow and quiver over shoulder, bucranium above [off flan] / Rev. Roman priest standing facing on rocky ground (on Aventine Hill), head left, with right arm extended holding aspergillum, sprinkling heifer [Harlan, RRM I], bull [Crawford &amp; Sear], or ox [RSC] which he is about to sacrifice, a lighted altar between them, A POST - AF - SN • ALBIN [AL in monogram] around. RSC I Postumia 7, Crawford 372/1, Sydenham 745, Sear RCV I 296 (ill.), Harlan, RRM I Ch. 1 at pp. 1-7, BMCRR 2836. 18.54 mm., 3.85 g.&nbsp; <i>Ex. Spink &amp; Sons Ltd. (before 2000 because of address on Spink coin tag; probably before 1974 given citation to Sydenham but not Crawford.)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1126336[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1126337[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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