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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 5466331, member: 110350&quot;]Roman Republic, C.. Allius Bala, AR Denarius, 92 BCE, Rome mint. Obv.: Diademed female head (Diana?)* right, wearing necklace; BALA behind, control mark &quot;R&quot; below chin / Rev.: Diana in biga of stags right, holding sceptre and reins in left hand and flaming torch in right, with quiver over shoulder; control-mark (<b>grasshopper</b>) below stags; C•ALLI in exergue; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 336/1b; RSC I Aelia [Allia] 4 (ill.), Sear RCV I 221 (ill.), Sydenham 595, BMCRR 1742-1771 [no control-letter &quot;R&quot;]. 17 mm., 3.88 g.**</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1238046[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>* Varying identifications of obverse head: Crawford (&quot;female head r., wearing diadem&quot;); RSC I (&quot;female head (Diana?)&quot;); BMCRR (same); Sear RCV I (&quot;female deity&quot;).</p><p><br /></p><p>** Moneyer otherwise unknown. See BMCRR p. 238 n. 2: &quot;This type may refer to the annual festival in honor of Diana held on the Aventine, where her temple stood, and at which torch races occurred. . . . C. Allius Bala was apparently the first moneyer to introduce a symbol as a mint-mark in conjunction with a letter.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Next: stag(s).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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