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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 6455785, member: 110350"]Bacchus/Liber appears on the obverse of this Vibius Varus denarius, and it certainly looks like he's wearing an earring. So that would be an exception to your rule:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257547[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Earrings and/or necklaces (not to mention diadems!) seem very common on the female deities and personifications shown on the Roman Republican denarii I own. Here are seven examples:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roma on C. Servilius M.f. coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257548[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Diana(?) on Allius Bala coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257549[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Venus (or Juno) on Naevius Balbus coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257551[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Pietas on Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257552[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Diana on Hosidius Geta coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257555[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Cybele on Aulus Plautius coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257556[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257558[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Salus on Manius Acilius Glabrio coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257559[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 6455785, member: 110350"]Bacchus/Liber appears on the obverse of this Vibius Varus denarius, and it certainly looks like he's wearing an earring. So that would be an exception to your rule: [ATTACH=full]1257547[/ATTACH] Earrings and/or necklaces (not to mention diadems!) seem very common on the female deities and personifications shown on the Roman Republican denarii I own. Here are seven examples: Roma on C. Servilius M.f. coin: [ATTACH=full]1257548[/ATTACH] Diana(?) on Allius Bala coin: [ATTACH=full]1257549[/ATTACH] Venus (or Juno) on Naevius Balbus coin: [ATTACH=full]1257551[/ATTACH] Pietas on Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius coin: [ATTACH=full]1257552[/ATTACH] Diana on Hosidius Geta coin: [ATTACH=full]1257555[/ATTACH] Cybele on Aulus Plautius coin: [ATTACH=full]1257556[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1257558[/ATTACH] Salus on Manius Acilius Glabrio coin: [ATTACH=full]1257559[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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