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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 7883467, member: 99456&quot;][ATTACH=full]1359580[/ATTACH]</p><p>Image Source: <a href="https://archive.org/details/floravondeutschl03thom/page/n523/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/floravondeutschl03thom/page/n523/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz</a> by Thomé, Otto Wilhelm, 1903</p><p><br /></p><p>If you keep asking, &quot;What evidence is there to support this?&quot;, researching a coin can take you to unexpected places, related and unrelated to the coin. Researching today’s denarius, I didn’t expect to end up with goats, fava beans and biscotti. RR denarii haven&#039;t been easy to come by recently (at a price I am wiling to pay).&nbsp; I am quite pleased with this latest addition.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1359581[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Mn. Fonteius C.f.</b>, 85 BC, AR denarius, Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv:</b> MN FONTEIUS C. f., Laureate head of Vejovis (or Apollo) right; Roma monogram below chin, thunderbolt below head</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Infant winged Genius or Cupid? seated on goat, standing right; pilei of the Dioscuri above; thyrsus with fillet in exergue; all within laurel wreath</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford 353/1a; Sydenham 724; Fonteia 9</p><p><br /></p><p>Researching this coin followed a meandering path from &quot;the obscure Veiovis&quot; to &quot;evidence for the goat as male or female&quot; to &quot;May as the month of ancestors&quot; to &quot;the Flamen dialis not being allowed to touch beans&quot; to &quot;biscotti in Italy today&quot;.&nbsp; The longer writeup with references is on <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/goats-beans-and-biscotti" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/goats-beans-and-biscotti" rel="nofollow">my Notes site</a>. As always comments, additions, corrections are much appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is no shortage of ambiguity about who is on the obverse and reverse of this coin - Apollo, young Jupiter, Veiovis, winged &#039;genius&#039;? ...following the nicely written 2019 <a href="https://www.academia.edu/41034292/Veiovis_The_Youthful_God_Revisited" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/41034292/Veiovis_The_Youthful_God_Revisited" rel="nofollow">Koinon article</a> recommended by CT member [USER=91240]@SeptimusT[/USER] - this remains indeed obscure to me.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Post your coins of Mn. Fonteius, coins with goats, Veiovis, or anything else you find interesting or entertaining.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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