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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7883565, member: 110350"]My example, recently posted again in the Dioscuri thread in answer to the question about thyrsoi/thyrsa/thyrsi (thanks, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER]!)</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, Mn. Fonteius C.f., AR Denarius, Rome Mint 85 BCE. Obv. Laureate head of Apollo* right, MN. FONTEI behind (MN and NT in monograms), C.F below chin, thunderbolt below neck / Rev. Cupid or winged Infant Genius seated on goat right, caps (pilei) of the Dioscuri above, thyrsus of Bacchus below; all within laurel-wreath. RSC I Fonteia 10 (ill.), Crawford 353/1c, Sydenham 724a, Sear RCV I 271 (ill.), BMCRR Rome 2478. 20 mm, 3.93 g.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/fonteius-infant-genius-on-goat-jpg-version-jpg.1358399/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>* RSC I identifies as head of Vejovis; Crawford and Sear disagree and identify head as Apollo.</p><p><br /></p><p>Clearly a different obverse die -- and a different subtype entirely -- from the two already posted. A similar reverse, but not the same: the two pilei are on the same level on mine, whereas one is higher than the other on the first two examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whenever there's a choice between Cupid and a so-called "Infant Genius" (as here and on the Lucretius Trio dolphin denarius), I always vote for Cupid. Who is this Infant Genius anyway, and why have I never heard of him? As for the Vejovis option, I've only seen that for the obverse of this coin before (as in Babelon/RSC I), not for the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS to [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER]: Thanks for your fascinating explication of the iconography on this coin at your blog. It's the first time I've really understood who Vejovis is supposed to be, i.e. the "anti-" Jove or Jupiter, associated with the underworld. But why the references on the reverse to the Dioscuri and to Dionysus/Bacchus/Liber?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7883565, member: 110350"]My example, recently posted again in the Dioscuri thread in answer to the question about thyrsoi/thyrsa/thyrsi (thanks, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER]!) Roman Republic, Mn. Fonteius C.f., AR Denarius, Rome Mint 85 BCE. Obv. Laureate head of Apollo* right, MN. FONTEI behind (MN and NT in monograms), C.F below chin, thunderbolt below neck / Rev. Cupid or winged Infant Genius seated on goat right, caps (pilei) of the Dioscuri above, thyrsus of Bacchus below; all within laurel-wreath. RSC I Fonteia 10 (ill.), Crawford 353/1c, Sydenham 724a, Sear RCV I 271 (ill.), BMCRR Rome 2478. 20 mm, 3.93 g. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/fonteius-infant-genius-on-goat-jpg-version-jpg.1358399/[/IMG] * RSC I identifies as head of Vejovis; Crawford and Sear disagree and identify head as Apollo. Clearly a different obverse die -- and a different subtype entirely -- from the two already posted. A similar reverse, but not the same: the two pilei are on the same level on mine, whereas one is higher than the other on the first two examples. Whenever there's a choice between Cupid and a so-called "Infant Genius" (as here and on the Lucretius Trio dolphin denarius), I always vote for Cupid. Who is this Infant Genius anyway, and why have I never heard of him? As for the Vejovis option, I've only seen that for the obverse of this coin before (as in Babelon/RSC I), not for the reverse. PS to [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER]: Thanks for your fascinating explication of the iconography on this coin at your blog. It's the first time I've really understood who Vejovis is supposed to be, i.e. the "anti-" Jove or Jupiter, associated with the underworld. But why the references on the reverse to the Dioscuri and to Dionysus/Bacchus/Liber?[/QUOTE]
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