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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 2056513, member: 44132&quot;]My first coins to arrive in 2015 were a lot of three which I showed at the end of last year.&nbsp; They arrived today with this coin being the sole reason I purchased the lot.&nbsp; The other two coins I will post in their own threads soon. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]378493[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]378494[/ATTACH] </p><p>C RENIUS AR Denarius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; Helmeted head of Roma right, X behind&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; Juno Capriotina in biga of goats right, C RENI below goats, ROMA in ex.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Struck at Rome 138 BC&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>3.6g, 16mm&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>Cr231/1, Syd 432</p><p><br /></p><p>Family history figures strongly into this unusual chariot type, showing the goddess Juno Caprotina in a chariot drawn by two goats with pronounced horns. In this case scholars suggest the moneyer’s family was from the Italian city of Lanumium, as Juno Caprotina was worshiped there.&nbsp; I have not been able to find an explanation for the use of goats.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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