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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 6388666, member: 75937&quot;][ATTACH=full]1252827[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">A blindfolded, armed Cupid (1452/66) by Piero della Francesca.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1252828[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Caravaggio&#039;s <i>Amor Vincit Omnia</i>, 1601–1602.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Ah, Cupid! This pesky winged boy is not only responsible for the passionate attraction between lovers, but for our <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cupidity" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cupidity" rel="nofollow">cupidity</a> in our mania to acquire more coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]Z1xyALN6fpg[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>The son of Venus and Mars ...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-veneri-victrici-venus-and-mars-as-marti-jpg.1227533/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Faustina II, AD 147-175.</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman Æ as, 11.96 g, 25 mm, 6 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rome, AD 170-175.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: VENERI VICTRICI S C, Venus standing right, placing both hands on the arm of Mars, standing facing, head left, holding round shield in left hand.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RIC 1680; BMCRE 999-1001; Cohen 241; RCV 5305; MIR 42-7/10c.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>... he is often portrayed as a winged, chubby boy at his mother&#039;s feet ...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1252819[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Julia Domna AD 193-217, issued under Caracalla</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman AR Antoninianus, 5.11 g, 23.3 mm.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rome, AD 217.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, diademed and draped bust right on crescent.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: VENVS GENETRIX, Venus enthroned left, holding apple; Cupid at feet.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RIC 389a; BMCRE 27; RCV 7099; Cohen 206; Hill 1582; CRE 393.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/salonina-venvs-genetrix-sestertius-j-jpg.631063/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Cornelia Salonina, AD 253-268.</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman Æ dupondius, 15.24 g, 24.2 mm.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rome, AD 256-7.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: CORNELIA SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust, right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: VENVS GENETRIX SC, Venus standing left, holding apple and scepter; cupid at feet.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RIC 50 (joint reign); Cohen 124; Hunter p. xlix; RCV 10685.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>... or in her hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1252820[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Julia Mamaea, AD 222-235.</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman AR denarius, 2.98 g, 20.3 mm, 6 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rome, 4th emission, AD 224.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: VENERI FELICI, Venus standing right, holding vertical scepter in right hand and Cupid on left arm </font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RIC 351; BMCRE 189; C 60; RCV 8214; CRE 508.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes Eros/Cupid appears in the attitude of Thanatos, leaning on an inverted lit torch.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/caracalla-hadrianopolis-winged-genius-jpg.1054668/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Caracalla, AD 198-217.</font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;Roman provincial AE 17.1 mm, 3.44 g, 12 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Thrace, Hadrianopolis, AD 198-217.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: AVT K M AVP CE ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head, right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: AΔΡIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Nude Eros in attitude of Thanatos standing right, left leg crossed over right, leaning with right hand and left elbow on inverted lit torch.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: Varbanov 3526; Jurukova, Hadrianople 390.2; <a href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/thrace/coins?id=5217" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/thrace/coins?id=5217" rel="nofollow">CN 5217</a>; Moushmov 2615; cf. SNG Cop 271.</font></p><p><font size="3">Notes: Reverse die match to CN 5217 specimen (Nacionalen Arheologičeski Institut s Muzej, Sofia, no. 1566).</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s see your coins depicting this mischievous imp![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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