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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7437399, member: 75937"]Cool! That one even has an R for Ryro above the bull!!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for all your insightful comments and for sharing your example of the OP coin plus numerous Juno Sospita coins. I wonder if these experts are splitting hairs when it comes to the various epithets of Juno. Juno Sospita simply means "Juno the Savior," whereas the etymology of Juno Caprotina is unknown and its translation is speculative. [USER=103829]@Jochen1[/USER] suggests it means "Juno wearing a goat's skin." In any event, the title is clearly related to wild figs (<i><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3Dcaprificus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3Dcaprificus" rel="nofollow">caprificus</a>)</i> or she-goats (<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3Dcapra" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3Dcapra" rel="nofollow"><i>capra</i></a>), each of which are symbols of fertility, as is befitting a fertility goddess (consider too, her role in childbirth as Juno Lucina). Since the coins are not inscribed with any inscriptions identifying the goddess, it all comes down to semiotics and interpretation of the iconography. I doubt if the Pew or Gallup organizations, if conducting a poll in ancient times, would have found universal agreement among the Roman population as to which coins depict which aspect of the goddess.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have an example of the serrate denarius issued by L. Roscius Fabatus, too. It has the control mark combination of sack and column(?) on the obverse and sella (?) on the reverse like <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_2002-0102-4096" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_2002-0102-4096" rel="nofollow">this one</a> in the British Museum.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1290690[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7437399, member: 75937"]Cool! That one even has an R for Ryro above the bull!! Thank you for all your insightful comments and for sharing your example of the OP coin plus numerous Juno Sospita coins. I wonder if these experts are splitting hairs when it comes to the various epithets of Juno. Juno Sospita simply means "Juno the Savior," whereas the etymology of Juno Caprotina is unknown and its translation is speculative. [USER=103829]@Jochen1[/USER] suggests it means "Juno wearing a goat's skin." In any event, the title is clearly related to wild figs ([I][URL='http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3Dcaprificus']caprificus[/URL])[/I] or she-goats ([URL='http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3Dcapra'][I]capra[/I][/URL]), each of which are symbols of fertility, as is befitting a fertility goddess (consider too, her role in childbirth as Juno Lucina). Since the coins are not inscribed with any inscriptions identifying the goddess, it all comes down to semiotics and interpretation of the iconography. I doubt if the Pew or Gallup organizations, if conducting a poll in ancient times, would have found universal agreement among the Roman population as to which coins depict which aspect of the goddess. I have an example of the serrate denarius issued by L. Roscius Fabatus, too. It has the control mark combination of sack and column(?) on the obverse and sella (?) on the reverse like [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_2002-0102-4096']this one[/URL] in the British Museum. [ATTACH=full]1290690[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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