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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;4to2centBC, post: 2782694, member: 76181&quot;]I agree with Doug and I am wary about fanciful descriptions, designed to make a coin type seem more desirable and pricier. Part of my &#039;fun&#039; is in separating fact from fantasy. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am going to assume that the anvil, the tongs and the hammer all allude to the minting of money. Juno Moneta is on the obverse and coins were minted in the temple of Juno Moneta. If the temple was a simple blacksmith shop, then I would agree that the symbols are meant to be the standard imagery of Vulcan. Conjecture, but a reasonable one I believe.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the garlanded cap/die/whatever it is.............well that is indeed a puzzle that we might never answer definitively. However, the Roman experts here are always musing over the brilliant way Romans used visual puns and conflated imagery to convey a message above and beyond the obvious. I am not sure why that idea does not find more supporters for this reverse.....that of a garlanded Vulcan cap also playing the role of a punch die.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyhooooo I appreciate all the viewpoints.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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