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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2439268, member: 57495&quot;]We have many Roman Republic collectors here on CT, so the image of Juno Sospita - spear-throwing, snake-fancying, goatskin headdress-rocking Saviour Goddess of Lanuvium - is likely to be familiar to most of us.&nbsp; Moneyers such as Thorius Balbus, Roscius Fabatus and L. Procilius, by placing her on their issues, all proudly celebrated their familial ties to Lanuvium, a town about 20 miles south of Rome, where the goddess&#039;s cult originated.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Fast forward to the Imperial era, and Juno Sospita has all but vanished from coinage.&nbsp; This recent pick up, a rare denarius of Commodus, is on a very short list of exceptions.&nbsp; It names the goddess, IVNONI SISPITAE, and shows her in a familiar pose with all her usual accoutrements.&nbsp; The reverse was struck for Commodus only in 177, and celebrated the birthplace of the newly made 16-year old emperor.&nbsp; It&#039;s the last time Juno Sospita appears on a Roman coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post your Juno Sospita or Commodus coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]508010[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>COMMODUS</b></p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>3.33g, 18mm</p><p>Rome mint, Autumn - Dec AD 177</p><p>RIC (Marcus Aurelius) 646; Cohen 270</p><p>O: L AVREL COMMODVS AVG GERM SARM, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. </p><p>R: IVNONI SISPITAE TR P II IMP II COS P P, Juno Sospita, advancing right, brandishing javelin in right hand and holding shield in left; in front, snake.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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