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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4511871, member: 51347&quot;]All my Juno reverses are on female obverse coins (ROMA, JUNO SOPISTA, and a couple Empresses).</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a <b><span style="color: #b30000">NON-Roman Juno... and a possible UNI</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p>Etruria had the Goddess UNI, which was probably where the Romans got Juno.</p><p><br /></p><p>CAPUA during Alliance / Occupation with Hannibal.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1118063[/ATTACH]</p><p>Campania CAPUA</p><p>AE Semuncia</p><p>216-211 BCE</p><p>Juno</p><p>Xoanon</p><p>Hannibal promises to make Capua capital of Italia once he destroys Rome. After Rome prevails in the 2nd Punic War, all Capua coinage was to be destroyed.</p><p>SCARCE</p><p><br /></p><p><b>CAPUA / 2nd PUNIC WAR:</b></p><p>During the 2nd Punic War, Hannibal Allied / occupied Capua. Capua was the 2nd Largest city behind Rome of Italia. They had always had a prominent place in Italian history. Hannibal promised the aristocracy of Capua that, once Rome was destroyed, he would make Capua the Capital of Italia. We all know Rome won this horrible war. Knowing that, anything left over from the war that would enhance Hannibal&#039;s legacy needed to be destroyed. Rome recalled, confiscated, and destroyed any coinage from Capua that would represent anything to do with Hannibal. This drove all coinage from Capua during the Hannibal war into a very scarce to rare availability.</p><p>-----------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p>This is from <b>Etruria</b>, but an unidentified Female head.&nbsp; Since they have yet to translate the Etrurian language, and Etruria superseded and probably founded Rome (first Kings were Etrurian), it is possible this is a representation of <b>UNI or later Juno to the Romans</b>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1118062[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Etruria or Rasenna in their language, Populonia </b>(pronounced <i><b>Fufluna</b></i>)</p><p>2-½ asses , AR 0.85 g. (It is not known what the Etrurian name is for this coin. They have not been able to decipher the Rasenna language.)</p><p>4th/3rd century BCE</p><p>Obv: Radiate female head (UNI or Juno to later Romans?) r.; behind, IIC (retrograde).</p><p>Rev: Blank.</p><p>Ref: EC 104 (misdescribed, Female head with an Attic helmet). Historia Numorum Italy 179.</p><p>NAC Comment: Of the highest rarity, apparently only the SECOND specimen known. British museum is where the 2nd one resides</p><p>Etrurian alphabet is read in retrograde. Rome’s AR Sestertius is IIS (2-Asses and a Semis). The Etrurian version is retrograde C and II.</p><p>Ex: <i>From the collection of E.E. Clain-Stefanelli.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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