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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 5188308, member: 110350&quot;]Thanks to all for the most recent comments.&nbsp; It appears that the top three are pretty clear at this point -- the Cretan goat, the elephant (&amp; stork), and Ulysses &amp; his dog, with a close race for fourth place between the she-wolf and the C. Servilius M.f with the Dioscuri galloping in different directions. I see that Roman Republican animals are as popular with others as they are with me! ([USER=96898]@Orielensis[/USER], you are definitely in tune with popular opinion!)</p><p><br /></p><p>I think I&#039;m not going to give away here the fourth coin I&#039;m going to pick. I do believe, though, that the P. Satrienus reverse with the she-wolf matches anything else on the list; I think it&#039;s superb, if I do say so myself! But the obverse is a bit subpar compared to many of the others. So I don&#039;t know.&nbsp; I&#039;m definitely not the only person who loves that reverse, though. It&#039;s going to be on the cover of Liv Mariah Yarrow&#039;s forthcoming new book, <i>The Roman Republic to 49 BCE: Using Coins as Sources (Guides to the Coinage of the Ancient World), </i>scheduled for publication in late February:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1213889[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Many of you may remember Prof. Yarrow for her involvement in bringing the Schaefer Roman Republican Die Project to publication on the Internet.&nbsp; Here&#039;s the description of the book from Amazon:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The narrative of Roman history has been largely shaped by the surviving literary sources, augmented in places by material culture. The numerous surviving coins can, however, provide new information on the distant past. This accessible but authoritative guide introduces the student of ancient history to the various ways in which they can help us understand the history of the Roman republic, with fresh insights on early Roman-Italian relations, Roman imperialism, urban politics, constitutional history, the rise of powerful generals and much more. The text is accompanied by over 200 illustrations of coins, with detailed captions, as well as maps and diagrams so that it also functions as a sourcebook of the key coins every student of the period should know. Throughout, it demystifies the more technical aspects of the field of numismatics and ends with a how-to guide for further research for non-specialists.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m very much looking forward to it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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