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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4169155, member: 110350"]A new animal arrived today to live in my Republican non-equine zoo (which I keep separate from my Philip I/Otacilia Severa SAECVLARES AVGG zoo!):</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic Cn. Plancius, AR Denarius, 55 BCE, Rome mint. Obv. Female head (Diana Planciana [acc. to RSC] or Macedonia [acc. to RCV & Crawford]) right, wearing causia, CN. PLANCIVS before, AED. CVR. S. C. behind/ Rev. Cretan goat standing right, bow and quiver to left. RSC I Plancia 1, Crawford 432/1, Sydenham 933, Sear RCV I 396 (ill.). 18 mm, 3.82 gm, 5h. </p><p><br /></p><p> [ATTACH=full]1074165[/ATTACH] </p><p>I really love this coin!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is Crawford Vol. I at p. 355, discussing the identification of the personification on the obverse: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1074166[/ATTACH]And here is David Sear's discussion of the coin in RCV Vol. I (Millennium Edition) at p. 48. He obviously changed his mind on identifying the head on the obverse at some point between the publications of RSC and the Millennium Edition of RCV: [ATTACH=full]1074167[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4169155, member: 110350"]A new animal arrived today to live in my Republican non-equine zoo (which I keep separate from my Philip I/Otacilia Severa SAECVLARES AVGG zoo!): Roman Republic Cn. Plancius, AR Denarius, 55 BCE, Rome mint. Obv. Female head (Diana Planciana [acc. to RSC] or Macedonia [acc. to RCV & Crawford]) right, wearing causia, CN. PLANCIVS before, AED. CVR. S. C. behind/ Rev. Cretan goat standing right, bow and quiver to left. RSC I Plancia 1, Crawford 432/1, Sydenham 933, Sear RCV I 396 (ill.). 18 mm, 3.82 gm, 5h. [ATTACH=full]1074165[/ATTACH] I really love this coin! Here is Crawford Vol. I at p. 355, discussing the identification of the personification on the obverse: [ATTACH=full]1074166[/ATTACH]And here is David Sear's discussion of the coin in RCV Vol. I (Millennium Edition) at p. 48. He obviously changed his mind on identifying the head on the obverse at some point between the publications of RSC and the Millennium Edition of RCV: [ATTACH=full]1074167[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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