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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 5141226, member: 85693&quot;]Great coin, Donna.&nbsp; I do get a vicarious thrill out of watching updates to your Roman Republican collection. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a two-headed Republican denarius showing Liber (or Bacchus) and his daughter Libera.&nbsp; Sorry about the worse-than-usual photos - this one has been very harshly cleaned and is quite shiny, a condition that usually overwhelms my camera and its operator: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1206281[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Roman</b> <b>Republic&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Denarius </b></p><p><b>L. Cassius Q.f. Longinus</b></p><p><b>(78 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>Head of Liber or Bacchus right, thyrsus over shoulder / Head of&nbsp; goddess Libera left, L . CASSI Q . F behind.</p><p>Crawford 386/1.; Cassia 6; BMC 3152; Sydenham 779.</p><p>(3.51 grams / 18 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;In Roman mythology, Liber was originally associated with husbandry and crops, but then was assimilated with Dionysos.&nbsp; He is the consort of Ceres and the father of the goddess Libera. His festival, the Liberalia, was on 17 March when young men celebrated the arrival of manhood.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/sergey_nechayev_ancient_coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/sergey_nechayev_ancient_coins" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/sergey_nechayev_ancient_coins</a>...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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