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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4900155, member: 99456"]Another nice new addition, [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER]! as I have struggled to add any RRs this year, I am glad to see your posts <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> This at least reminds me to enjoy the ones I already own.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/descriptionhisto01babe/page/110/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/descriptionhisto01babe/page/110/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">Babelon</a> thought it was Diana, but I am in the "uncertain" camp because Crawford says so, and for the reason you mention - what evidence is there that this is Diana and not someone else? that said, I don't have another guess, just some potential candidates that are all unsatisfactory: Venus? Libertas? both would seem odd to me to combine with Diana on reverse - maybe Pietas?. If it were Diana the absence of bow and quiver seems surprising given the consistent presence on other issues e.g. C. <a href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-335.9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-335.9" rel="nofollow">335/9</a> and <a href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-372.1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-372.1" rel="nofollow">372/1</a>.... I like the grasshoppers on these coins and the stag biga:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1182406[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>C. Allius Bala</b>, 92 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Diademed female head (Diana?) right; H below chin</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Diana driving biga of stags right, holding spear, reins, and torch; grasshopper below; all within laurel-wreath</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford <a href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-336.1b" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-336.1b" rel="nofollow">336/1b</a>; Sydenham 595; Aelia 4[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4900155, member: 99456"]Another nice new addition, [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER]! as I have struggled to add any RRs this year, I am glad to see your posts :) This at least reminds me to enjoy the ones I already own. [URL='https://archive.org/details/descriptionhisto01babe/page/110/mode/2up']Babelon[/URL] thought it was Diana, but I am in the "uncertain" camp because Crawford says so, and for the reason you mention - what evidence is there that this is Diana and not someone else? that said, I don't have another guess, just some potential candidates that are all unsatisfactory: Venus? Libertas? both would seem odd to me to combine with Diana on reverse - maybe Pietas?. If it were Diana the absence of bow and quiver seems surprising given the consistent presence on other issues e.g. C. [URL='http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-335.9']335/9[/URL] and [URL='http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-372.1']372/1[/URL].... I like the grasshoppers on these coins and the stag biga: [ATTACH=full]1182406[/ATTACH] [B]C. Allius Bala[/B], 92 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint [B]Obv:[/B] Diademed female head (Diana?) right; H below chin [B]Rev:[/B] Diana driving biga of stags right, holding spear, reins, and torch; grasshopper below; all within laurel-wreath [B]Ref: [/B]Crawford [URL='http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-336.1b']336/1b[/URL]; Sydenham 595; Aelia 4[/QUOTE]
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