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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4925812, member: 99456&quot;]I found this coin appealing, even with the missing head of Ceres on the reverse. Thanks to the Schaefer die studies, I can ID the device to left with some certainty.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1185791[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>M. Volteius M.f.</b>, 75 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Head of Bacchus or Liber right, wearing ivy wreath</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Ceres, standing in chariot, holding lighted torches, driving biga of snakes right; pileus to left</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford <a href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-385.3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-385.3" rel="nofollow">385/3</a>; Sydenham 776; Volteia 3</p><p><b>Note:</b> More on this coin <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/ceres-and-her-serpent-chariot" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/ceres-and-her-serpent-chariot" rel="nofollow">here</a></p><p><br /></p><p>With the help of the Schaefer die study I was able to reconstruct the ambiguous device (&quot;pileus&quot;) of my reverse die (<a href="http://numismatics.org/archives/ark:/53695/schaefer.rrdp.processed_300-399#schaefer_clippings_output_385-3_03_od" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/archives/ark:/53695/schaefer.rrdp.processed_300-399#schaefer_clippings_output_385-3_03_od" rel="nofollow">#19</a>) in Shaefer:[ATTACH=full]1185792[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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