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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4545994, member: 110350&quot;]I&#039;m happy that you all like the coin! (Despite Cybele&#039;s unfortunate skin condition, as now revealed in the photo I took.)&nbsp; I recently bought the revised 2015 edition of Harlan&#039;s book (&quot;RRM II&quot;) covering the period from 63-49 BCE (the one from which I attached three pages in my post above), and recommend it enthusiastically for anyone interested in Roman Republican coins, along with the volume published in 2012 covering the period from 81-64 BCE (&quot;RRM I&quot;).&nbsp; RRM I covers 34 moneyers (I have coins of 12), and RRM II covers 32 (I have coins of only 4).</p><p><br /></p><p>I understand that Harlan&#039;s re-dating of some of the coins is controversial and has not been universally accepted, but it doesn&#039;t really matter to me all that much whether, say, the Q. Cassius Longinus denarius with an eagle, lituus, and capis on the reverse (Crawford 428/3) was issued in 55 BCE (Crawford&#039;s date) or 53 BCE (Harlan&#039;s date).&nbsp; That&#039;s not the main reason why I bought the books; I bought them for his very interesting discussions of the individual coins and the historical (or mythical) people and/or events they portray.&nbsp; And I must say that he is most often very persuasive, as in his argument (which I discussed in another thread) that the animal being prepared for sacrifice as portrayed on the reverse of the A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus denarius (Crawford 372/1, with Diana on the obverse) is not a bull but a heifer.&nbsp; Or his argument that the head on the obverse of the Q. Cassius Longinus denarius is Bonus Eventus rather than Apollo, which makes perfect sense when taken in conjunction with auspicial symbols on the reverse.&nbsp; Or his argument regarding this coin, as presented in the attached pages, that it portrays Aristobulus II on the reverse.&nbsp; As essential and comprehensive as the two volumes of Crawford are, they&#039;re not notable for any extended discussions of historical events, or for any extended explanations of the logic behind many of his conclusions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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