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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3449192, member: 57495&quot;]Nice!&nbsp; I&#039;d really love to have one of these someday.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This one that I picked up last year shows two Curetes flanking Diktynna and baby Zeus.&nbsp; Her identity on the coin is unambiguous, but in any case, the legend on the reverse names her.&nbsp; What it is that she holds in her left hand, however, seems uncertain... I&#039;ve seen it referred to as a javelin, an arrow, or just &quot;uncertain object&quot;.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]916102[/ATTACH] <b>TRAJAN</b></p><p>Very Rare. AR Drachm. 2.64g, 18.3mm. CRETE, Koinon of Crete (issued at Rome for Crete?), AD 116/7. RPC III 13; Woytek, pp.419-24, 1. O: IMP CAES NER TRAIA [OPTIM AVG GER DAC PART], laureate head of Trajan to right, with drapery on his left shoulder. R: ΔΙΚΤΥΝ[ΝΑ] / ΚΡΗΤ, Diktynna seated left on rock, holding javelin (or drawing arrow from quiver) with one hand and holding infant Zeus in the other; to left and right stand Curetes (kouretes) armed with swords and shields.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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