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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3272248, member: 99456"]<b>Epilogue: </b>a new arrival & not everything you read is true (I'm sure that applies to my notes too)</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my <a href="http://nah.sen.es/vmfiles/abstract/NAHV2N3201484_93EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://nah.sen.es/vmfiles/abstract/NAHV2N3201484_93EN.pdf" rel="nofollow">references</a> above (OP) describes: <font size="4"><i>"The first Roman coin to feature a personification of Salus was a denarius serratus in the Republican series struck by moneyer Roscius Fabatus in 64 BC."</i></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p>This attractive illustration, an 18th century drawing by Joseph Eckhel, shows the coin:</p><p><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roscia3.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roscia3.jpg" rel="nofollow">[ATTACH=full]863245[/ATTACH]</a></p><p>At the time of writing the OP I did not yet have a coin of this type in my collection - however I had bid on one and it arrived a few days later from a sixbid linked auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>I generally prefer my coins unslabbed - and carefully applied my trusty hammer.</p><p>[FLOAT_LEFT][ATTACH]863246[/ATTACH][/FLOAT_LEFT]Please read the fine print: <font size="1">removing coins from slabs will reduce the value of your coin, damage the coin, it is a crazy thing to do, don't do it, you accept all liability for even considering it, I am not recommending that you crack open your coins, coins are more valuable and look better in slabs, slabs are the greatest invention of the 20th century and have revolutionized the coin collecting world.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Worth noting, that although there is a snake involved, this coin does not show Salus on the reverse but rather an annual ritual of Lanuvium associated with Juno Sospita, who is on the obverse. Lucius Roscius Fabatus was most likely born in Lanuvium, and the coin celebrates his home town. In the annual ritual, a virgin enters a dark cave to feed a fasting serpent. It is a test of her chastity, and if she emerges the whole town rejoices, anticipating a fruitful year. I cannot find a good description of what happens if she doesn't emerge or how frequent this unfortunate outcome might have been.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]863242[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Lucius Roscius Fabatus</b>, AR, Denarius Serratus, circa 64 BC</p><p><b>Obv</b>: L ROSCI behind the head of Iuno Sospita right, wearing goat's skin, crocodile control mark behind</p><p><b>Rev</b>: maiden standing right, feeding serpent erect before her, scorpion control mark behind, FABATI in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>And finally a question: is the earliest appearance of Salus on a Roman republican coin the denarius of D. Silanus ~91BC? and is there any reason that you wouldn't describe the bust of Salus on this coin as an example of "personification of Salus"?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3272248, member: 99456"][B]Epilogue: [/B]a new arrival & not everything you read is true (I'm sure that applies to my notes too) One of my [URL='http://nah.sen.es/vmfiles/abstract/NAHV2N3201484_93EN.pdf']references[/URL] above (OP) describes: [SIZE=4][I]"The first Roman coin to feature a personification of Salus was a denarius serratus in the Republican series struck by moneyer Roscius Fabatus in 64 BC."[/I] [/SIZE] This attractive illustration, an 18th century drawing by Joseph Eckhel, shows the coin: [URL='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roscia3.jpg'][ATTACH=full]863245[/ATTACH][/URL] At the time of writing the OP I did not yet have a coin of this type in my collection - however I had bid on one and it arrived a few days later from a sixbid linked auction. I generally prefer my coins unslabbed - and carefully applied my trusty hammer. [FLOAT_LEFT][ATTACH]863246[/ATTACH][/FLOAT_LEFT]Please read the fine print: [SIZE=1]removing coins from slabs will reduce the value of your coin, damage the coin, it is a crazy thing to do, don't do it, you accept all liability for even considering it, I am not recommending that you crack open your coins, coins are more valuable and look better in slabs, slabs are the greatest invention of the 20th century and have revolutionized the coin collecting world.[/SIZE] Worth noting, that although there is a snake involved, this coin does not show Salus on the reverse but rather an annual ritual of Lanuvium associated with Juno Sospita, who is on the obverse. Lucius Roscius Fabatus was most likely born in Lanuvium, and the coin celebrates his home town. In the annual ritual, a virgin enters a dark cave to feed a fasting serpent. It is a test of her chastity, and if she emerges the whole town rejoices, anticipating a fruitful year. I cannot find a good description of what happens if she doesn't emerge or how frequent this unfortunate outcome might have been. [ATTACH=full]863242[/ATTACH] [B]Lucius Roscius Fabatus[/B], AR, Denarius Serratus, circa 64 BC [B]Obv[/B]: L ROSCI behind the head of Iuno Sospita right, wearing goat's skin, crocodile control mark behind [B]Rev[/B]: maiden standing right, feeding serpent erect before her, scorpion control mark behind, FABATI in exergue. And finally a question: is the earliest appearance of Salus on a Roman republican coin the denarius of D. Silanus ~91BC? and is there any reason that you wouldn't describe the bust of Salus on this coin as an example of "personification of Salus"?[/QUOTE]
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