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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2576915, member: 56859&quot;]I don&#039;t have any that would qualify for &quot;most beautiful Venus&quot; but here are the few I do have:</p><p><br /></p><p>Venus Genetrix, the nondescript charioteer on this coin:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/jc-cupidbigadenarius-reflection-jpg.458530/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/l-julius-lf-caesar-denarius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/l-julius-lf-caesar-denarius" rel="nofollow">L. Julius L. f. Caesar denarius</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Venus Cloacina-- two of them standing in a shrine.&nbsp; I wonder who decided both figures represent Venus Cloacina, and why?&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t seem likely that both were meant to depict the same deity.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/concordiacloacina-rt-jpg.461599/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-deity-worthy-of-respect.251682/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-deity-worthy-of-respect.251682/">L. Mussidius Longus denarius; Concordia/shrine of Venus Cloacina, Goddess of the Great Sewer</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A worn zodiac drachm with Venus/Aphrodite:</p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_ccb3d403b9d74f29a7a8e0fe316bd9b7~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/zodiac-drachm-venus-in-taurus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/zodiac-drachm-venus-in-taurus" rel="nofollow">EGYPT, Alexandria; Antoninus Pius drachm, Venus in Taurus</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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