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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2730314, member: 75937&quot;]RIC, BMCRE, and Sear all consider these two coins to be simple variants of each other, one with a Cupid at Venus&#039;s feet, the other without. These references all attribute the coins to the mint at Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, the obverse busts seem so different in style that I wonder if there is something more significant to the presence or absence of the Cupid, such as the mint where it was struck or the year it was issued.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone know if there has been any recent scholarship on this? [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] , do you know about the significance of the Cupid?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]620603[/ATTACH] </p><p>With Cupid at Venus&#039;s feet</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]620604[/ATTACH] </p><p>Without Cupid at Venus&#039;s feet.</p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s the corresponding denarius, to compare style. No Cupid:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]620605[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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