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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2671622, member: 75525&quot;]This was the &quot;big&quot; purchase to go with the double owl, another bird coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]595034[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republican Denarius, Wren &amp; TOD, 189 to 180 BC, Rome</p><p>Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right; mark of value to left.</p><p>Rev: Diana Lucifera driving biga right, holding reins and whip; below horses, bird (wren?) sitting right,&nbsp; TOD In Ex – ROMA in linear frame; Todillus?</p><p>Cr 141/1, Rome, 189 – 180 BC, Dies – 30/37 (Luna)</p><p>BMCRR Rome 589, note 1 (Diana)</p><p>Syd 345 (Diana)</p><p>Sear 66 (Luna)</p><p>Alb 546 (Luna)</p><p>FFC 81 (Diana)</p><p>RBW 620 (Luna)</p><p><br /></p><p>Note 1 – Todus or Todillus is the name of a small bird of the wren species. It may have been the cognomen of the moneyer. If so, the wren would be another instance of a punning allusion.</p><p><b><i>Note 2 - I am not clear on the difference in the goddess Luna, Diana and Diana Lucifera. The seller used the name Diana Lucifera. I list six reference books and none use that exact name.</i></b></p><p>Condition: Very fine.</p><p>Weight: 3.96 g.</p><p>Diameter: 19 mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]595035[/ATTACH] </p><p>the Wiki folks wanted me to credit the photographer of this pic of Diana - </p><p>By antmoose from Rome, Italy - Flickr, CC BY 2.0, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=374432" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=374432" rel="nofollow">https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=374432</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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