Coin (reverse), Denarius, of Publius Accoleius Lariscolus

This silver coin was minted in Rome by Publius Accoleius Lariscolus in 43 BC. It is a type called a denarius, the most common Roman silver coin. This picture shows the reverse of the coin.

The reverse depicts the triple cult statue of Diana Nemorensis (Diana, Hecate and Selene) with a cypress grove behind. Both Hecate and Selene are pre-Greek goddesses, whose worship became merged with Diana, goddess of women, childbirth and the hunt.

The designs on Roman Republican coins often referred to famous ancestors or favourite cults of the moneyer. The design of this coin probably indicates that the moneyer's origins were from Aricia, the area where the cult of Diana Nemorensis flourished.

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