Faces of Abacaenum

Posted on by Liv Yarrow

I’m really really into the aesthetics of the coins of Abacaenum.  The frontal to 3/4 profile faces are so beautiful and varied!

 

 

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Is it Sol? Helios?  Apollo as sun god?  Or some one else completely different.  The catalogues like to identify it as female (often a nymph).  That’s not what I see.

I’m also concerned that the sow and piglet might not include a sow.  Where are the teats?

Published by Liv Yarrow

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