Mars in a Quadriga

Posted on by Liv Yarrow

So I’m thinking about the uncia RRC 290/6 but that makes me of course think about other Mars-in-quadriga types and I ended up at that old puzzle about that figure next to Mars on RRC 232/1:

Detail of specimen in trade

I’ve blogged about it before.

Another specimen in trade.
specimen in trade

I need to let it go. I’ve been through Schaefer’s collection of die images and I still am not sure what I’m seeing but I’m leaning towards a female figure. We could do with some comparative iconography…

Published by Liv Yarrow

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