
I wanted to juxtapose this coin with this terracotta plaque I saw yesterday the Altes Museum (Berlin)



Part of me wonders if the dating could be off and these plaques might possibly be part of the Augustan era classicizing/archaizing impetus.
Updated 1/20/24:



Notice the sacrifice is to Artemis!




Arachne link, impression of A. Furtwängler, Beschreibung der geschnittenen Steine im Antiquarium, Königliche Museen Berlin (1896), Kat.Nr. 9548 (Karneol).

Arachne Link. (Consider if iconography of Nike temple on Acropolis is relevant at all, esp. Balustrad
Thorvaldsen has two such gems, neither yet digitized.
Cf. Cupids engaged in Bull Sacrifice in the reliefs from the Forum of Julius Caesar honoring Venus Genetrix

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Update 10/5/22:
Louvre has bull slaying scene too, but a different mold. Wierd how this one has the palmettes at the bottom.

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The another plaque in this set also shares a similar iconography with other numismatic representations:



Minerva/Athena Promachos? Palladion? Your call.

Updated 10-10-22:

Update 12/8/22:
comparative iconography. What do we call these grassy crowns?!


