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O: Diana with bow and quiver over the shoulder and bucranium above. Bucranium, skull of sacrificed bull, was displayed in the temple of Diana. | R: Sacrificing scene on the stone platform. Togate figure holding sprinkler is about to sacrifice bull, altar between them.
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Silver serrate denarius struck by A. Postumius A.f. S.n. Albinus in Rome 81 BC.
ref.: SRCV I 296, Crawford 372/1, Sydenham 745, RSC I Postumia 7 |
The Temple of Diana was an edifice in ancient Rome which, according to the early semi-legendary history of Rome, was built in the 6th century BC during the reign of the king Servius Tullius.
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