Art Institute of Chicago

Denarius Serratus (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Diana

Roman

Date

about 81 BCE

Medium

Silver

Culture

Roman Empire

Department

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

The front (obverse) of this coin depicts the head of the goddess Diana facing to the right, with a quiver and bow on her shoulder. The skull and horn of an ox (called a bucranium) is in the field above. The back (reverse) depicts a priest in a toga facing to the left with his right hand raised as he sprinkles water over a sacrifical ox. A small lighted altar is between them. The inscription around the scene, A. POST. A. F. S. N. ALBIN, refers to the moneyer Aulus Postumius Albinus.

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