TROAS (TROY). Ilium. Crispina (AD 178-182). Ae as (26mm, 10.69 gm, 6h). Fine. KPICΠINA-CЄBACTH, draped bust of Crispina right, seen from front, hair braided and tucked in large chignon at base of head / IΛ-IЄΩ-N, statue of Athena of Ilium right (on left), standing on short decorated column, wearing calathus, transverse spear in right hand, palladium in left, facing cow suspended left from tree (on right), with man grasping its horns and preparing to sacrifice it. RPC IV online 131. Bellinger T198-9. Through the Acta Arvalia, we know that a cow was sacrificed to Minerva on 13 October AD 58, to celebrate Nero's coming to power. Later, cows were sacrificed to Minerva as part of New Year's vows to protect the well-being of other emperors.

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