Temple of Diana (Rome)

First side of the image: O: Diana with bow and quiver over the shoulder and bucranium above. Bucranium, skull of sacrificed bull, was displayed in the temple of Diana.
Second side of the image: R: Sacrificing scene on the stone platform. Togate figure holding sprinkler is about to sacrifice bull, altar between them. A·POST·A·F S·N·(AL)BIN
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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