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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3902017, member: 75937&quot;]A couple of new acquisitions for my Antonine women collection. They both feature Ceres and her attributes. Ceres has three main attributes: corn ears, which symbolize her role as the goddess of agriculture, a torch with which she searches after her daughter Proserpina in the underworld, and a <i>cista mystica</i>, in which the sacred utensils connected with her cult were carried in procession.* Alternatively, the <i>cista</i> (the Latin word for a cylindrical basket) may simply be a reference to agriculture, such baskets being used to carry grain.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your coins with Ceres, bronzes of Antonine women, or anything you feel is relevant.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1028414[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-141.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 25.61 g, 33 mm.</p><p>Rome, AD 150-161.</p><p>Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: AVGVSTA S C, Ceres standing left, holding corn ears and long torch.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1116; BMCRE 1509-11; Cohen 79; RCV 4614; Strack 1286.</p><p>Notes: A similar design (RIC 1117) depicts the goddess holding corn ears and a short torch.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1028416[/ATTACH]</p><p>Lucilla, AD 164-169.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 20.36 g, 31 mm.</p><p>Rome, AD 166-169.</p><p>Obv: LVCILLA AVGVSTA,</p><p>bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: CERES S C, Ceres, veiled and draped, seated right on <i>cista</i>, holding corn-ears in right hand and short torch in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1728; BMCRE 1194-96; Cohen 2; RCV 5496; MIR 24.</p><p><br /></p><p>~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>*White, KD. <i>Farm Equipment of the Roman World</i>. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1975, p. 64. This is a fascinating book. It is the companion volume to White&#039;s earlier (1967) <i>Agricultural Implements of the Roman World</i>. This volume deals with equipment and instruments used in processing and storage of agricultural produce as opposed to cultivation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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