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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2509947, member: 75937&quot;]The article in the Celator is based on the Master&#039;s Thesis by Catherine L. Baron at the University of Memphis, Tennessee. The article argues that the original statue was the one in Pompey&#039;s temple of Venus Victrix; both the temple and the statue were destroyed centuries ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are similar depictions of Venus Victrix on Mirrors in the collections of the Harvard Museum of Art:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]533652[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And the Brooks Museum of Art in Memphis:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]533653[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The similarities between the two mirrors suggests there was mass production going on in some ancient Roman mirror factory.</p><p><br /></p><p>The same design is not infrequently seen on signet rings, such as this one in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts,</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]533656[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>which leaves the following impression when pressed in wax:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]533658[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Another signet ring, sold online by an antiquities dealer, depicts a skinnier version:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]533660[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Very interesting. Note the coin of Julia Titi portrays Venus holding a staff and a helmet--just like the mirrors and the rings, but the coins of Julia Domna do not, depicting her instead with an apple and palm.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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