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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2861796, member: 44316&quot;]Here is my favorite Julia Domna:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]681870[/ATTACH]</p><p>27-24 mm. 10.16 grams. <i>as</i></p><p>IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG</p><p>VESTA, Julia sacrificing over altar, accompanied by 3 Vestal virgins. Domed <b>circular</b> temple of Vesta showing 4 columns in the background.</p><p>Sear 7137. RIC 607. BMC 473.232.</p><p>Struck at Rome in 214 as mother of Caracalla.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sear says &quot;The temple had been restored by Julia Domna some years earlier.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>There are books about architectural types of Roman coins. Part of this temple still exists in Rome and wikipedia has a page on it:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Vesta" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Vesta" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Vesta</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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