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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8160388, member: 75937&quot;]Venus is often depicted holding a dove.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/aphrodite-statue-from-cypress-jpg.1126132/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Early fifth-century BC statue of Aphrodite from Cyprus, showing her wearing a cylinder crown and holding a dove. Neues Museum, Berlin.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-venvs-dove-and-scepter-denarius-jpg.1322361/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Faustina II, AD 147 – 175.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.36 g, 17.0 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 161 – 163.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: VENVS, Venus standing left, holding dove in right hand and vertical scepter in left hand. </p><p>Refs: RIC 730; BMCRE 167-68; RSC/Cohen 255; Strack 520i; RCV 5266; CRE 236: MIR 32-4/10a.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next: More Venus.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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