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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3124992, member: 75937&quot;]Maybe Astarte is wearing a bulky headdress as on this terracotta statue of her from Susa, Middle Elamite period, 1150-1100 BC. Now in The Louvre:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]796103[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Vesta should be holding a scepter on this denarius of Julia Domna:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]796110[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-217.</p><p>Roman AR Denarius, 2.29 g, 16.8 mm, 1 h</p><p>Rome, issue 9, AD 195.</p><p>Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust right.</p><p>Rev: VESTA, Vesta seated left, holding palladium in right hand, left hand at side.</p><p>Refs: RIC IV 582 var.; BMCRE 93; Hill 188; Cohen --; RCV --; CRE --.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have to wonder if it was produced from only a single reverse die. No examples of this coin are to be found on acsearchinfo, the Coin Project, or on Wildwinds. The only other example I could find online is the <a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1208033&amp;partId=1&amp;searchText=Domna+denarius+VESTA+93&amp;page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1208033&amp;partId=1&amp;searchText=Domna+denarius+VESTA+93&amp;page=1" rel="nofollow">one in the British Museum collection</a>, which is a reverse die-match:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]796133[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the usual example of this coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]796114[/ATTACH]</p><p>Not mine. This coin sold at <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=890952" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=890952" rel="nofollow">VAuctions Auction 255, lot 81</a>, November 18, 2010.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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