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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 4868395, member: 110226"]From Robert Graves' <i>Claudius the God</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>"But the Alexandrians, without asking my permission - and once the thing was done I could not undo it - struck a coin with my head on the obverse and on the reverse a full-length portrait of Messalina in the dress of the Goddess Demeter, holding in the palm of one hand two figurines representing her little boy and girl, and in the other a sheaf of corn representing fertility. This was a flattering play on the name Messalina - the Latin word messis meaning the corn-harvest. She was delighted."</i></p><p><br /></p><p>So Messalina was depicted on this coin as the Greek goddess Demeter, or the Roman goddess Ceres.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just selected this coin because it was readily available in my photo gallery. There are many ancients depicting Ceres. I just chose one with Messalina as Demeter/Ceres, or is it Demeter/Ceres as Messalina? Gotta think about that....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 4868395, member: 110226"]From Robert Graves' [I]Claudius the God[/I]. [I]"But the Alexandrians, without asking my permission - and once the thing was done I could not undo it - struck a coin with my head on the obverse and on the reverse a full-length portrait of Messalina in the dress of the Goddess Demeter, holding in the palm of one hand two figurines representing her little boy and girl, and in the other a sheaf of corn representing fertility. This was a flattering play on the name Messalina - the Latin word messis meaning the corn-harvest. She was delighted."[/I] So Messalina was depicted on this coin as the Greek goddess Demeter, or the Roman goddess Ceres. I just selected this coin because it was readily available in my photo gallery. There are many ancients depicting Ceres. I just chose one with Messalina as Demeter/Ceres, or is it Demeter/Ceres as Messalina? Gotta think about that....[/QUOTE]
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