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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8259727, member: 75937&quot;]There is disagreement about the identity of the small reverse figure in Roma&#039;s hand among the standard references. Cohen, RIC, MIR, and Sear identify it as Victory; BMCRE and Dinsdale as the palladium; RSC (Seaby) as palladium (or Victory).</p><p><br /></p><p>I personally take it as a Victoriola facing left. There is nothing that looks like a spear in its hands to suggest the palladium. Moreover, the palladium is an accoutrement of Vesta. Rather, I see her holding something in her arms (a wreath?) which face left, with wings on her back (right side). But, like a Rorschach test, that&#039;s just what I see. It could be her wings on the left and the wreath on the right. Not HD enough! </p><p><br /></p><p>Similarly, there is disagreement about the spear vs. scepter. Cohen (&quot;haste&quot;; which I take as referring to the <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=hasta%20pura" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=hasta%20pura" rel="nofollow"><i>hasta pura</i></a>, typically referred to as a &quot;scepter&quot; in numismatic descriptions) and MIR identify it as a scepter; RIC, BMCRE, RSC, Sear, and Dinsdale as a spear. Roma is typically depicted as holding a spear, so I&#039;m going with that, but it&#039;s not clear.</p><p><br /></p><p>This denarius of Trajan might be taken as a prototype for the iconography. It clearly depicts a Victoriola (facing right) and spear.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/136/E/6/EJa95MmwRTt87WkqA5n43NjroB2JYB.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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