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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancientone, post: 7751772, member: 71599&quot;]Hera lived on Mt. Olympus where she reigned as queen of the Gods. She was the sister and wife of Zeus and the goddess of women, family, marriage and childbirth. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1327371[/ATTACH] </p><p>Musée du Louvre, Paris.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1327358[/ATTACH]Iris approaching Athena and Hera, Jacques Reattu, late eighteenth century. The painting depicts Hera and Athena on a chariot riding into battle. Acting at the behest of Zeus, Iris is warning them not to intercede, lest they anger the king of the gods.<span style="color: #000000"><a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/3955/iris-approaching-athena-and-hera-attributed-to-louis-jean-francois-lagrenee" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/3955/iris-approaching-athena-and-hera-attributed-to-louis-jean-francois-lagrenee" rel="nofollow"> </a></span><a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/3955/iris-approaching-athena-and-hera-attributed-to-louis-jean-francois-lagrenee" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/3955/iris-approaching-athena-and-hera-attributed-to-louis-jean-francois-lagrenee" rel="nofollow">Minneapolis Institute of Art home</a> / Public Domain</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hera has been woefully overlooked here on CoinTalk so lets see your Greek and provincial coins of the queen of Gods!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1327364[/ATTACH] </p><p>Thrace, Hadrianopolis. Faustina Jr. AE22. Hera</p><p>Obv: FAVCTEINA CEBACTH Drap. Bust r.</p><p>Rev: ADRIANO POLEITWN Hera standing l., sacrificing from patera over altar and holding sceptre. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1327370[/ATTACH]</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Septimius Severus AE16. Hera</p><p>Obv: AΥ KAI ΣHΥHΡOΣ / Laureate head of Septimus r. </p><p>Rev: NIKOΠOΛI ΠΡOΣ IΣ / Hera standing l. holding scepter and patera.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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