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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4694956, member: 110350"]Given the reverse legend VIRTVS ROMANORVM, I think it's quite possible that the reverse figure may be the personification of Virtus, rather than the personification of Roma. True, the two are often depicted similarly, and can be difficult to distinguish. See this excerpt from the book by Myles McDonnell entitled <i>Roman Manliness - Virtus and the Roman Republic </i>(Cambridge 2006), at p. 149:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154045[/ATTACH]</p><p>What leads me to believe that this figure may be Virtus rather than Roma -- even though she is seated, not standing -- is not only the reverse legend, but the fact that the figure is portrayed with a bare right breast. See my comments on the subject in the thread at <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/is-there-anything-more-macho-than-the-emperor-as-virtvs.361356/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/is-there-anything-more-macho-than-the-emperor-as-virtvs.361356/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/is-there-anything-more-macho-than-the-emperor-as-virtvs.361356/</a>, as well as, most recently, in a comment of mine in the "Follow the coin theme game" thread (see <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/follow-the-coin-theme-game-ancient-edition-post-%E2%80%98em-if-you-got-%E2%80%98em.300099/page-305#post-4691110" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/follow-the-coin-theme-game-ancient-edition-post-%E2%80%98em-if-you-got-%E2%80%98em.300099/page-305#post-4691110">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/follow-the-coin-theme-game-ancient-edition-post-‘em-if-you-got-‘em.300099/page-305#post-4691110</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, please correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm not familiar with portrayals of Roma herself with a bare breast. See the article at FORVM Ancient Coiins about Virtus (<a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/reverse_virtus.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/reverse_virtus.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/reverse_virtus.html</a>), commenting as follows about an antoninianus of Philip I (see <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/philip_i_009.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/philip_i_009.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/philip_i_009.html</a> for photo): "Virtus wears a helmet and carries a spear, but is this a male? The drapery of the clothing, and the bared breast, suggest otherwise. In fact, Sear (ref. 8974) says this might be Minerva, but Minerva doesn't bare her breast. That would be beneath her dignity, as it would be for Roma."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4694956, member: 110350"]Given the reverse legend VIRTVS ROMANORVM, I think it's quite possible that the reverse figure may be the personification of Virtus, rather than the personification of Roma. True, the two are often depicted similarly, and can be difficult to distinguish. See this excerpt from the book by Myles McDonnell entitled [I]Roman Manliness - Virtus and the Roman Republic [/I](Cambridge 2006), at p. 149: [ATTACH=full]1154045[/ATTACH] What leads me to believe that this figure may be Virtus rather than Roma -- even though she is seated, not standing -- is not only the reverse legend, but the fact that the figure is portrayed with a bare right breast. See my comments on the subject in the thread at [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/is-there-anything-more-macho-than-the-emperor-as-virtvs.361356/[/URL], as well as, most recently, in a comment of mine in the "Follow the coin theme game" thread (see [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/follow-the-coin-theme-game-ancient-edition-post-%E2%80%98em-if-you-got-%E2%80%98em.300099/page-305#post-4691110']https://www.cointalk.com/threads/follow-the-coin-theme-game-ancient-edition-post-‘em-if-you-got-‘em.300099/page-305#post-4691110[/URL]). Also, please correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm not familiar with portrayals of Roma herself with a bare breast. See the article at FORVM Ancient Coiins about Virtus ([URL]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/reverse_virtus.html[/URL]), commenting as follows about an antoninianus of Philip I (see [URL]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/philip_i_009.html[/URL] for photo): "Virtus wears a helmet and carries a spear, but is this a male? The drapery of the clothing, and the bared breast, suggest otherwise. In fact, Sear (ref. 8974) says this might be Minerva, but Minerva doesn't bare her breast. That would be beneath her dignity, as it would be for Roma."[/QUOTE]
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