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<p>[QUOTE="lrbguy, post: 3042747, member: 88829"]Here's another of the Dis Genitalibus theme surrounding the altar - same type, slightly different break pattern:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]759714[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>While I agree that the inscription of this type is unique to Crispina, the use of this style altar as the principle image has an earlier precedent in a posthumous denarius of Sabina:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]759715[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><i>To The Piety of the Empress</i>: In this case the type is focused on uplifting/upholding the Pietas of the late empress, offering sacrifice for her family, rather than her childbearing. (RC, I am not very familiar with the customs in Roman religion for the veneration of the dead, so feel free to jump in with a more adequate explanation of why an altar appears here.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lrbguy, post: 3042747, member: 88829"]Here's another of the Dis Genitalibus theme surrounding the altar - same type, slightly different break pattern: [ATTACH=full]759714[/ATTACH] While I agree that the inscription of this type is unique to Crispina, the use of this style altar as the principle image has an earlier precedent in a posthumous denarius of Sabina: [ATTACH=full]759715[/ATTACH] [I]To The Piety of the Empress[/I]: In this case the type is focused on uplifting/upholding the Pietas of the late empress, offering sacrifice for her family, rather than her childbearing. (RC, I am not very familiar with the customs in Roman religion for the veneration of the dead, so feel free to jump in with a more adequate explanation of why an altar appears here.)[/QUOTE]
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