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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 4549173, member: 91461"]Wonderful coins and write up, per Always!</p><p>Love the juxtaposition of the stiff archaic, albeit perky, statue and the provocative 4th century classical vase<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie16" alt=":artist:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>It meshes really well with the coin-cept of the goddess of seduction and sexuality carrying a white dove, which we now a days consider a symbol of virtue and chastity.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1126190[/ATTACH]</p><p>Domitian</p><p>Circa 81-161 AD. Æ Rome Quadrans (14 mm, 1.34 gm). Diademed and draped bust of Venus right / Dove standing right. RIC II 24; Cohen 10. Near VF[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 4549173, member: 91461"]Wonderful coins and write up, per Always! Love the juxtaposition of the stiff archaic, albeit perky, statue and the provocative 4th century classical vase:artist: It meshes really well with the coin-cept of the goddess of seduction and sexuality carrying a white dove, which we now a days consider a symbol of virtue and chastity. [ATTACH=full]1126190[/ATTACH] Domitian Circa 81-161 AD. Æ Rome Quadrans (14 mm, 1.34 gm). Diademed and draped bust of Venus right / Dove standing right. RIC II 24; Cohen 10. Near VF[/QUOTE]
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