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<p>[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3997335, member: 87404"]I really like the reverse type on your Domna, RC!</p><p><br /></p><p>While this isn't a superb example, it's an example nonetheless...</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/collagemaker_20191202_223546096.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3"><b>Julia Mamaea, Augusta</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Mother of Severus Alexander (222-235 AD)</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>AE Sestertius, Struck 226 AD (6th em), Rome</b></font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, wearing stephane.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: VESTA, Vesta standing slightly left, holding palladium and scepter, S-C across fields.</font></p><p><font size="3">References: RIC IV 708</font></p><p><br /></p><p>About a year ago, I picked up this print, <i>Vestal Virgin</i> by Sir Frederick Leighton (ca. 1890).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1052386[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>"In Rome the Vestal Virgins were chosen only from patrician families, and vowed to perpetual chastity, any transgression of their vow being visited with the most terrible punishment. The worship of Vesta continued among the Romans till :about the fourth century of the Christian era, when it was superseded by the Christian religion." - <a href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-beauty-roman-vestal-veil-442745856" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-beauty-roman-vestal-veil-442745856" rel="nofollow"><i>Worthpoint description</i></a></p><p><br /></p><p>"There were six Vestal virgins. The high priest (Pontifex Maximus) chose by lot from a group of young girl candidates between their sixth and tenth year. They were required to have impeccable bodies and two living parents to serve in the order. This high priest pointed to his choice with the words, “I seize you, beloved.” They left the house of their father, were inducted by the Pontifex Maximus, and their hair was shorn. Now they were under the protection of the Goddess. Later, as it became more difficult to recruit Vestals, plebeian girls were admitted, then daughters of freedmen (Young, Worsfold, 21-3.)." - <i>Retrieved from <a href="http://archive.worldhistoria.com/vestal-virgins_topic8666.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archive.worldhistoria.com/vestal-virgins_topic8666.html" rel="nofollow">World Historia</a></i></p><p><br /></p><p>I found more interesting info on the role and life of the Vestal Virgins at the bottom of this page <a href="https://www.suppressedhistories.net/secrethistory/patriapotestas.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.suppressedhistories.net/secrethistory/patriapotestas.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3997335, member: 87404"]I really like the reverse type on your Domna, RC! While this isn't a superb example, it's an example nonetheless... [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/collagemaker_20191202_223546096.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=3][B]Julia Mamaea, Augusta[/B] [B]Mother of Severus Alexander (222-235 AD)[/B] [B]AE Sestertius, Struck 226 AD (6th em), Rome[/B] Obverse: IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, wearing stephane. Reverse: VESTA, Vesta standing slightly left, holding palladium and scepter, S-C across fields. References: RIC IV 708[/SIZE] About a year ago, I picked up this print, [I]Vestal Virgin[/I] by Sir Frederick Leighton (ca. 1890). [ATTACH=full]1052386[/ATTACH] "In Rome the Vestal Virgins were chosen only from patrician families, and vowed to perpetual chastity, any transgression of their vow being visited with the most terrible punishment. The worship of Vesta continued among the Romans till :about the fourth century of the Christian era, when it was superseded by the Christian religion." - [URL='https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-beauty-roman-vestal-veil-442745856'][I]Worthpoint description[/I][/URL] "There were six Vestal virgins. The high priest (Pontifex Maximus) chose by lot from a group of young girl candidates between their sixth and tenth year. They were required to have impeccable bodies and two living parents to serve in the order. This high priest pointed to his choice with the words, “I seize you, beloved.” They left the house of their father, were inducted by the Pontifex Maximus, and their hair was shorn. Now they were under the protection of the Goddess. Later, as it became more difficult to recruit Vestals, plebeian girls were admitted, then daughters of freedmen (Young, Worsfold, 21-3.)." - [I]Retrieved from [URL='http://archive.worldhistoria.com/vestal-virgins_topic8666.html']World Historia[/URL][/I] I found more interesting info on the role and life of the Vestal Virgins at the bottom of this page [URL='https://www.suppressedhistories.net/secrethistory/patriapotestas.html']here[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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