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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 8235686, member: 42773&quot;]Julia Domna was the wife of Septimius Severus. Her political, social, and philosophical influence was enormous. She is often paired with Vesta, the goddess of hearth, home, and family. Here she sits holding a scepter and palladium (a cult image of great antiquity on which Troy and later Rome was said to depend). This example has a particularly well-detailed palladium, and the palladium varieties are scarce as far as I can tell. On the more common variety, she is holding a simpulum.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448737[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-217</p><p>AR Denarius, 18mm, 2.6g, 12h; Rome, 193-6.</p><p>Obv.: IVLIA DOMNA AVG; Draped bust right.</p><p>Rev.: VESTA; Vesta seated left holding scepter and palladium.</p><p>Ref.: RIC IV 538[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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