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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Themes & Provenance| ▸ |Gods, Non-Olympian| ▸ |Vesta||View Options:  |  |  | 

Vesta

Vesta was originally a household spirit. Later she was personified as the goddess of the hearth and given the stature of her Greek equivalent, Hestia. In the temple of Vesta her flame was kept alive by Vestal Virgins.

Julia Titi, Augusta c. 79 - 89 A.D.

|Julia| |Titi|, |Julia| |Titi,| |Augusta| |c.| |79| |-| |89| |A.D.||dupondius|
Vesta was originally a household spirit. Later she was personified as the goddess of the hearth and given the stature of her Greek equivalent, Hestia. In the temple of Vesta, her sacred flame was kept alive by Vestal Virgins. In 394, by order of the Christian emperor Theodosius I in his campaign to eliminate pagan practices in Rome, the fire of Vesta was extinguished.
SL91053. Orichalcum dupondius, RIC II-1 p. 223, T398; BMCRE II p. 279, T257; BnF III p. 233, T271; Hunter I p. 276, 6; Cohen I 18; SRCV I 2617, NGC VG, strike 4/5, surface 4/5, weight 10.683 g, maximum diameter 25.8 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 80 - 81 A.D.; obverse IVLIA IMP T AVG F AVGVSTA, draped bust right, hair style is formal and elaborate, piled high in the front and coiled in a chignon at the back of head; reverse Vesta seated left, veiled and draped, palladium in right hand, scepter in left hand, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking across field, VESTA in exergue; SOLD


Julia Titi, Augusta c. 79 - 89 A.D. Ephesos Ionia, Ancient Counterfeit

|Julia| |Titi|, |Julia| |Titi,| |Augusta| |c.| |79| |-| |89| |A.D.| |Ephesos| |Ionia,| |Ancient| |Counterfeit||cistophorus|
Julia Titi was the daughter of the Emperor Titus, and although married, she had an affair with her uncle Domitian. In 83 A.D., Domitian divorced his wife and lived openly with her. It has been said that she died because Domitian forced her to have an abortion but modern research indicates this allegation is false.
RS94294. Fouree silver plated cistophorus, cf. RIC II-1 p. 330, D848, RPC II 871, BMCRE 258 (official prototype, solid silver, very rare), F, gaps in silver plate, scratches, potentially active corrosion, weight 9.560 g, maximum diameter 25.5 mm, die axis 180o, unofficial counterfeiter's mint, 81 - 90 A.D.; obverse IVLIA AVGVSTA DIVI TITI F, draped bust right, hair in a knot in back; reverse Vesta seated left, palladium in right hand, scepter in left hand, VESTA in exergue; SOLD


Cornelia Supera, Wife of Aemilian, who reigned 253 A.D.

|Cornelia| |Supera|, |Cornelia| |Supera,| |Wife| |of| |Aemilian,| |who| |reigned| |253| |A.D.||antoninianus|
 
SH04007. Silver antoninianus, RSC IV 5, RIC IV 30, F, weight 2.6 g, maximum diameter 23.0 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 253 A.D.; obverse C CORNEL SVPERA AVG, diademed bust right on crescent; reverse VESTA, Vesta standing left, veiled, patera in right hand, transverse scepter in left hand; rough, cracked at 8:00; extremely rare; SOLD







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