Diva

DIVA--With this title a deceased Augusta, or Empress, was distinguished on Roman coins, after the ceremony of consecration.  On medals struck in memory of Empresses, or ladies of the imperial family, received into the rank of female deities (inter divas relata), the back  part of the head is found covered with a drapery, as tho' in token of divinitv. --See Consecration.

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Diva

DIVA--With this title a deceased Augusta, or Empress, was distinguished on Roman coins, after the ceremony of consecration.  On medals struck in memory of Empresses, or ladies of the imperial family, received into the rank of female deities (inter divas relata), the back  part of the head is found covered with a drapery, as tho' in token of divinitv. --See Consecration.

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