_Rev._ L. CAESI Two young male figures seated to r. Each has drapery
wrapped round waist, and grasps a spear. Between them, a dog, which one
of them caresses. In field, in monograms, LARE Above, head of Vulcan and
pinchers (moneyer’s mark). The monogram of the obverse was read by
Mommsen AP for Apollo; but the closed P was not at that time in use: the
interpretation of Montagu (_Numismatic Chronicle_, 1895, p. 162) as Roma
is therefore to be preferred. The head appears to be that of Vedius or
Vejovis, whose statue at Rome carried in the hand a sheaf of arrows,
which would naturally be confused with the Greek thunderbolt. Other
heads of Vejovis on Roman coins, as those of the Gens Fonteia, are more
Apolline in type, with long curls and laurel-wreath.
The two seated figures of the reverse are identified by the inscription
as Lares. They are clearly assimilated to the Greek Dioscuri, early
adopted at Rome. The dog, however, which sits between them is an
attribute properly belonging to them. Dr. Wissowa in Roscher’s _Lexicon_
(p. 1872) says that they are clad in dogs’ skins; this, however, is
certainly not the case, an ordinary cloak or chlamys falls over their
knees.
This representation of the Lares stands by itself, the deities are
frequently represented in later art, especially wall-paintings and
bronze statuettes, but their type is that of boys who hold cornucopiae
or drinking vessel, and are fully clad.
P. G.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
Acca Larentia, 74, 93, 275, 276, 324.
Aedes Herculis: _see_ Forum Boarium.
Aedes Vestae: _see_ Vesta.
Aediles, plebeian, 75, 76, 92.
Aesculapius, 105, 191, 278;
connexion with Vediovis, 122, 278;
temple, 278, 340.
Agonia: December, 265, 281;
January, 277, 280-2;
March, 54, 281;
May, 121, 281.
Agonus (or Agonalis), 323.
Agriculture: festivals, 3, 71, 79-82, 85-8, 88-91, 113-4, 124-8,
145-54, 204-6, 206-9, 212-4, 256-8, 268-73, 324-7, 335.
Alban Mount: Feriae Latinae held at, 95, 97, 227-8;
temple of Jupiter Latiaris, 95-6, 228.
Ambarvalia, 114, 124-8, 154.
Ancilia, 38-9, 41-3, 45-6, 250;
lustration, 57-9, 248, 250;
moving, 39, 41, 43-4, 115
Ancillarum Feriae, 176-8.
Angerona, 274-5;
goddess of Divalia, 274, 336.
Anna Perenna: festival, 44, 50-1, 53, 163;
legends, 51-4, 60;
popularity with lower classes, 44, 50-1;
representative of year, 52-3.
Aphrodite: connexion with Venus, 69, 86.
Aplu, 181.
Apollo, 89, 191, 250;
comparison with Mars, 39-40;
connexion with Aesculapius, 278;
with Vediovis, 122, 181, 225, 278;
coupled with Latona, 181, 186, 200;
festivals, 173, 179-81;
functions, 180, 278;
Medicus, 180;
restoration of worship by Augustus, 180 (n. 4), 181-2;
Soranus, 84, 181;
temples, 180, 182;
worship, 117, 179-82, 339.
April: character, 6, 9, 33, 66-7;
connexion with Venus, 67, 69;
festivals, 66-97;
origin of name, 6, 33, 66;
prevalence of female deities, 67.
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