Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 113
116. Juventas. Bronze coin of M. Aurelius Caesar, issued between 140 and 143 a.d.In the British Museum. The goddess of youth (IVVENTAS) is represented by a youthful figure which some havedescribed as male, but which iscertainly female, wearing a shorttunic and mantle, and holdinga branch. Behind is… … RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY 91 annually for their good (cp. Cic. Epist. ad Ait. i. 18. 5).A coin was paid into her treasury for every youth when heassumed the toga virilis. In 218 a lectisternium to Juventaswas celebrated (Livy, xxi. 62); and in 207 M. LiviusSalinator vowed a temple to her, which was…
Classical antiquities
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