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Tigillum Sororium and lupiter Tigillus 363
(fig. 256)1 Semele (?), crowned and sceptred, with the infant Dio-
nysos (?) on her arm and a goat at her feet, stands beneath a dotted
vault, which rises from two Corinthian columns. Imperial coppers
from Sinope (fig. 2$7)2 show Nemesis under a two-pillared arcade.
Others from Philadelpheia (fig. 258)" represent Aphrodite beneath
an arch with twisted columns. Others agrain from Po^la in Pisidia
(figs. 259, 260)4 have an aniconic goddess, resembling Artemis
Pergaia, overarched by a distyle canopy. Examples such as these—
and the list could be lengthened—confirm my previous5 conjecture
that the gateway or arch, so noticeable a feature in the old-fashioned
Diana-cults of central Italy, originally signified the sky raised on
its supports. Diana was thereby associated with Dia>ius.
(v) The Tigillum Sororium and lupiter Tigillus.
And here we must notice one of the most curious monuments to
be seen in ancient Rome, the Tigillum Sororium or 'Sister's Beam'1,'
which spanned a narrow lane leading down from the Carinae to the
Vicus Cuprius7. It was connected by tradition8 with the famous
1 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Phrygia p. 404 no. 63, Imhoof-Blumer Gr. Miinzen p. 225
no. 744 a. Fig. 256 is from a specimen in my collection.
For the same group without the vault see Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Phrygia p. 402 pi. 47, 3
Diadumenian Caesar, Imhoof-Blumer Monn. gr. p. 413 no. 158 (/7/a.s7-autonomous, no.
161 Gordian iii, id. Gr. Miinzen p. 225 nos. 744 Macrinus and 744b pi. 13, 4 Salonina,
id. Kleinas. Miinzen i. 294 no. 17 ^rt.n'-autonomous, 296 no. 24 pi. 9, 18 Diadumenian
Caesar. B. V. Head in the Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins locc. citt. and in his Hist, num.- p. 686
describes the type as Amaltheia carrying the infant Zeus; and Imhoof-Blumer locc. citt.
had done the same before him. But cp. supra i. 706 fig. 522, which favours the inter-
pretation given in the text.
2 Waddington—Babelon—Reinach Monn. gr. cfAs. Min. i. 204 pi. 27, 33 Iulia
Domna, 207 pi. 28, 16 Maximinus, 208 pi. 28, 22 Tranquillina and pi. 28, 24 (=my
fig. 257) Philippus Iunior, 209 no. 162 Trajan Decius = Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Pontus, etc.
p. 102 pi. 23, 10.
:i Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Lydia'p. 199 pi. 22, 9 ( = my fig. 258) M. Aurelius, cp. p. 205
no. 96 Severus Alexander, Hunter Cat. Coins ii. 461 pi. 56, 2 Severus Alexander,
F. Imhoof-Blumer LydiscJic Stadtmiinzen Genf—Leipzig 1897 p. 124 pi. 5, 14 time of
M. Aurelius.
4 Brit. Mas. Cat. Coins Lycia, etc. p. 236 pi. 37, 7 ( — my fig. 259) Antoninus Pius,
p. 237 pi. 37, 8 ( = my fig. 260) Philippus Iunior = Anson Num. Gr. v. 25 nos. 179 and
181 pi. 5, id. id. v. 25 no. 180 Iulia Domna, Head Hist, num.- p. 709.
5 Supra p. 160.
6 O. Gilbert Geschichte und Topographie der Stadt Rom im Altertum Leipzig 1883—
1885 i. 178 ff., ii. 55 ff., W. Warde Fowler The Roman Festivals London 1899 P- 237
H. Usener ' Zwillingsbildung' in the Strena Helbigiaua Lipsiae 1900 p. 320 ( = id. Kleine
Schriften Leipzig—Berlin 1913 iv. 340), O. Richter Topographie der Stadt Rom'2 Mlinchen
1901 pp. 311, 343, H. Jordan—C. Huelsen Topographie der Stadt Rom im Alterthum
Berlin 1907 i. 3. 322 f., W. F. Otto ' Rbmische " Sondergbtter " ' in the Rhein. Mus.
1909 lxiv. 466—468.
7 Dion. Hal. ant. Rom. 3. 22.
s Liv. 1. 24—26, Dion. Hal. ant. Rom. 3. 13—22, Fest. p. 297 a 11 ff. Muller, p. 380,
(fig. 256)1 Semele (?), crowned and sceptred, with the infant Dio-
nysos (?) on her arm and a goat at her feet, stands beneath a dotted
vault, which rises from two Corinthian columns. Imperial coppers
from Sinope (fig. 2$7)2 show Nemesis under a two-pillared arcade.
Others from Philadelpheia (fig. 258)" represent Aphrodite beneath
an arch with twisted columns. Others agrain from Po^la in Pisidia
(figs. 259, 260)4 have an aniconic goddess, resembling Artemis
Pergaia, overarched by a distyle canopy. Examples such as these—
and the list could be lengthened—confirm my previous5 conjecture
that the gateway or arch, so noticeable a feature in the old-fashioned
Diana-cults of central Italy, originally signified the sky raised on
its supports. Diana was thereby associated with Dia>ius.
(v) The Tigillum Sororium and lupiter Tigillus.
And here we must notice one of the most curious monuments to
be seen in ancient Rome, the Tigillum Sororium or 'Sister's Beam'1,'
which spanned a narrow lane leading down from the Carinae to the
Vicus Cuprius7. It was connected by tradition8 with the famous
1 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Phrygia p. 404 no. 63, Imhoof-Blumer Gr. Miinzen p. 225
no. 744 a. Fig. 256 is from a specimen in my collection.
For the same group without the vault see Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Phrygia p. 402 pi. 47, 3
Diadumenian Caesar, Imhoof-Blumer Monn. gr. p. 413 no. 158 (/7/a.s7-autonomous, no.
161 Gordian iii, id. Gr. Miinzen p. 225 nos. 744 Macrinus and 744b pi. 13, 4 Salonina,
id. Kleinas. Miinzen i. 294 no. 17 ^rt.n'-autonomous, 296 no. 24 pi. 9, 18 Diadumenian
Caesar. B. V. Head in the Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins locc. citt. and in his Hist, num.- p. 686
describes the type as Amaltheia carrying the infant Zeus; and Imhoof-Blumer locc. citt.
had done the same before him. But cp. supra i. 706 fig. 522, which favours the inter-
pretation given in the text.
2 Waddington—Babelon—Reinach Monn. gr. cfAs. Min. i. 204 pi. 27, 33 Iulia
Domna, 207 pi. 28, 16 Maximinus, 208 pi. 28, 22 Tranquillina and pi. 28, 24 (=my
fig. 257) Philippus Iunior, 209 no. 162 Trajan Decius = Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Pontus, etc.
p. 102 pi. 23, 10.
:i Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Lydia'p. 199 pi. 22, 9 ( = my fig. 258) M. Aurelius, cp. p. 205
no. 96 Severus Alexander, Hunter Cat. Coins ii. 461 pi. 56, 2 Severus Alexander,
F. Imhoof-Blumer LydiscJic Stadtmiinzen Genf—Leipzig 1897 p. 124 pi. 5, 14 time of
M. Aurelius.
4 Brit. Mas. Cat. Coins Lycia, etc. p. 236 pi. 37, 7 ( — my fig. 259) Antoninus Pius,
p. 237 pi. 37, 8 ( = my fig. 260) Philippus Iunior = Anson Num. Gr. v. 25 nos. 179 and
181 pi. 5, id. id. v. 25 no. 180 Iulia Domna, Head Hist, num.- p. 709.
5 Supra p. 160.
6 O. Gilbert Geschichte und Topographie der Stadt Rom im Altertum Leipzig 1883—
1885 i. 178 ff., ii. 55 ff., W. Warde Fowler The Roman Festivals London 1899 P- 237
H. Usener ' Zwillingsbildung' in the Strena Helbigiaua Lipsiae 1900 p. 320 ( = id. Kleine
Schriften Leipzig—Berlin 1913 iv. 340), O. Richter Topographie der Stadt Rom'2 Mlinchen
1901 pp. 311, 343, H. Jordan—C. Huelsen Topographie der Stadt Rom im Alterthum
Berlin 1907 i. 3. 322 f., W. F. Otto ' Rbmische " Sondergbtter " ' in the Rhein. Mus.
1909 lxiv. 466—468.
7 Dion. Hal. ant. Rom. 3. 22.
s Liv. 1. 24—26, Dion. Hal. ant. Rom. 3. 13—22, Fest. p. 297 a 11 ff. Muller, p. 380,