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Vesta / Hestia ( - )

Greek and Roman goddess of the home, the hearth, and the family. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-6752?rskey=rBUfPR&result=1&q=vesta Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesta_%28mythology%29 Relationships: Vesta / Hestia was a sister of Juno / Hera (-)
Vesta / Hestia was a daughter of Saturn / Cronus (-)

Jupiter / Zeus (-) was a brother of Vesta / Hestia
Neptune / Poseidon (-) was a brother of Vesta / Hestia
References in Documents:
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) 400 C. Cæsar Aug. Germanicus. Pont. M. TR. Pot. S.C. Vesta. Vesta insidens. subsellio dextra pateram, sinistra hastam tenens. Ær. Germanicus Caligula. Vesta seated on a bench, holding a dish in her right hand and a spear in her left.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) 78 Nero Cæsar Augustus. Vesta. Templũ Vestæ. Ar. Nero. Temple of Vesta.
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
67 No.72 Head of Augustus over it a star DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER. Reverse Occo says Vesta sitting upon a seat in her Right Hand a Patera in her Left a sort of spear. Bargrave 6 : 3¾
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
No. 81.   place it 82 Head of Caius or Caligula. CAIVS CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG IMP TRP IIII PP. Reverse Vesta sitting holding forth a Patera in her Right Hand. a spear or staff in her left. over her Head VESTA. Bargrave 6 : 5¼
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
No. 93 Head of Galba. IMP. SER. GALBA CAES AVG TRP. Rev: Vesta sitting upon her seat has spear or staff in her left hand. Occo says a Patera held forth in her Right is there not
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a star &
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a Crescent over her arm & the Patera? S.C. In the Exergue VESTA. Bargrave 6 : 13
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
157 another Lucilla. Reverse Vesta sitting with a Palladium in her left Hand. In the Exergue VESTA. The Inscriptions on both sides worn & effaced. Bargrave
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) Pallas or Vesta in Copper gilded.