Sculptor cutting a medallion with Dea Roma inside ring formed by a snake.


The goddess Dea Roma was a personification of the city Rome.
The snake biting its own tale, forming a ring, is a symbol of "Roma Aeterna Ouroboros", Ourobos mening "return". The eternal Rome shall return.

In roman mythology the snake is also connected to Bona Dea, as the Great Mother. The stamp may have an anticlerical message.

Michel 103, Sassone 95, AFA 96.

Date of issue: 1911

Face value: 15 c.

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Date created: 22/03/00 11:41:46