On this type now see, Oliver Hoover’s blog post.

ANS specimens with images; Yale specimens with images
Cody, Jane M. “New Evidence for the Republican Aedes Vestae.” American Journal of Archaeology 77, no. 1 (1973): 43-50. doi:10.2307/503231.
Cody connect this type to RRC 428.


BUT Zollschan, Linda. (2007). The Temple on the Cistophori of C. Fannius. Klio. 89. 125-136. 10.1524/klio.2007.89.1.125. Say NO, not a temple of Vesta but related to the Bona Dea and thus to the prosecution of Clodius.
I don’t have an opinion YET….
Must check Metcalf, Carbone, and Elkins…
Updates 5/26/21:





Roman fresco depicting the entrance to a shrine with a tholos on a podium, with a statue of Venus Anadiomena (Venus coming out of the water) to which two women bring offerings of flowers. On both sides, fishes and partridges and, at the top, a theatrical mask and another of a satyr. Cubiculum. North wall. Pompeian House VI. 1st century BC. National Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy. (Photo by: PHAS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)


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