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English: The state seal of Virginia. Sic semper tyrannis is Latin for Thus always to tyrants. The current design was originally sculpted for the Commonwealth of Virginia by Charles Keck in 1931, in turn based off the 1776 description authored by George Wythe and George Mason. Colors were assigned in 1949 by members of the Art Commission of Virginia.

Српски / srpski: Застава америчке савезне државе Вирџиније.

Date

May 1776, December 1931, 16 March 1949, 2 May 2023

Source

Code of Virginia, Article 1. Symbols of Sovereignty.

The great seal of the Commonwealth shall consist of two metallic discs, two and one-fourth inches in diameter, with an ornamental border one fourth of an inch wide, with such words and figures engraved as follows: On the obverse, Virtus, the genius of the Commonwealth, dressed as an Amazon, resting on a spear in her right hand, point downward, touching the earth; and holding in her left hand, a sheathed sword, or parazonium, pointing upward; her head erect and face upturned; her left foot on the form of Tyranny represented by the prostrate body of a man, with his head to her left, his fallen crown nearby, a broken chain in his left hand, and a scourge in his right. Above the group and within the border conforming therewith, shall be the word "Virginia," and, in the space below, on a curved line, shall be the motto, "Sic Semper Tyrannis."

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LadyofHats with additional editing by 痛 and Patrickneil

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	19:02, 30 May 2024	512 × 512 (544 KB)	Patrickneil	additional cleanup of anchor points
	17:26, 30 May 2024	512 × 512 (550 KB)	Patrickneil	upper serifs on the M
	11:47, 23 April 2024	512 × 512 (554 KB)	Patrickneil	updates include the toga, the feet, the text, the hair, as well as cleanup to reduce unneeded anchor points
	23:59, 5 December 2023	512 × 512 (783 KB)	Fry1989	Reverted to version as of 15:53, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
	05:56, 5 December 2023	304 × 304 (311 KB)	WessyTheBoy54	Reverted to version as of 15:42, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
	15:53, 24 October 2023	512 × 512 (783 KB)	Patrickneil	Reverted to version as of 15:29, 24 October 2023 (UTC) The VCA evidently took the seal on their website from Wikipedia
	15:42, 24 October 2023	304 × 304 (311 KB)	Skunkcrew	https://www.commonwealth.virginia.gov/official-documents/seals-of-the-commonwealth/ please read where it says "For more information on use of the official state seal of the Commonwealth, please see our Seal Protocol document " It says in the pdf to use the seal approved by the art commission their website depicts it to the one I reverted their is no consensus that needs to be made if their is a official version https://vca.virginia.gov/
	15:29, 24 October 2023	512 × 512 (783 KB)	Fry1989	Go find consensus on the talk page. You are edit warring and it needs to stop now.
	15:19, 24 October 2023	304 × 304 (311 KB)	Skunkcrew	CORRECT SEAL STOP REVERE
	15:16, 24 October 2023	512 × 512 (783 KB)	Fry1989	Reverted to version as of 20:40, 15 September 2023 (UTC)