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<p>[QUOTE="Bing, post: 3082898, member: 44132"]How about something with:</p><p>Bonus and Bona</p><p>The epithet Bonus, "the Good," is used in Imperial ideology with abstract deities such as Bona Fortuna ("Good Fortune"), Bona Mens ("Good Thinking" or "Sound Mind"), and Bona Spes ("Valid Hope," perhaps to be translated as "Optimism"). During the Republic, the epithet may be most prominent with Bona Dea, "the Good Goddess" whose rites were celebrated by women. Bonus Eventus, "Good Outcome", was one of Varro's twelve agricultural deities, and later represented success in general.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]776601[/ATTACH] </p><p>SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>OBVERSE: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP IMP II, Laureate bust right</p><p>REVERSE: BONA SPES, Spes advancing left holding flower and lifting skirt</p><p>Struck at Laodicea, 194 AD</p><p>3.1g, 18mm</p><p>RIC 4a, SS 444, p. 151</p><p>Ex Doug Smith collection, #892; ex JAZ Numismatics[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bing, post: 3082898, member: 44132"]How about something with: Bonus and Bona The epithet Bonus, "the Good," is used in Imperial ideology with abstract deities such as Bona Fortuna ("Good Fortune"), Bona Mens ("Good Thinking" or "Sound Mind"), and Bona Spes ("Valid Hope," perhaps to be translated as "Optimism"). During the Republic, the epithet may be most prominent with Bona Dea, "the Good Goddess" whose rites were celebrated by women. Bonus Eventus, "Good Outcome", was one of Varro's twelve agricultural deities, and later represented success in general. [ATTACH=full]776601[/ATTACH] SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS AR Denarius OBVERSE: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP IMP II, Laureate bust right REVERSE: BONA SPES, Spes advancing left holding flower and lifting skirt Struck at Laodicea, 194 AD 3.1g, 18mm RIC 4a, SS 444, p. 151 Ex Doug Smith collection, #892; ex JAZ Numismatics[/QUOTE]
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