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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2971249, member: 75937&quot;]Over the years, I&#039;ve managed to accumulate nearly every personification that appears on the reverse of Roman coins. But somehow, Abundantia got overlooked. No more! I picked this one up from [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] and I really like it. And talk about a neck beard! Holy cow!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Abundantia</b> (εὐθένεια [Euthenia] in Greek) was a profuse giver of all things, at all times. This distinguishes her from Liberalitas, who gives money, Uberitas, who represents agricultural fruitfulness, and Annona, who personified the grain supply in particular.</p><p><br /></p><p>She is typically portrayed wearing a stola and holding a cornucopiae and corn-ears, or is emptying a cornucopiae, as on my coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>This type of Abundantia illustrates the last line of Horace&#039;s Epistle 1.12*:</p><p>Aurea fruges Italium pleno diffudit copia cornu -- &quot;On Italy, golden sheaves pour full-spouted from a horn of plenty.&quot; (Translation mine.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your Abundantia coins, Gallienus coins, or anything you deem relevant.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">*Horatius Flaccus (Horace). <i>Horace, Satires, Epistles and Ars Poetica</i>. H. Rushton Fairclough. London; Cambridge, Massachusetts. William Heinemann Ltd.; Harvard University Press, 1929.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]728962[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Gallienus, AD 253-268</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman billon Antoninianus; 2.68 g, 19.5 mm, 1 h</font></p><p><font size="3">Rome, AD 265-267</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head, right</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: ABVNDANTIA AVG, Abuntantia standing right, emptying cornucopiae with both hands; B in left field</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RIC 157K; Göbl 0574a; RCV 10164.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Over the years, the Latin <i>abundantia</i> became the Italian <i>abbondanza</i>. Admit it -- you thought of this Mama Celeste pizza commercial, didn&#039;t you?</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]nZfTnBZe6HA[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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