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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mike Margolis, post: 2972430, member: 88401&quot;]BTW- just to include the &quot;first&quot;(?) of these deities: from wiki:&quot;Upon the death of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus" rel="nofollow">Augustus</a>, the emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius" rel="nofollow">Tiberius</a> established an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_ancient_Roman_religion#ara" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_ancient_Roman_religion#ara" rel="nofollow">altar</a> to Providentia Augusta in recognition of &quot;the godhead manifested in his father&#039;s provisions for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_State" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_State" rel="nofollow">Roman state</a>.&quot; The cult title <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_(honorific)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_(honorific)" rel="nofollow">Augusta</a> was attached also to such goddesses as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_(mythology)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_(mythology)" rel="nofollow">Pax</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justitia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justitia" rel="nofollow">Justitia</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordia_(mythology)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordia_(mythology)" rel="nofollow">Concordia</a> during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" rel="nofollow">Imperial era</a>. Traditional epithets invoked a deity within a specific functional sphere by declaring their power. The title <i>Augusta</i> thus fixed the divinity&#039;s force within the sphere of the emperor as Augustus.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providentia#cite_note-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providentia#cite_note-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a></p><p>Bought this MA denarius as &quot;unidentified&quot;. Providentia I think?[ATTACH=full]729453[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]729454[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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