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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 4340119, member: 44316&quot;]When Septimius Severus died at York, Britain, in 211, his sons Caracalla (Augustus since 198) and Geta (Augustus since 209) were there and soon departed for Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1099615[/ATTACH] </p><p>19 mm. 3.19 grams.</p><p>ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT</p><p>FORT RED PM TRP XIIII COS III PP</p><p>Fortuna Redux</p><p>Fortuna standing left holding cornucopia (unusually, in her <b>right</b> hand with its tip <b>outward</b>), leaning her left forearm on an inverted rudder, with a wheel (of Fortune) at her feet.</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 189. BMC (Joint reign with Geta) 2 &quot;211&quot;. &quot;For the return to Rome (late in A.D. 211).&quot;&nbsp; Sear II 6802.</p><p><br /></p><p>Caracalla took the title &quot;BRIT&quot; in 210, &quot;TRP XIIII&quot; in 211 (which dates the coin), and PP (Pater Patriae, Father of his Country) upon the death of his father. This coin announces his return to Rome. It may well record a vow to Fortuna to be fulfilled at the end of a safe trip. There is a similar type for Geta but with TRP III.</p><p><br /></p><p>I quote from my page on Fortuna types: <a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Fortuna/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Fortuna/" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Fortuna/</a></p><p>(This coin is not yet on that page.)</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Fortuna was the Italian goddess of chance or luck in the sense of good fortune, bad fortune, and the future. She contributes to steering the course of events, hence the rudder. Good fortune brings abundance, hence the cornucopia. Our terms &quot;fortunate&quot; and &quot;fortune teller&quot; derive from Fortuna. One aspect pertained to fortune in battle. Fortuna REDVX is her aspect relating to a safe return from trips.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Recently we had a thread on ancient coins &quot;related to an actual historical event&quot; and this coin would fit there.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-a-coin-related-to-an-actual-historical-event.357609/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-a-coin-related-to-an-actual-historical-event.357609/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-a-coin-related-to-an-actual-historical-event.357609/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Show us a FORTVNA coin! (If you know, tell us which event it relates to.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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