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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3139492, member: 75937&quot;]Dikaiosyne and Nemesis both hold scales. Dikaiosyne because she was the personification of equity and fairness, particularly in commercial affairs. Nemesis to counterbalance the good fortune awarded by Tyche.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dikaiosyne:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]802334[/ATTACH] </p><p>Faustina Jr, AD 161-175.</p><p>Billon Tetradrachm, 13.82 g, 23.2 mm.</p><p>Alexandria, AD 148/9.</p><p>Obv: ΦΑΥCΤΙΝΑ CЄΒΑCΤΗ, pearl-diademed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: L ΔѠΔЄΚΑΤΟΥ (regnal year 12 of Antoninus Pius), Dikaiosyne seated left, holding scales and cornucopiae.</p><p>Refs: Köln 1944; Dattari 3238; BMC 1317; Emmett 1938.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nemesis, the &quot;winged tipper of the scales of life,&quot; <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mesomedes-hymn-to-nemesis-numismatically-illustrated.311787/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mesomedes-hymn-to-nemesis-numismatically-illustrated.311787/">according to Mesomedes</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]802336[/ATTACH] </p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-217.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ; 22.3 mm, 5.97 g.</p><p>Thrace, Pautalia, AD 193-211.</p><p>Obv: ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ CΕΒΑ, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: ΠΑΥΤΑΛΙΩΤΩΝ, Nemesis standing left, holding scales and short staff and corner of robe, wheel at feet, left.</p><p>Refs: Ruzicka 482; Moushmov 4222.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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