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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2814444, member: 57495&quot;]<b>EUTHENIA</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]659456[/ATTACH]<b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>Rare. AE Drachm. 26.83g, 33.5mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 5 = AD 141/2. Emmett 1628 (R3); Dattari 2776; RPC Online 14830 (8 spec). O: Laureate head right. R: Nilus seated right on rocks upon which a crocodile climbs, Alexandria-<b>Euthenia </b>wearing elephant-skin headdress standing left, holding corn ears and sistrum; [L E] in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1981.413)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Straight off Theoi.com:</p><p><i>&quot;Euthenia was the goddess or personified spirit (daimona) of prosperity and abundance. She and her three sisters -- Eukleia (Good Repute), Philophrosyne (Welcome) and Eupheme (Acclaim) -- were probably the goddesses known collectively as the younger Kharites (Charites). Her opposite number was Penia (Poverty).&quot;</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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