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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 544689, member: 9204&quot;]You bring up some interesting questions of artistic interpretation and symbolism. Its important to note that the items Fortuna (Goddess of Fate) appears with are not important as practical tools of sailing and shipping, but as symbols. First, rudder/tiller are synonymous with one another. The rudder atop the globe shows Fortuna&#039;s control of the seas, particularly the fate of those on them. Orbis was the Latin world for globe, Orbis Terrarum was the way they referred to the Earth (heaven was another orb). The wheel is, in this case, not at all a practical device but in fact the wheel of fortune (no Vana White, unfortunately). Fortuna here holds her cornucopia in the crook of her left arm - it is a bit of an awkward interpretation and would fall down in real life.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as grade, I&#039;d say its at least XF. I don&#039;t particularly like the quality of the engraving on this one, though, partly because of the awkward cornucopia. </p><p><br /></p><p>With regards to attribution - 219 AD, RIC 18, RSC 149, BMC 94[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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