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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2650642, member: 31620&quot;]So let&#039;s ask the question.....</p><p><br /></p><p>If the legend doesn&#039;t tell you whether it is Moneta or Aequitas then how would we describe the deity?</p><p><br /></p><p>The following coin has a Fortuna related legend but the deity holds scales. I hedged my bets calling it either. A discussion with Curtis led him to call it Aequitas though probably due to expediency.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus denarius</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG II C, laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– FORTVAE(sic) REDVCI, Moneta/Aequitas standing left, holding scales in right hand, cornucopiae in left</p><p>Minted in Emesa. A.D. 193</p><p>Reference(s) – BMCRE -. RIC -. RSC -.</p><p><br /></p><p>2.99g, 17.53mm, 180o</p><p><br /></p><p>Additional comments from Curtis Clay - &quot;This combination of the FORTVNAE REDVCI legend with a type of Aequitas is reported on a denarius of Pescennius Niger by Cohen 25 (in a private collection), but does not seem to have been attested before for either Septimius Severus or Julia Domna, at least I can&#039;t find any such coin in BMC or RSC&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064jh_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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