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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Treashunt, post: 1799794, member: 6763&quot;]Actually, altho some pictures show Mercury with a winged helmet, it is (and was) originally, by the Romans shown with sings on his feet, representing fleetness.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The wings on the Phrygian cap was meant to represent fleetness of thought.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Per Wikipedia (in this instance I do agree) : &quot; it gained its common name as the obverse depiction of a young <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_(goddess)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_(goddess)" rel="nofollow"><u>Liberty</u></a>, identifiable by her winged <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygian_cap" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygian_cap" rel="nofollow"><u>Phrygian cap</u></a>, was confused with the Roman god <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(mythology)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(mythology)" rel="nofollow"><u>Mercury</u></a>.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Mercury dime appellation was simply added to the descriptive because of the confusion/misidentification with the Roman god.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As for the sex: Weinman is believed to have used Elsie Stevens, the wife of lawyer and poet <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Stevens" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Stevens" rel="nofollow"><u>Wallace Stevens</u></a>, as a model[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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