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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2471166, member: 42773&quot;]You&#039;ve asked some good questions. First, it has to be understood that Annona and Providentia are allegorical deities. That is, they are personifications of ideals, much like our representations of Liberty and Justice. They do not have narratives like the various Greek gods appropriated by the Romans. They are, in a sense, somewhat artificial. Annona, for instance, was a creation of Imperial religious propaganda.</p><p><br /></p><p>Annona is frequently seen with grain ears, a modius, cornucopia, and sometimes a rudder and/or prow. Why a rudder and/or prow? Because among other things, she represented the transport of grain by sea into Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>So now you can see why RIC would call the figure on the second coin Annona despite the inscription PROVIDENTIA. The inscription declares the foresight of the emperor while the figure represents the specifics, in this case, feeding the populace.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll have to return to this post a bit later...tbc[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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