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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3644523, member: 44316&quot;]The lady Securitas appears on coins of several early emperors and can be distinguished from all the other Roman imperial figures by having a languid air (since she has no problems) and by sitting back on a throne with elbow resting on the back, or sometimes resting her head on her arm, or if standing, her arm on a column.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have an old web page on the meaning of &quot;SECVRITAS&quot; (Edit: link fixed):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/SECVRITAS.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/SECVRITAS.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/SECVRITAS.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This one is now the second coin on that page:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]978562[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Caracalla, 198-217.&nbsp; Struck 213.</p><p>Sestertius. 32 mm. 24.00 grams.</p><p>SECVRITATI PERPETVAE</p><p>Securitas seated right, languid air, head supported by right hand resting on back of chair, holding scepter</p><p><br /></p><p>Sear II 6952. RIC 512d.</p><p><br /></p><p>The type was mentioned on CT here over a year ago:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/secvritas-revisited.295580/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/secvritas-revisited.295580/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/secvritas-revisited.295580/</a> and some of you showed examples. Has anyone added a SECVRITAS coin since then?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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