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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3786189, member: 96898"]That's a beautiful coin, [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] !</p><p><br /></p><p>Though the legends give no name, the RIC catalogues identify the figures on the following two coins as Aequitas:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1011004[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Nerva, Roman Empire, denarius, 98 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG GERM PM TR P II, laureate head of Nerva right. Rev: IMP II COS IIII PP, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae. 18mm, 2.98g. Ref: RIC II Nerva 44.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1011003[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Lucius Verus, Roman Empire, denarius, 167/168 AD. Rome mint. Obv: L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head of Lucius Verus right. Rev: TR P VIII IMP V COS III, Aequitas seated left, holding scales and cornucopiae. 18mm, 2.62g. Ref: RIC III Marcus Aurelius 595.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>As illustrated by the coins below, Aequitas and Moneta share the same attributes (scales and cornucopiae). Thus I wonder why the authors of RIC assumed that the coins above show the former and not the latter. Couldn't it also be Moneta instead of Aequitas?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1011007[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Septimius Severus, Roman Empire, AR denarius, 194–195 AD, Emesa (?) mint. Obv: IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II; head of Septimius Severus, laureate, r. Rev: MONET AVG; Moneta, draped, standing l., holding scales in extended r. hand and cornucopiae in l. hand. 18mm, 3.32g. Ref: RIC IV Septimius Severus 411A.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1011005[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Postumus, Gallic Roman Empire, AR antoninian, 262–266 AD, Trier mint. Obv: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG; bust of Postumus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, r. Rev: MONETA AVG; Moneta, draped, standing l., holding scales in r. hand and cornucopiae in l. hand. 23mm, 2.96g. Ref: Mairat 246–7/320–1; RIC V Postumus 75/315.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3786189, member: 96898"]That's a beautiful coin, [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] ! Though the legends give no name, the RIC catalogues identify the figures on the following two coins as Aequitas: [ATTACH=full]1011004[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Nerva, Roman Empire, denarius, 98 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG GERM PM TR P II, laureate head of Nerva right. Rev: IMP II COS IIII PP, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae. 18mm, 2.98g. Ref: RIC II Nerva 44. [ATTACH=full]1011003[/ATTACH] Lucius Verus, Roman Empire, denarius, 167/168 AD. Rome mint. Obv: L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head of Lucius Verus right. Rev: TR P VIII IMP V COS III, Aequitas seated left, holding scales and cornucopiae. 18mm, 2.62g. Ref: RIC III Marcus Aurelius 595.[/SIZE] As illustrated by the coins below, Aequitas and Moneta share the same attributes (scales and cornucopiae). Thus I wonder why the authors of RIC assumed that the coins above show the former and not the latter. Couldn't it also be Moneta instead of Aequitas? [ATTACH=full]1011007[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Septimius Severus, Roman Empire, AR denarius, 194–195 AD, Emesa (?) mint. Obv: IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II; head of Septimius Severus, laureate, r. Rev: MONET AVG; Moneta, draped, standing l., holding scales in extended r. hand and cornucopiae in l. hand. 18mm, 3.32g. Ref: RIC IV Septimius Severus 411A.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3] [ATTACH=full]1011005[/ATTACH] Postumus, Gallic Roman Empire, AR antoninian, 262–266 AD, Trier mint. Obv: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG; bust of Postumus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, r. Rev: MONETA AVG; Moneta, draped, standing l., holding scales in r. hand and cornucopiae in l. hand. 23mm, 2.96g. Ref: Mairat 246–7/320–1; RIC V Postumus 75/315.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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