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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3387668, member: 75937&quot;]Wow! Thank you, [USER=77373]@Jimski[/USER] for posting this! That is certainly an interpretation that I never imagined. Thank you so much for posting the blurb from Spink&#039;s <i>Numismatic Circular</i> and the article in <i>Smithsonian</i>. </p><p><br /></p><p>And now that you mention <i>clementia</i> as a term referring to the weather, the English phrase &quot;inclement weather&quot; immediately comes to mind. This should have come to me from my days of studying Latin long ago (Koine Greek is the ancient language I&#039;m most fluent in), but we get so used to thinking of words in numismatic terms we forget there are other semantic nuances and denotations. It takes a Mr. Spink to remind us &quot;In this legend there is no reference to the older worship of the personified virtue,&quot; but it refers to the climate. </p><p><br /></p><p>I offer my translation of the relevant passage of Lucan&#039;s <i>Pharsalia</i> VIII 366:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;But as the sky slopes towards the eastern lands and gentler climate, so do nations.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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