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Providentia is the personification of the ability to foresee and to make provision for the future. This ability was considered essential for the emperor and providentia was among the embodiments of virtues that were part of the imperial cult. Cicero said that providentia, memoria (memory) and intellegentia (understanding) are the three main components of prudentia, the knowledge what is good or bad or neither.RA64588. Billon antoninianus, Göbl MIR 1088h, RIC V-1 S510, RSC IV 881, SRCV III 10337, VF, toned, struck with a worn reverse die, weight 3.146 g, maximum diameter 21.9 mm, die axis 0o, 2nd officina, Mediolanum (Milan, Italy) mint, 264 - 265 A.D.; obverse IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right; reverse PROVIDENTIA AVG (the foresight of the Emperor), Providentia standing left, leaning on column, baton over globe in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, S right; SOLD
Diocletian, 20 November 284 - 1 May 305 A.D.
This coin honors the Senior Emperors Diocletian and Maximian after their abdication in 305 A.D. The obverse dedicates the coin, "to our lord Diocletian the most happy senior emperor." The reverse translates, "The restful peace of the Emperors by the providence of the gods," explaining to the people that the two Emperors have found peace and traquility in retirement.RB18483. Billon follis (large), cf. RIC VI-1 Antioch 83b; SRCV IV 12946, F, weight 7.330 g, maximum diameter 27.4 mm, die axis 180o, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, after abdication, c. 305 A.D.; obverse D N DIOCLETIANO FELICISSIMO SEN AVG, laureate bust right in consular robe, olive branch in right, mappa in left; reverse PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG, Providentia, standing right, facing Quies, standing left with branch in right hand, scepter in left hand,ANT in exergue; rare; SOLD
Tacitus, 25 September 275 - June 276 A.D.
Providentia (foresight) was an important moral and philosophical abstraction in Roman discourse. Cicero says it is one of the three main components of prudentia, "the knowledge of things that are good or bad or neither," along with memoria (memory) and intellegentia (understanding). The reverse legend dedicates this coin to the providence of the gods.RA19064. Billon antoninianus, RIC V-1 195 variety, VF, weight 3.790 g, maximum diameter 22.3 mm, die axis 180o, 3rd officina, Serdica (Sofia, Bulgaria) mint, obverse IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate bare-chest bust right, with slight drapery; reverse PROVIDEN DEOR (the foresight of the gods), Providentia standing right holding two standards, facing Sol standing half left, radiate, nude but for chlamys over shoulders and left arm, raising right hand commanding the sun to rise, globe in left hand, KA·Γ in exergue; RIC does not record this bust type and the lack of a central star; scarce; SOLD
Severus Alexander, 13 March 222 - March 235 A.D.
RS22670. Silver denarius, RIC IV 173, Cohen IV 498, gVF, weight 2.576 g, maximum diameter 18.2 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 222 - 228 A.D.; obverse IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse PROVIDENTIA AVG (the foresight of the Emperor), Providentia standing left, wand over globe in right hand, long scepter vertical in left; light toning; SOLD
Romano-Gallic Empire, Victorinus, Summer to November 268 - mid 271 A.D.
Providentia is the personification of the ability to foresee and to make provision for the future. This ability was considered essential for the emperor and providentia was among the embodiments of virtues that were part of the imperial cult. Cicero said that providentia, memoria (memory) and intellegentia (understanding) are the three main components of prudentia, the knowledge what is good or bad or neither.RA29911. Billon antoninianus, RIC V-2 61, Cunetio hoard 2577, Mairat 342, Elmer 743, Schulzki AGK19, SRCV III 11178, nice VF, slightly irregular flan, weight 2.384 g, maximum diameter 18.3 mm, die axis 180o, Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne, Germany) mint, 5th emission, 271 A.D.; obverse IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right; reverse PROVIDENTIA AVG (the foresight of the Emperor), Providentia standing left, rod in right hand over globe at feet, cornucopia in left hand; SOLD
Diocletian, 20 November 284 - 1 May 305 A.D.
Quies is the personification of rest and retirement. The obverse legend observes that Diocletian has found tranquility.RB33009. Billon follis, RIC VI Alexandria 109, aVF/F, weight 6.804 g, maximum diameter 23.2 mm, die axis 180o, Alexandria mint, issued after abdication, late 308 - 310 A.D.; obverse D N DIOCLETIANO BAEATISS, laureate bust right in consular robe holding olive branch in right and mappa in left; reverse PROVIDENTIA DEORVM (to the foresight of the gods), Providentia standing right extending right hand to Quies standing left holding branch in right and leaning on scepter with left, Γ/ KP in center, ALE in exergue; rare; SOLD
Romano-British Empire, Carausius, Mid 286 - Spring or Early Summer 293 A.D.
In The Reign and Coinage of Carausius, Percy Webb wrote that for Carausius, "...the type Providentia appears with some twenty-four varieties of reverse legend, while the joint effect of obverse and reverse variations of legend and type is to produce upwards of eighty varieties of coins dedicated to that divinity."RA36244. Billon antoninianus, Webb Carausius 550, RIC V-2 499, SRCV IV -, Hunter IV -, F, weight 2.691 g, maximum diameter 21.9 mm, die axis 180o, unmarked mint, c. 290/291 - mid 292; obverse IMP C CARAVSIVS P AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, middle reign portrait; reverse PROVID AVG (the foresight of the Emperor), Providentia standing half left, baton in right hand grounded between globe and feet, double cornucopia in left hand, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking across the field; ex Rutten and Wieland; SOLD
Romano-Gallic Empire, Postumus, Summer 260 - Spring 269 A.D.
Providentia is the personification of the ability to foresee and to make provision for the future. This ability was considered essential for the emperor and providentia was among the embodiments of virtues that were part of the imperial cult. Cicero said that providentia, memoria (memory) and intellegentia (understanding) are the three main components of prudentia, the knowledge what is good or bad or neither.RS57852. Billon antoninianus, RSC IV 295a, Cunetio 2415 (421 spec.), RIC V-2 80, Schulzki AGK 69; Elmer 337, Hunter IV 75, SRCV III 10979, VF, attractive portrait, lightly toned, weight 3.332 g, maximum diameter 20.6 mm, die axis 180o, Lugdunum (Lyon, France) mint, 3rd emission, 2nd phase, c. 263 - 265 A.D.; obverse IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse PROVIDENTIA AVG (the foresight of the Emperor), Providentia standing half left, head left, globe in right hand, long scepter transverse in left hand; SOLD
Carus, Early September 282 - c. July or August 283 A.D.
In 282, Probus traveled towards Sirmium (Serbia). He tried to employ his troops in peaceful projects, such as draining the swamps in Pannonia. His troops, unhappy about this labor, murdered him. Marcus Aurelius Carus, an Illyrian and Probus' praetorian prefect, was proclaimed the new emperor.RA58448. Billon antoninianus, RIC V-2 42; Venèra IV 1644 - 1645; La Venèra 4031; Pink VI-2, pp. 31 - 32, series 1 -2a; Cohen VI 69; SRCV III 12177; Hunter IV -, VF, weight 3.115 g, maximum diameter 21.2 mm, die axis 0o, 4th officina, Rome mint, c. late Nov 282; obverse IMP C M AVR CARVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right; reverse PROVIDENT AVGG (the foresight of the two emperors), Providentia standing left, baton over globe in right hand, scepter in left, ΔKA in exergue; SOLD
Gordian III, 29 July 238 - 25 February 244 A.D.
The common reverse legend is for this type is PROVIDENTIA AVG. This is the first example of this scarcer variant ever offered by Forum.RS59973. Silver antoninianus, RIC IV 149, RSC IV 298, Cohen V 298, SRCV III 8654, Hunter III 61 var. (PROVIDENTIA AVG), VF, rev struck with worn die, weight 3.141 g, maximum diameter 23.8 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 243 - 244 A.D.; obverse IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse PROVIDENT AVG (the foresight of the Emperor), Providentia standing slightly left, head left, wand pointed downward in right hand, long scepter vertical in left hand, globe at feet on left; scarce; SOLD
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