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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Themes & Provenance| ▸ |Personifications| ▸ |Good Luck||View Options:   | | | The Romans believed that Fortuna after deserting the Persians and Assyrians took flight over Macedonia and saw Alexander perish as she passed into Egypt and into Syria. At last arriving on Mount Palatine she threw aside her wings and casting away her wheel, entered Rome where she took up her abode forever. Fortuna distributed good and evil among mankind according to her caprice and without any regard to merit. Fortuna Redux, one of the many aspects of Fortuna, was in charge of bringing people home safely, primarily from wars - redux means "coming back" or "returning." |
Felicitas was the goddess or personification of happiness, good fortune, and success. She played an important role in Rome's state religion during the empire and was frequently portrayed on coins. She became a prominent symbol of the wealth and prosperity of the Roman Empire.RB111214. Orichalcum sestertius, Göbl MIR 73h, RIC V-1 157, SRCV III 10011, Cohen V 58 var. (draped), Hunter IV - (p. xxxv), aVF, light green patina, deposits, weight 12.928 g, maximum diameter 27.7 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 2nd emission, 255 - 256 A.D.; obverse IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right; reverse FELICITAS AVGG (the good fortune of the two emperors), Felicitas standing left, long caduceus in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking low across field; ex Aphrodite Art Coins (Wiesbaden, Germany) auction VI (22 Oct 2022), lot 788;
Herennia Etruscilla, Augusta c. July 249 - April/August 253 A.D., Caesarea Maritima, Samaria, Syria Palestina
Caesarea, about 30 miles north of Joppa and about 70 miles northwest of Jerusalem, was founded by Herod the Great and named for Caesar Augustus. It was the seat of the Roman procurators and the Roman military headquarters in Judaea. The Pilate Stone, discovered here in 1961, is only archaeological find that names Pontius Pilate, by whose order Jesus was crucified. After the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D., Caesarea was the provincial capital of the Judaea Province. Well into Byzantine times, Caesarea remained the capital. In the 630s, Arab Muslim armies took the region, but kept Caesarea as its administrative center until early 8th century. Caesarea's ruins are a national park on the Mediterranean coast of Israel, about halfway between Tel Aviv and Haifa.RT110024. Bronze AE 24, BMC Palestine p. 35, 172; Kadman II 163; Rosenberger II 134; SNG ANS 833; Sofaer 141; Lindgren I 2427, Choice F, centered on a broad flan, green patina with highlighting earthen deposits, weight 10.291 g, maximum diameter 23.5 mm, die axis 225o, Caesarea Maritima (Keisaria, Israel) mint, c. Jul 249 - Apr/Aug 253 A.D.; obverse ERENNIA ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust of Herennia Etruscilla right; reverse COL P F AVG FC CAES METROP, turreted and draped bust of Tyche-Fortuna right;
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