Victory - a reverse depiction, how to decipher meaning
Throughout Rome ’s history her armies fought either to increase the territories of the Roman World or to protect them from attack. The figure of Victory [VICTORIA] became a symbol of military success.
Victory can always be identified by her wings.
And by her attributes (the things she carries); normally a wreath and palm-branch, sometimes a shield or occasionally a trophy. Victory is a very common subject on Roman coins from Republican times onwards.
In this example, the coin celebrates a victory in Britain – BRIT(annia) – by the emperor Septimius Severus (AD 193-211).
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