Details of Aequitas personified on coins
Aequitas is the female personification of fair-dealing. She is normally draped and holds scales in one hand and either a sceptre or a cornucopia in the other.
These attributes are also associated with Moneta, the rarer personification of the Mint. Aequitas appears on coins produced between the late 1st and late 3rd centuries AD.
Attributes
- Draped
- Scales
- Sceptre/Cornucopia
Wikipedia derived information
Aequitas is the Latin concept of justice, equality, conformity, symmetry, or fairness.
It is the origin of the English word "equity". In ancient Rome, it could refer to either the legal concept of equity, or fairness between individuals. Cicero defined aequitas as "tripartite": the first, he said, pertained to the gods above (ad superos deos) and is equivalent to pietas, religious obligation; the second, to the Manes, the underworld spirits or spirits of the dead, and was sanctitas, that which is sacred; and the third pertaining to human beings (homines) was iustitia, "justice".
During the Roman Empire, Aequitas as a divine personification was part of the religious propaganda of the emperor, under the name Aequitas Augusti, which also appeared on coins. She is depicted on coins holding a cornucopia and a balance scale (libra), which was more often a symbol of "honest measure" to the Romans than of justice..
Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aequitas
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