Details of Providentia personified on coins

Thumbnail image of a reverse depicting Providentia

Providentia is the personification of foreseeing. She is normally draped and holds a rod which she points downwards, often at a globe placed at her feet. Occasionally she is shown holding the globe. Providentia appears on coins from the reign of Trajan until the early 4th century AD. Coin inscriptions often specify the foresight of the gods (Providentia Deorum), of the emperor (Providentia Augusti) and of the senate (Providentia Senatus).

Attributes

  • Rod
  • Globe
  • Draped

Wikipedia derived information

In ancient Roman religion, Providentia is a divine personification of the ability to foresee and make provision.

She was among the embodiments of virtues that were part of the Imperial cult of ancient Rome. Providentia thus figures in art, cult, and literature, but has little or no mythology as such. Providentia 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 Latin word is the origin of the Christian concept of divine providence..

Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providentia

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