Details of Spes personified on coins
Spes is the female personification of hope. She is normally draped and holds a flower in her right hand and raises the hem of her dress with her left hand. Spes appears on coins from the 1st to the 4th century AD.
Wikipedia derived information
In Roman mythology, SpÄs was the goddess of hope.
She was traditionally defined as "the last goddess" (Spes, ultima dea), meaning that hope is the last resource available to men. There was a temple to her in the Forum Holitorium. In art, Spes was depicted hitching her skirt while holding a cornucopia and flowers.
Spes personified hope for good harvests, and for children, and was invoked at births, marriages, and other important times. Her Greek equivalent was Elpis..
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