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Cornucopia

The cornucopia was the horn of plenty, and it symbolized an abundant harvest. Sometimes a cornucopia or double cornucopia is found on the reverse of Roman coins.

This lovely portrait of Aequitas on the reverse of an as of Antoninus Pius clearly shows the cornucopia to the far right of the image, in Aequitas' left hand. She holds a scales in her right hand. The scales and cornucopia are attributes of both Aequitas and Moneta.

This portrait of Felicitas on the reverse of a silver antoninianus (double denarius) of Philip I shows her holding two of her attributes, a caduceus and a cornucopia. The caduceus is on the left of her image and the cornucopia is to the right. (Since she is facing us, the caduceus is in her right hand and the cornucopia in her left.)


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