~Mythology~

Securitas - Security

As a goddess worshipped by the Romans, she is depicted in a variety of ways on Imperial coins. *She appears for the most part in the form of a woman in matronly fashion. Sometimes she is quietly seated, as if perfectly at ease and having nothing to fear. That is to say, her right or her left elbow rests on her chair, and the hand supports her head. Or else one of her arms is placed above the head; an attitude which ancient artists regarded as characteristic of repose. She holds in one, or other, of her hands a sceptre, a scipio, the hasta pura, a cornucopia, a patera, or a globe. On some coins there is near her a lighted altar; on others she stands leaning against, or with her arm upon, a column or cippus, having sometimes her legs crossed in a tranquil, easy posture, carrying one of the above-mentioned symbols, or otherwise holding before her a branch, a crown of olive, or a palm branch.

*In the case of this specific coin Securitas with PVBLICA (public security) appears completely at ease with left hand supporting her head and holding her sceptre.

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