Securitas

Roman goddess of security and stability From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In Roman mythology, Securitas was the goddess of security and stability, especially the security of the Roman Empire.[1][2] On coinage Securitas was usually depicted leaning on a column.[3] She first appears on a coin in 62 AD and then becomes a usual coin motif in the following centuries.[4]

Securitas, the security of the Roman Empire, celebrated on the reverse of this sestertius by Hostilian.

On Sardinia during the Roman imperial period, a Latin inscription described the tomb of Titus Vinius as a shrine of Securitas.[5]

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