The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Spes / Elpis ( - )
Greek and Roman personification of hope. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-6036 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spes References in Documents:Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) 439 C. Pivesu. Tetricus Cæs. Caput Tetr. filij corana radiata. spes publica. Dea spes dextra ramũsinistra ... Ær. Tetricus . Head of Tetricus in a radiate crown; the goddess Spes with a branch in her right hand and a in her left.
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
168
Head of Alexander
IMP
ALEXANDER PIVS AVG
Reverse a Figure standing perhaps
Hope .
S.C
SPES PUBLICA.
Bargrave
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
put 199
206
199
Head of, I think Tetricus
IMP TETRIC PIVS
AVG
Reverse a Type of Hope .
SPES
AVG
If I've read this right it
shd
should
be placed
before no 199.
Casaubon
before no 199.