The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Fortuna / Tyche ( - )
References in Documents:Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) 662 Imp. Claudius Aug. Fortuna redux. Fortuna temonem et Cornucopiã. tenens. Ær. Claudius II . Fortuna holding a staff and a cornucopia.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) 836 Imp. C. Claudius Aug. Fortunæ Aug. Fortuna temonem et Cornucopiã tenens. Ær. Claudius II . Fortuna holding a rudder and a cornucopia.
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
117
Head of Hadrian.
.....
CAESAR TRAIANVS
HADRIANVS AVG
Reverse Fortuna sitting in a chair on
her
left arm a Cornucopia her right
Hand held forth
PONT
MAX TR
.........
In the ExergueFORT. RED.
Bargrave
left arm a Cornucopia her right
Hand held forth
In the Exergue
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
118
Head of Hadrian.
..............
HADRIANVS
AVG
Reverse
.....
TR. POT
.....
Fortune
sitting as in the last
In the Exergue
FORT. RED.
Bargrave
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
147
Head of M. Antoninus.
..........
TONINVS
.......
Reverse Fortune sitting on her left
arm a Cornucopia in her Right
Hand
[...]
& at her Foot
Inscription not legible
In the Exergue
FORT. RED.
Casaubon
arm a Cornucopia in her Right
Hand
In the Exergue
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) Four Cornelian Signets , one hath the Head of
diated Crown. Another hath
to denote
Left to signify
bit, with the
Whether all the four came tomy Father from
certain
with a raAugustus
diated Crown. Another hath
DeaFortuna , with a Rudder of a Ship,
to denote
Government, in her Right Hand, and a
Cornucopiæin her
Left to signify
Plenty. The third is a large one, and hath a winged
, with a Palm, with the likeVictory
Gubernaculum, and
Abundantiæ-cor
nu. The fourth seems to be an Emperor or General in a Martial Ha
nu
bit, with the
Paludamentum, &c.
Whether all the four came to
, I am notAldbrough
certain