Providentia

In Roman mythology, Providentia was the goddess of forethought. [cite web |url=http://www.pantheon.org/articles/p/providentia.html |title=Providentia |accessdate=2006-12-31 |last=Lindemans |first=Micha F |publisher=Encyclopedia Mythica from Encyclopedia Mythica Online]

Providentia in numismatics

Providentia has been the main motive for many collector coins and medals, the most recent one is the famous 100 euro Sculpture Gold coin issued in November 13 2002. The reverse features the Providentia Fountain (“Provendentia Brunnen”) in central Vienna, work of one of the greatest baroque sculptor Georg Rafael Donner. In the centre of the coin, the allegorical figure of Providentia with a medallion of the Roman god, Janus, who had two faces, is displayed. Surrounding the fountain there are other symbolic figures representing tributary rivers of the Danube. Providentia is enthroned high above the figure of an old man representing the Enns River.

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