COINS OF THE ROMAN CAISER TIME. Antoninus I. Pius, 138-161. AV-Aureus, 145/161, Rome; 7,17 g. Draped bust r. with laurel wreath//felicitas stands v. v., head l., with Capricorn and Caduceus. BMC 524; Calicó 1513; Coh. 250; RIC 131 d. Mild embossing weaknesses, winz. Schrötlingriss, very nice From the collection of a Hanseatic Roman friend. Acquired in 1996 at the Gilles Blancon coin shop in Hanover. The first Princeps Augustus visualized his auspicious horoscope through the Capricorn. Thus he chose the zodiac sign at the time of the birth of Augustus the moon stood. In his iconography, the Capricorn is therefore often depicted with the steering rudder and horn of the Fortuna. Among his successors, the constellation symbol is still closely linked to the first Princeps, for example, coinage of Tiberius with the clipeus virtutis, supported by a Capricorn, on coins for the occasion of the 20th century. The death of Augustus. In the further course of the principle, however, it continues to become a general symbol of happiness, without any reference to astral symbolism, which is particularly evident in the addition to personifications such as Antoninus Pius of the Felicitas or later in Philippus Arabs for Tranquillitas. The lucky favor of the respective ruler is expressed. See: Heinemann, A., Old Signs in New Heavens. Augustine visual language after Augustus, in: M. Flecker et al. (eds.), Augustus is dead – long live the Emperor! (TAF 24), Rahden/Westf. OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 1.