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Bronze Antoninianus 23mm (2.97 grams) Struck circa 270-275 A.D. Allegorical depiction of the Roman goddess Abundantia with a cornucopia, by Rubens (ca. 1630) In Mythology Fortuna lightly balances the orb of sovereignty between thumb and finger in a Dutch painting of ca 1530 The earliest reference to the Wheel of Fortune , emblematic of the endless changes in life between prosperity and disaster, is from 55 BC
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