Height: 2.4 cm

Solid cast, the goddess depicted standing draped, wearing the modius, holding a cornucopia, and with a patera in her outstretched right hand. Standing on a hollow cylindrical plinth with granulation around the upper edge.

Provenance: 

UK private collection, acquired in the 1980s

Literature:

Fortuna is the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Tyche, a deity of abundance, harvest, and good fortune. She often holds a cornucopia symbolising prosperity. Here she is depicted wearing a modius on top of her head. The modius was a grain measure and so connects her to agricultural deities like Ceres and represents fertility, the harvest, and the measured, abundant gifts of the earth.

For a similar miniature gold figure of Fortuna (possibly from an earring), see the V&A acc. no. 8792-1863.