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==Spes==
The Roman cult figure of [[Spes]] (Hope) - "good hope" as she was often addressed - is very different.<ref>Mark Edward Clark, "The Evidence for 'Spes' as an Early Imperial Idea", Indiana University thesis, 1981, [https://www.proquest.com/openview/1067ba36f26c099e5c888a03bdf5c9f8/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y p. 9]</ref> On coinage and in statues, she is depicted as a young maiden in archaic dress with a flower offered in her right hand and holding up the hem of her skirt in the left.<ref>[https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/reverse_spes.html?srsltid=AfmBOor55kbkeVMEu2tq_hCY7d8qNsn1lXmY1LAajo-CV4jyUyjVWRTM "Spes, the personification of Hope"], The Sign Language of Roman Coins</ref><ref>[https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/artifact/statuette-of-spes Statuette of Spes], Liverpool Museums</ref>