Aequitas

The deity Aequitas was most often represented as a female figure; dressed in a stola, and with a pair of scales and a cornucopia in her hands. Rarer renditions sometimes feature a patera in the right and a sceptre or hasta pura in the left. She was a representative of true fairness and equity (with a slight separation from the concept of justice, which was more closely related to the immovable letter of the law). Her scales eloquently represent this balance, whilst the cornucopia represents the good which can come from using a fair approach. Aequitas has been interpreted as a goddess for merchants, in this way ensuring good recompense for honest trade practices.
Her motif and virtues have also been utilised by emperors, such as Hadrian, Marcus Aurelias, Trajan, and Antoninus Pius (amongst many others), to signify their virtue in administrating public affairs, implying an impartial devotion to the interests of the populus. To convey this message and strengthen the desired connection, Aequitas was often used as the image of the reverse of coins, distributed all over the empire.