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NUCOPIA ("horn of plenty"), a horn, generally twisted, filled with fruit and flowers, or an orna ment representing it. It was used as a symbol of prosperity and abundance, and hence in works of art it is placed in the hands of Plutus, Fortuna and similar divinities.