She also carries a rod, which formed part of the ceremony for manumission.
When depicted as a standing figure, on the reverse of coins, she usually holds out, but never wears, a pileus, the soft cap that symbolised the granting of freedom to former slaves. In a highly political gesture, a temple for her was raised in 58 BC by Publius Clodius Pulcher on the site of Marcus Tullius Cicero's house after it had been razed. The ancient Roman goddess Libertas was honored during the second Punic War (218 to 201 BC) by a temple erected on the Aventine Hill in Rome by the father of Tiberius Gracchus.
Main article: Libertas Coin of Trebonianus Gallus (coincidentally with a radiant crown) and 'Libertas Publica' holding out a pileus, and carrying her rod.