honorthegods:Roman deities honored on January 1. All photos © The Trustees of the British Museum. Im
honorthegods:Roman deities honored on January 1. All photos © The Trustees of the British Museum. Image License:Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Clockwise, from top left: Janus crowned with laurel wreath Obverse side of copper alloy coin. Roman Republican, 90 BCE. Minted in Rome. (X)Asclepius with serpent-wreathed staff Reverse side of silver coin of Hadrian, 117-138. Minted in Pergamun, Asia Minor. (X)Juno with peacock, holding patera and scepter Reverse side of silver coin of Marcus Aurelius, 161-176 CE. Minted in Rome. (X)Fortuna with rudder and cornucopia Reverse side of copper alloy coin of Didius Julianus, 193 CE. Minted in Rome. (X) -- source link
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