Roman deities honored on January 1. All photos © The Trustees of the British Museum. Image License:C
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)Fortuna with rudder and cornucopia Reverse side of copper alloy coin of Didius Julianus, 193 CE. Minted in Rome. (X)Juno with peacock, holding patera and scepter Reverse side of silver coin of Marcus Aurelius, 161-176 CE. Minted in Rome. (X) -- source link
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