| Roman Name |
Provincial
Name |
Devices |
Titles |
Notes |
 |
Aesculapius |
Staff with serpent |
|
God of healing and medicine. He is sometimes accompanied by the
small figure of his assistant, Telesphorus. |
| Apollo |
Apollo |
Lyre |
CONSERVATOR
PALATINVS
PROPVGNATOR |
Sun god. Also patron of music, the arts and protector of flocks and
herds. |
| Bacchus |
Dionysos |
wine-cup
panther
thyrsus |
|
God of wine. Also known by his ancient Italian name of Liber. Not a
popular type to appear on roman imperial coins, however he was well
represented on provincial coinage. |
| Ceres |
Demeter |
ear of corn
occasionally a torch |
|
Goddess of agriculture. |
| Cybele |
Kybele |
turreted crown
chariot drawn by lions or
enthroned between lions |
MATER DEVM
MATRI MAGNAE |
Mother of the gods. Kybele was popular in Asia Minor. |
| Diana |
Artemis |
bow and arrows
torch |
CONSERVATRIX
EPHESIA
LVCIFERA
VICTRIX |
Moon-goddess and sister of Apollo. She was also the protector of the young,
deity of the hunt and sometimes the lightbringer. |
| The Dioscuri |
Dioskuri |
with horses and pointed caps with stars |
|
The twins Castor and Pollux, sons of Jupiter and Leda. |
| Hercules |
Herakles |
club and lion skin |
CONSERVATOR
DEFENSOR
ROMANVS
VICTOR |
God of strength and virtue. Very popular as a coin type on both roman
imperial and provincial coins. |
| Isis |
|
sistrum |
|
Wife of Osiris. Originally an Egyptian goddess, she became very popular
with the romans. Obviously she was also popular on provincial issues
of Egypt. |
| Janus |
|
double headed |
|
God of beginnings, able to look to both the past and the future. |
| Juno |
Hera |
matron, either seated or standing
patera and sceptre
sometimes
accompanied by a peacock |
REGINA
LVCINA
CONSERVATRIX
VICTRIX |
Consort of Jupiter. Popular imperial coin-type. Less so for provincial
issues. |
| Jupiter (Jove) |
Zeus |
tall bearded man, nude or semi-nude
thunderbolt and sceptre
sometimes holding Victory or
attended by his eagle |
CONSERVATOR
CVSTOS
LIBERATOR
PROPVGNATOR
STATOR
TONANS
TVTATOR
VICTOR |
The father of the gods. Arguably the most commonly represented deity
on coinage. |
| Luna |
Selene |
crescent moon, sometimes with stars |
|
Moon-goddess usually associated with Diana Lucifera (lightbringer).
|
| Mars |
Ares |
spear and shield
with a trophy or
olive branch (peace giver) |
CONSERVATOR
PROPVGNATOR
VLTOR
VICTOR |
God of war. A very popular type. |
| Mercury |
Hermes |
petasus, carries a purse and caduceus |
|
Messenger of the gods. Not a common coin-type. |
| Minerva |
Athena |
spear, shield and helmet
sometimes holds a small figure of Victory
or her attendant owl |
PACIFERA
VICTRIX |
Warlike goddess of wisdom, war and patroness of the arts. |
| Nemesis |
Nemesis |
caduceus with serpent at feet or
purse, systrum, bridle |
|
Goddess, avenger of crimes and punisher of wrong-doings. Infrequent
appearance on imperial coins and only slightly more so on provincials. |
| Neptune |
Poseidon |
dolphin and trident
occasionally with the prow of a ship |
|
God of the sea. |
| Roma |
|
helmeted and in armor holding a small figure of Vistory or
a wreath and parazonium |
|
Goddess who personified Rome. |
| Serapis |
Serapis |
wear a modius and sometimes has a triple-headed dog (Cerberus) at his
feet |
|
Another god imported from Egypt. He appears intermittantly on imperial
coinage and more frequently on provincial. |
| Sol |
Helios |
radiate head, holding globe or whip
occasionally in a chariot |
COMES
INVICTVS
ORIENS |
The sun-god. The radiate crown worn by emperors on antoninianus and
dupondius denominations may be a reference to the emperor as the
personification of Sol. |
Three Graces-
Euphrosyne
Aglaia
Thalia |
(same) |
Usually together, frequently nude |
|
Minor goddesses who represented gentleness and refinement. |
| Venus |
Aphrodite |
appears nude or semi-nude
holding an apple, or an helmet and
sceptre
usually appears with back turned toward the viewer |
CELESTIS
FELIX
GENETRIX
VICTRIX |
Goddess of beauty and love. |
| Vesta |
Hestia |
patera and sceptre,
torch,
simpulum,
or palladium |
MATER
SANCTA |
Goddess of the family hearth and protectress of family life. |
| Vulcan |
Hephaistos |
tools of a blacksmith |
|
God of iron and fire. |
Roman Mythology