Roman Gods and
Allegorical Personifications on Coins
Religious Celebrations in Rome
Augustus plowing with bull (new colonia)
Caligula in front
of Divus Augustus Temple
LVD SAEC FEC
(Domitian)
Caracalla, Hercules Symposium
("wine party")
Elagabal sacrificing
bull
Elagabal
Stone of Emesa,
Elagabal
Below some examples of Gods and allegoric personifications,
there are
many many more making this an interesting collector's field
Felicitas Saeculi
Hilaritas Temporum (Rejoicing)
Iuno Regina (the
godess Juno was the wife of Jupiter)
Roma (the city of
Rome)
TitusTacitus
Virtus Augusti
(Courage of the emperor)
The 4th century shows Christianity as the new
official religion
of the Roman empire: