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Francia

Definition
Francia is the personfication of the "Franks," or Germanic tribes settled along the northern Rhine during the Roman imperial period.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Anapias

Definition
Apapias, brother of Amphinomos, from Catania (Zankle) is associated with a legend of abanding his property to carry off their parents during an eurption of Mount Etna.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Africa

Definition
The personfication of the historical region and Roman province of Africa (modern Tunisia).
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Aegyptus

Definition
Aegyptos is a legendary king of Egypt in Greek mythology, essentially the personification of the historical region or Roman province of Egypt
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Gallia

Definition
Gallia is the personification of the historical region of Gaul or the Roman province of Gallia.
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Hades

Definition
Hades, in the ancient Greek religion and myth, is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous.
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Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Cerberus

Definition
Cerberus, referred to as the hound of Hades, is a three-headed dog that guards the gates to the Underworld in Greek and Roman mythology.
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Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Annona

Definition
In ancient Roman religion, Annona (Latin annōna “corn, grain; means of subsistence”, from annus "year") is the divine personification of the grain supply to the city of Rome. She is closely connected to the goddess Ceres, with whom she is often depicted in art.
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Aurora

Definition
Aurora is the Roman goddess of the dawn.
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Constantinopolis

Definition
Constantinopolis is the Roman personification of the city of Constantinople.
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Arelate

Definition
The Roman personification of the city of Arelate (Arles) in Gallia.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Abundantia

Definition
In ancient Roman religion, Abundantia also called Abundita was a divine personification of abundance and prosperity.
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Britannia

Definition
Britannia is the Roman personification of the region and Roman province of Britannia. Usage of the personification persists in numismatics into the modern era.
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Dacia

Definition
The Roman personification of the region and province of Dacia.
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Fortuna Victrix

Definition
Fortuna Victrix is an aspect of Fortuna pertaining to luck in military battle.
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Anubis

Definition
Anubis, also known as Inpu, Inpw, Jnpw, or Anpu in Ancient Egyptian is the god of death, mummification, embalming, the afterlife, cemeteries, tombs, and the Underworld, in ancient Egyptian religion, usually depicted as a canine or a man with a canine head.
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Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Constantia

Definition
Constantia is the Roman personification of perserverance.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Genius of Lugdunum

Definition
An aspect of the Genius pertaining to the Roman city of Lugdunum.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Harpocrates

Definition
Harpocrates was the god of silence, secrets and confidentiality in the Hellenistic religion developed in Ptolemaic Alexandria (and also an embodiment of hope, according to Plutarch).
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Ascanius

Definition
Ascanius (said to have reigned 1176-1138 BC) was a legendary king of Alba Longa and is the son of the Trojan hero Aeneas and Creusa, daughter of Priam. Also known as Julus, he is the legendary founder of the Julii gens.
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Deity, Concept
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Alexandria

Definition
The Roman personification of the city of Alexandria.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Cilicia

Definition
The Roman personification of the region and province of Cilicia.
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Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Alamannia

Definition
Alamannia is the personfication of the Alemanni (or Alamanni), a Germanic confederation and kingdom active in the third century CE.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Feronia

Definition
In ancient Roman religion, Feronia was a goddess associated with wildlife, fertility, health, and abundance. As the goddess who granted freedom to slaves or civil rights to the most humble part of society, she was especially honored among plebeians and freedmen.
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Fecunditas

Definition
In Roman mythology, Fecunditas was the goddess of fertility. She was portrayed as a matron, sometimes holding a cornucopia or a hasta pura, with children in her arms or standing next to her.
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Artemis of Perge

Definition
Artemis (or Diana) Pergaea is an aspect of Artemis related directly to the cult statue of Perge.
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Argos

Definition
Argos is Odysseus' faithful dog.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Asia

Definition
The Roman personification of the province of Asia.
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Amphinomus

Definition
Amphinomus, brother of Anapias, from Catania (Zankle) is associated with a legend of abanding his property to carry off their parents during an eurption of Mount Etna.
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Deity, Concept
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Diana Lucifera

Definition
Diana Lucifera is an epithet pertaining to "light-bringer," corresponding to the light of the moon.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Danuvius

Definition
Danuvius is the Roman/Celtic personification of the Danube River.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Carthage

Definition
The Roman personification of the city of Carthage in Africa.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Achaea

Definition
The personification of the Roman province of Achaea.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Apollo Citharodeus

Definition
An Apollo Citharoedus, or Apollo Citharede, is a statue or other image of Apollo with a cithara (lyre).
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Deity, Concept
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Euphrates

Definition
The personification of the Euphrates River of Mesopotamia.
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Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Caritas

Definition
The Roman personification of charity.
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Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Bithynia

Definition
The Roman personification of the region and province of Bithynia.
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Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Fides Militum

Definition
Fides Militum is an aspect of Fides corresponding to the loyalty of the military.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Colapis

Definition
Colapis is the Roman personification of the Colapis (modern Kupa) River in modern Croatia and Slovenia, near Siscia.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Cappadocia

Definition
The Roman personification of the region and province of Cappadocia.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Aeternitas

Definition
In ancient Roman religion, Aeternitas was the divine personification of eternity. She was particularly associated with Imperial cult as a virtue of the deified emperor (divus).
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Aequitas

Definition
Aequitas is the Latin concept of justice, equality, conformity, symmetry, or fairness.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Centaur

Definition
A centaur, or occasionally hippocentaur, is a creature from Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse.
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Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Anchises

Definition
Anchises was a member of the royal family of Troy in Greek and Roman legend. He was said to have been the son of King Capys of Dardania and Themiste, daughter of Ilus, who was son of Tros. He is most famous as the father of Aeneas and for his treatment in Virgil's Aeneid.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Dea Caelestis

Definition
Dea Caelestis is the Romanized Tanit, the chief Punic goddess.
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Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Genius of the Roman Senate

Definition
The personification of the Genius of the Roman Senate, usually personified as a bearded, elderly man.
Type
Deity, Concept
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Amalthea

Definition
In Greek mythology, Amalthea or Amaltheia is the most-frequently mentioned foster-mother of Zeus.
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Deity, Concept
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Asclepius

Definition
Asclepius is a hero and god of medicine in ancient Greek religion and mythology, associated with Vejovis or Vedijovis in Roman mythology.
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Deity, Concept
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Aeneas

Definition
In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas was a Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite (equivalent to the Roman Venus). In Roman mythology, Aeneas is cast as the ancestor of Romulus and Remus.
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Deity, Concept
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Genius of the Roman People

Definition
A Roman cult dedicated to the Genius of the Roman (genio populi Romani) people was established by Vespasian.
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Ariadne

Definition
Ariadne was a Cretan princess in Greek mythology. She was mostly associated with mazes and labyrinths because of her involvement in the myths of the Minotaur and Theseus.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Bona Mens

Definition
In Roman mythology, Mens, also known as Mens Bona (Latin for "Good Mind"), was the personification of thought, consciousness and the mind, and also of "right-thinking".
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Arabia

Definition
The Roman personification of the region and province of Arabia.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Castor

Definition
Castor is the twin brother of Pollux. See Dioscuri for further reading.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Fortuna Felix

Definition
Fortuna Felix is an aspect of Fortuna pertaining to "happy luck."
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Bacchus

Definition
Bacchus is the Roman god of the grape-harvest, winemaking, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, insanity, ritual madness, equivalent to the Greek Dionysus.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Charybdis

Definition
Charybdis is a sea monster in Greek mythology. She, with the sea monster Scylla, appears as a challenge to epic characters such as Odysseus, Jason, and Aeneas. Scholarship locates her in the Strait of Messina.
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Deity, Concept
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Apollo Didymaeus

Definition
An epithet of Apollo, referring to being the "twin" of Artemis.
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Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Clementia

Definition
In Roman mythology, Clementia was the goddess of clemency, leniency, mercy, forgiveness, penance, redemption, absolution, acquittal and salvation.
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Germania

Definition
The Roman personification of the region and province of Germania.
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Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Orontes

Definition
Personification of the River Orontes, which flows through Antioch. Orontes is often depicted as a male swimmer at the feet of Tyche of Antioch.
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Deity, Concept
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Res Publica

Definition
Res Publica is the personfication of the Roman state. It appears mainly on some types of Constantine in conjunction with Pax and Victory.
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Deity, Concept
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Securitas

Definition
In Roman mythology, Securitas was the goddess of security and stability, especially the security of the Roman Empire. On coinage Securitas was usually depicted leaning on a column.
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Concept Scheme
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Utilitas

Definition
The Roman personification of utility.
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Horus

Definition
Horus or Heru, Hor, Har in Ancient Egyptian, is one of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities who served many functions, most notably as god of kingship and the sky. He was worshipped from at least the late prehistoric Egypt until the Ptolemaic Kingdom and Roman Egypt.
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Scylla

Definition
In Greek mythology, Scylla is a legendary monster who lives on one side of a narrow channel of water, opposite her counterpart Charybdis.
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Rhine

Definition
Also known as Rhenus, the Roman personification of the Rhine River.
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Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Thrace

Definition
The Roman personification of the region of Thrace.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Liberalitas

Definition
In ancient Roman culture, liberalitas was the virtue of giving freely (from liber, "free"), hence generosity. On coins, a political leader of the Roman Republic or an emperor of the Imperial era might be depicted as displaying largess to the Roman people, with liberalitas embodied as a goddess at his side.
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Deity, Concept
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Quies

Definition
Quies is the Roman personification of tranquility.
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Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Macedonia

Definition
The Roman personification of the region and province of Macedonia.
Type
Deity, Concept
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Venus Genetrix

Definition
The Venus Genetrix is a sculptural type which shows the Roman goddess Venus in her aspect of Genetrix ("foundress of the family"), as she was honoured by the Julio-Claudian dynasty of Rome, which claimed her as their ancestor.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Spes

Definition
In ancient Roman religion, Spes was the goddess of hope.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Valeria Luperca

Definition
A minor legendary figure in Rome, who healed the sick during an epidemic following the sacrifice of a bull.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Tutela

Definition
Tutela was the ancient Roman concept of "guardianship", conceived of as a goddess in the Imperial period, and from the earliest period as a functional role that various tutelary deities might play, particularly Juno. Tutela had particular applications in Roman law.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Rhea Silvia

Definition
Rhea (or Rea) Silvia was the mythical mother of the twins Romulus and Remus, who founded the city of Rome.
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Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Venus Aphrodisias

Definition
An epithet corresponding to the temple of Venus (Aphrodite) at Aphrodisas.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Jucunditas

Definition
Jucunditas is the Roman personification of gaiety.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Saeculum Frugiferum

Definition
Saeculum Frugiferum is the embodiment of a "fruitful era."
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Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Nicomedia

Definition
The Roman personification of the city of Nicomedia in Bithynia.
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Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Patientia

Definition
The Roman personification of patience and endurance.
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Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Remus

Definition
Remus is the twin brother of Romulus, the founder of Rome.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Perpetuitas

Definition
Perpetuitas is the Roman personification of permanence.
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Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Nephthys

Definition
Nephthys or Nebet-Het in ancient Egyptian was a goddess in ancient Egyptian religion. A member of the Great Ennead of Heliopolis in Egyptian mythology, she was a daughter of Nut and Geb. Nephthys was typically paired with her sister Isis in funerary rites.
Type
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Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Parthia

Definition
The Roman personification of the Parthian Empire.
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Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Pudicitia

Definition
Pudicitia ("modesty" or "sexual virtue") was a central concept in ancient Roman sexual ethics, later personified in art.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Juno Sospita

Definition
An epithet of Juno meaning "savior."
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Janus Quadrifrons

Definition
Janus Quadrifrons is an aspect of Janus that faces four rather than two directions.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Sothis

Definition
Sopdet is the ancient Egyptian name of the star Sirius and its personification as an Egyptian goddess. Known to the Greeks as Sothis, she was conflated with Isis as a goddess and Anubis as a god.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Lunus

Definition
A masculine variant of Luna.
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Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Siscia

Definition
The Roman personification of the city of Siscia.
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Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Judea

Definition
Judea is the Roman personification of the region and province of Judaea.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Pluto

Definition
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pluto was the ruler of the Greek underworld. The earlier name for the god was Hades, which became more common as the name of the underworld itself. Pluto represents a more positive concept of the god who presides over the afterlife.
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Isis Pharia

Definition
Isis Pharia or Isis Pelagia (Isis of the Sea) is an aspect of Isis pertaining to seas and harbors, and good fortune in sea travel. Isis Pharia refers to the island of Pharos on which the Lighthouse of Alexandria was located.
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Deity, Concept
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http://nomisma.org/id/

Triton

Definition
Triton is a Greek god of the sea, the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, god and goddess of the sea respectively.
Type
Deity, Concept
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Tiberinus

Definition
Tiberinus (or Tiber) is the Roman personification of the Tiber River, which runs through Rome.
Type
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Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Telesphorus

Definition
In ancient Greek religion, Telesphorus was a minor child-god of healing. He was a possible son of Asclepius and frequently accompanied his sister Hygieia. He was depicted as a dwarf whose head was always covered with a cowl hood or cap.
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Deity, Concept
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Jupiter Carius

Definition
Jupiter Carius (or Karios) is an epithet of Jupiter pertaining to a temple in Caria. It is an unusual form of Jupiter (or Zeus), with a spear and shield.
Type
Deity, Concept
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Mauretania

Definition
The Roman personification of the region and province of Mauretania in North Africa.
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Deity, Concept
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Luna

Definition
In ancient Roman religion and myth, Luna is the divine embodiment of the Moon.
Type
Deity, Concept
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/
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