2026-09-25T00:47:10+01:00https://marinefinds.org.uk/romancoins/personifications/named/format/jsonhttps://marinefinds.org.uk/romancoins/personifications/named/format/xmlhttps://marinefinds.org.uk/romancoins/personifications/named28MinervaMinervaMinerva<p>Minerva is a war-goddess. She wears a helmet and an aegis (a snake-skin cloak fastened over the breastplate with a gorgon-head) and carries a spear and shield. </p><p>Sometimes she is shown holding a small figure of <a href="reverse_victory.php">Victory</a> and is easily confused with <a href="reverses.php?reverseID=7">Roma</a>. Minerva appears of coins from the 3rd century BC until the 3rd century AD and is particularly common on copper asses of Claudius I (AD 41-54) and on silver denarii of Domitian (AD 81-96). Like <a href="reverses.php?reverseID=5">Mars</a> she is sometimes given the title Pacifera (‘The Pace-bringer’) and holds an olive branch.</p>Minerva.jpg2005-02-14 16:38:01godAegisHelmetShield and spearAthena00000-00-00 00:00:000