English Coins and Tokens, with a Chapter on Greek and Roman Coins

by Llewellynn Frederick William Jewitt; Barclay V. Head

Fig. 32. A River God.

(a) Fig. 33. (b) The Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux).

Perseus. The head of the hero Perseus [(Fig. 34)], the slayer of the Gorgon Medusa [(Fig. 35)], wears a winged helmet, while at his shoulders is sometimes seen the short sword or knife with a hook at the back of the blade (harba).

Fig. 34. Perseus.

Fig. 35. Gorgon-Head.

Fig. 36. Hera (Juno).

§ THE GODDESSES AS REPRESENTED ON THE COINAGE.

Hera (Juno). The head of Hera on coins usually wears a lofty circular crown (stephanos) adorned with floral or other patterns (Figs. [36], [37]). She also wears sometimes a crescent-shaped crown and a veil, and has often a sceptre at her shoulder.