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Pax / Eirene ( - )

Roman goddess, personification of political peace who came to prominence under Augustus. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-4807?rskey=pF58JK&result=1&q=pax Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_%28mythology%29 Relationships: Pax / Eirene was a daughter of Jupiter / Zeus (-)

 References in Documents:
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) 405 X Imp. Cæs. Vespasian. Aug. Cos. IIII. Caput Vesp. S.C. Pax Aug. Dea Pax dextra pateram super Ara, sinistra Caduceũet ramũpalmæ aut oleæ. Ær. 2 ne Vespasian. The Goddess of Peace with a dish in her right hand on an altar, in her left hand a caduceus and a palm or olive branch. 405 Imp: Constantinus – Soli Invict: Constantine. 405 Numisma Imp: incert: in Rev: Planum Anton: Phil. Coin of uncertain emperor: on the reverse.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) 438 Imp. C. Tetri/c\us PF. Aug. Caput Tetrici Patr. Corona radiat. Pax Aug. Dea Pax stans sinistra hastam dextra ramum gestans. Ær Tetricus. Head of Tetricus with a radiate crown. The goddess Pax standing with a spear in her right hand, gesturing with a branch in her left.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) 615 Imp. C. Pi. AV. Victorinus P F. Aug. – Filius Pax. Aug. V. Dea Pax ramũprotendens, sinistra hastile per transversũ. Ær. Victorinus. The godess Pax holding out a branch, a transverse spear held in her left hand.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) 914 Emblema Pacis dextra palmam gestans, supra Angelus volans, dextra corollam. &c. eodem opere. Pl. Emblem of Peace, holding out a palm in her right hand; an angel flies above, with a wreath in its right hand, etc; in the same technique.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) 77 Ti. Claud. Cæsar Aug. P. M. TR. P. x P. P. Imp. XVIII. Paci Augustæ. Dea Pax alata, sinistra Caduceum (cum serpente) gestans, dextra collo admovens bullam. Ar. Claudius. Winged goddess Pax, holding a caduceus (with serpent) in her left hand and with her right placing a bulla on her neck.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) 195 Imp. Cæs. M. Ant. Gordianus Aug. Pax Augusti. Figura Pacis dextra ramũ, sinistra hastam puram. Ar. Gordian. Figure of Peace with a branch in her right hand and an unused spear in her left.
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
99 Head I think of Titus. IMP. T CAES AVESP AVG PM TRP COS. VIII. Reverse. The Goddess Peace S. C. PAX AVGVSTI. Bargrave
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 60 Carausius 7, Reverse Pax, Moneta, Salus, Hilaritas, Fides Militum, Virtus, and a Legion 7
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 161 Henry I. with Pax, very rare, I Penny, and 1 of Henry II. 128, 129 2