Silver Denarius - Roman Republic, c. 104 BC. Moneyer: L. Appuleius Saturninus.
Obv: Helmeted head of Roma, left.
Rev: Saturn in Quadriga, right.
(Sear 193) (Diameter: 18 mm)
Saturn was a major Roman god of time, whose reign was depicted as a Golden Age of abundance and peace by many Roman authors. In medieval times he was known as the Roman god of dance, agriculture, justice and strength; he held a sickle in his left hand and a bundle of wheat in his right.
His mother was Terra and his father was Caelus. He was identified in classical antiquity with the Greek deity Cronus, and the mythologies of the two gods are commonly mixed.
