Statues carrying symbols of several deities, as in the medal of Antoniʹnus Pius, where Seraʹpis is represented by a modius, Apollo by rays, Jupiter Ammon by ram’s horns, Pluto by a large beard, and Æsculaʹpius by a wand, around which a serpent is twined.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.