Annona (goddess)

Annona (goddess)

Annona (from Latin "annus", year), in Roman mythology, is the personification of the produce of the year. She is represented in works of art, often together with Ceres, with a "cornucopia" (horn of plenty) in her arm, and a ship's prow in the background, indicating the transport of grain over the sea.

She frequently occurs on coins of the empire, standing between a "modius" (corn-measure) and the prow of a galley, with ears of corn in one hand and a "cornucopia" in the other; sometimes she holds a rudder or an anchor.

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