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    MIN.    Minerva.----MIN.    Minervia.----The name of a legion, so denominated by Domitian, on account of the particular devotedness of that emperor to the worship of Minerva, as appears from his coins.----There is on a gold coin of Septimius Severus, in Banduri, which exhibits two military standards and a legionary eagle between them, with this inscription, LEG. I. MIN. Legio Prima Minervia.

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