Portunus (mythology)
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Portunus was the ancient Roman god of keys, doors, livestock and ports. He may have originally protected the warehouses where grain was stored, but later became associated with ports, perhaps because
Temple of Portunus in the Forum Boarium
Roman key Pan face 1st century CE
Bas relief from Arch of Marcus Aurelius showing sacrifice
Roman key with Janus-style handle 1st century CE
Quirinus
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In Roman mythology and religion, Quirinus is an early god of the Roman state. In Augustan Rome, Quirinus was also an epithet of Janus, Mars, and Jupiter.
Portunus (mythology)
…Portunus's flamen, the flamen Portunalis, was one of the flamines minores and performed the ritual of oiling the spear (hasta) on the statue of god Quirinus, with an ointment especially prepared for this purpose and stored in a small vase (persillum). Marcus Terentius Varro, De Lingua Latina vi.19…
Denarius picturing Quirinus on the obverse, and Ceres enthroned on the reverse, a commemoration by a moneyer in 56 BCE of a Cerealia presented by an earlier Gaius Memmius as aedile
Denarius of 126 BCE; on the right is the flamen Quirinalis with QVIRIN on his shield.