The Spa at Bath (Aquae Sulis) contained a stately temple to Sul or Sulis Minerva, goddess of the waters.

The pediment of this temple, partly preserved by a lucky accident and unearthed in 1790, was carved with a trophy of arms--in the centre a round wreathed shield upheld by two Victories, and below and on either side a helmet, a standard ( ?), and a cuirass.

It is a classical group, such as occurs on other Roman reliefs.
But its treatment breaks clean away from the classical.

The sculptor placed on the shield a Gorgon's head, as suits alike Minerva and a shield.

But he gave to the Gorgon a beard and moustache, almost in the manner of a head of Fear, and he wrought its features with a fierce virile vigour that finds no kin in Greek or Roman art.