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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Okidoki, post: 1968849, member: 70512&quot;]very nice Tellus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Source:</p><p>my friend Aurelianus :</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.muntenbodemvondsten.nl/index.php?topic=111714.new#new" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.muntenbodemvondsten.nl/index.php?topic=111714.new#new" rel="nofollow">http://www.muntenbodemvondsten.nl/index.php?topic=111714.new#new</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Tellus (Latin for &quot;earth&quot;) is an ancient Roman patron goddess of the earth (cf. the Greek goddess Gaea). </p><p><br /></p><p>In eedformules she is invoked beside Iuppiter, so by merging of heaven and earth, the universe take. Witness the oath </p><p>She is also the solid foundation on which rests all order in nature. Therefore they called her in to earthquakes. The image of Tellus stabilità (maintained earth) was stamped with the symbols of the arable Roman emperors, who order and security in the state had returned to their coins. Finally, it is also a goddess of the real. </p><p>In the time of Emperor Augustus Tellus was ousted by Ceres and Terra Mater. Therefore, there are few remnants of the worship of Tellus recovered. </p><p><br /></p><p>Was annually on April 15, the feast of the Fordicidia a pregnant cow (a pregnant animal, at least) sacrificed. </p><p><br /></p><p>Her first temple at Rome was built shortly after the year 268 BC., When an earthquake was felt in a battle of the Romans against the Piceni (inhabitants of the region between the rivers Foglia and Aterno-Pescara). It was consecrated by Publius Sempronius Sophus and lay on the Esquiline. Possibly stood here before a temple for her. </p><p>It is in this temple that the senate was convened by Mark Antony after the assassination of Julius Caesar.</p><p>my Tellus</p><p><br /></p><p>Ref:</p><p>RIC II 276 RSC 1427</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv.HADRIANVS AVG COS III PP</p><p>Laureate head right</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev. TELLVS STABIL.</p><p>Tellus standing left, holding plow and rake; two grain ears to right.</p><p><br /></p><p>19mm, 3.43 g, 6h</p><p><br /></p><p>VF</p><p>(toned, a few light marks and scratches.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]348932[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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