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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;YOC, post: 2350343, member: 58941&quot;]The eagle is seen on many posthumous coins and I was unsure as to its significance...I found this on the web, if its inaccurate let me know.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>APOTHEOSIS, the enrolment of a mortal among the gods...&nbsp; ( I assume this next bit refers to the lighting of a pyre??)&nbsp; When all this is done, the others set fire to it on every side, which easily catches hold of the faggots and aromatics and from the highest and smallest story, as from a pinnacle, an eagle is let loose to mount into the sky as the fire ascends, which is believed by the Romans to carry the soul of the emperor from earth to heaven ; and from that time he is worshipped with the other gods. [Rome]</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.bible-history.com/archaeology/rome/augustus-onyx-eagle-royal-musem-paris.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The apotheosis of Augustus on an onyx stone in the Royal Museum of Paris</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.bible-history.com/archaeology/rome/eagle-coin-sketch-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Coin bearing the eagle (aquila) symbol for ancient Rome</p><p><br /></p><p>COINS. In ancient Rome it was common to see on medals struck in honour of an apotheosis an altar with fire on it, and an eagle, the bird of Jupiter, with thunderbolt taking flight into the air. The number of medals of this description is very numerous. Certain coins trace the names of sixty individuals, who received the honours of an apotheosis, from the time of Julius Caesar to that of Constantine the Great. [Rome][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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