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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2810926, member: 75937&quot;]The <b>dei genitales</b> ...</p><p><br /></p><p>... were divinities thought by the Romans to be the parents of all things, living or non-living. <i>Dis genitalibus</i> is a dedicatory phrase to the gods of childbirth, perhaps for having had children or to obtain fertility or to protect an unborn child.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only coins which depict them are denarii of Crispina, though no record of her ever having a child is known to historians.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]657701[/ATTACH] </p><p>Crispina, AD 177-182</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 19.5 mm, 3.15 g</p><p>Rome, AD 180-181</p><p>Obv: CRISPINA AVG, bare-headed and draped bust right</p><p>Rev: DIS GENITALIBVS, large rectangular altar (or altar enclosure)</p><p>Refs: RIC 281A; BMCRE 31; Cohen 15; RCV 5999 var.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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