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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 2596619, member: 44132&quot;]I plumb forgot. Yesterday, December 18th,&nbsp; was the date for the Roman Festival of Epona. Fascinatingly, she was the only Celtic deity to be worshiped across the Empire and be given her own festival.&nbsp; Epona was a protector of horses, ponies, donkeys, and mules. She was particularly a goddess of fertility.&nbsp; Sculptures of Epona fall into five types: riding, standing or seated before a horse, standing or seated between two horses, a tamer of horses and the symbolic mare and foal. In the Equestrian type, common in Gaul, she is depicted sitting side-saddle on a horse or lying on one; in the Imperial type she sits on a throne flanked by two or more horses or foals.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]565951[/ATTACH]</p><p>Epona and her horses, from Köngen, Germany, about 200 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not have any coins with Epona, but I wanted to honor her in some way.&nbsp; It&#039;s an old coin of mine I haven&#039;t shown in some time with one of her favorites. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]565940[/ATTACH]</p><p>SEPTIMIUS SEVERUSAR Denarius</p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII - Laureate head right</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; ADVENTI FELICISSIMO, Severus on horseback right raising hand</p><p>Struck at Rome, 196 AD</p><p>3.4g, 17mm</p><p>RIC 74, S 6256, C 6</p><p><br /></p><p>Also I need to show my only Celtic coin with one of her favorites which I&#039;ve shown many times over:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]565948[/ATTACH]</p><p>EASTERN CELTS, DACHREITER TYPE</p><p>AR Drachm</p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; Celticized head of Zeus right</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; Celticized horseman riding left; wheel of four spokes above</p><p>Struck by the Skordoski in Syrmia, 2d Century BC</p><p>1.87g, 14mm</p><p>OTA 188/2-3</p><p><br /></p><p>Post any coins you feel appropriate to this festival.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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