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<p>[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 3785935, member: 99554"]<img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/30/174/122000.m.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Elagabalus ( image from CNG )</p><p><br /></p><p>This emperor was High priest of the sun- god Elagabalus in the city of Emesa. The cult of this god was represented by a sacred stone. He moved it from Emesa to Rome around 219 AD. Many historians and numismatist believe that the famous stone was in fact a METEORITE, a gift from the gods to the humans. You can notice on the reverse that the quadriga is bearing the stone of Emesa upon which is an eagle. The stone was shown every years in the streets of Rome.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 3785935, member: 99554"][IMG]https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/30/174/122000.m.jpg[/IMG] Elagabalus ( image from CNG ) This emperor was High priest of the sun- god Elagabalus in the city of Emesa. The cult of this god was represented by a sacred stone. He moved it from Emesa to Rome around 219 AD. Many historians and numismatist believe that the famous stone was in fact a METEORITE, a gift from the gods to the humans. You can notice on the reverse that the quadriga is bearing the stone of Emesa upon which is an eagle. The stone was shown every years in the streets of Rome.[/QUOTE]
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