Avis
 | Please |help| us convert the |Dictionary of Roman Coins| from scans to text by typing the original text here. Please add updates or make corrections to the NumisWiki text version as appropriate. AVIS. - A particular bird was assigned to certain gods and goddesses, such as the eagle to Jupiter, the cockerel to Mars, the owl to Minerva and the peacock to Juno. Thus also the dove was the symbol of conjugal concord, as the stork was of filial piety. |
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Avis
| Please add updates or make corrections to the NumisWiki text version as appropriate. AVIS. - A particular bird was assigned to certain gods and goddesses, such as the eagle to Jupiter, the cockerel to Mars, the owl to Minerva and the peacock to Juno. Thus also the dove was the symbol of conjugal concord, as the stork was of filial piety. |
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