Augures






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side (as in the annexed cut) Marcus ANTONius IMPerator, with a raven, or as Du Choul describes it "one of the sacred chickens," relating to the pullispicium, or augury by fowls; the praefericulum (vase) and the lituus (wand), are symbols of Antony 's augurship. On the other side is Marcus LEPIDus IMPerator; with the apex (or sacerdotal cap), the securis (or sacrificial axe), the simpulum (or chalice), and the aspergillum (or sprinkler), insignia of the office of Pontifex Maximus, which Lepidus had usurped.
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