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Roman altars from Scotland
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The drawing shows four Roman altars found together in a pit, with a gold coin of Trajan, on the Antonine Wall, now in the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow. They were all dedicated by one man, M Cocceius Firmus of the 2nd legion, to Jupiter Optimus Maximus and Victory, Mars and Minerva and Epona, Diana and Apollo, and Genio Terrae Britannicae.
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Title: Roman altars from Scotland
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The drawing shows four Roman altars found together in a pit, with a gold coin of Trajan, on the Antonine Wall, now in the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow.
They were all dedicated by one man, M Cocceius Firmus of the 2nd legion, to Jupiter Optimus Maximus and Victory, Mars and Minerva and Epona, Diana and Apollo, and Genio Terrae Britannicae.
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