Roman copper-alloy figurine of Mercury. Discovered in Lincolnshire, England. Photo: Adam Daubney, 20
Roman copper-alloy figurine of Mercury. Discovered in Lincolnshire, England. Photo: Adam Daubney, 2010 via Wikimedia Commons (X). License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 GenericRoman Lincoln (Lindum Colonia) seems to have had a shrine to Mercury, perhaps maintained by a Collegiae, or guild, of merchants. The evidence is the discovery in 1845 of some worked stones and column bases, with an inscription reading “Vic Hrapo Mercvre[n]sum”, possibly meaning, “Mercury is seen in residence here”.Photo: TonyMo22, 2015 via Flickr (X) License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 -- source link
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