Aeternitas

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For the gothic metal band see Aeternitas (band).

Aeternitas on an antoninianus by Trebonianus Gallus. The goddess, on the reverse of the coin, in holding her holy animal, a phoenix.

In Roman mythology, Aeternitas was the personification of eternity.

This goddess was symbolized by a phoenix or a worm/snake biting its own tail, wrapped up in a circle (an Ouroboros).

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