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Marsupium

（μαρσύπιον). A money-bag or purse, often represented in ancient works of art in the hands of Mercury, the god of gain (cf. Plaut. Rud. v. 2, 26).

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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