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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2148663, member: 57495&quot;]I&#039;m not convinced the thing is a baetyl either in the strictness sense of the word, and the point about the lack of evidence that there was such a cult in Deultum is a good one, but the coins that show the beehive/onion-shaped thing sitting on a temple or with a temple before it could possibly suggest some religious association?</p><p><br /></p><p>There may have been a few Greek cults with sacred stones or monuments (to use terms that get us away from the Levantine association of baetyl), usually Apollo&#039;s. Illyrian Apollonia and Ambrakia in Epiros had obelisk-shaped pillars associated with the worship of Apollo.&nbsp; This coin of mine from Ambrakia, unfortunately quite worn, shows the Obelisk of Apollo set upon a base.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]411924[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, it looks very little like what we see on TIF&#039;s coin, which my mind is currently telling is as likely to be an egg-shaped spacecraft as anything else.&nbsp; <b>ANCIENT ALIENS</b>, anyone? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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