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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 1833285, member: 57495&quot;]Really nice example!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I remember reading a thread on Forvm where Curtis Clay suggested that the reverse with the drum may have been a mistake that was later corrected with the thunderbolt since the drum is usually associated with another goddess, Cybele (who is also identified on coins either accompanied with a lion or riding a lion).</p><p><br /></p><p>If that&#039;s indeed the case, it&#039;d be quite ironic considering the cult of Cybele was apparently first adopted by the Romans from its native Phrygia during the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage in an attempt to have the favor of that goddess turn the tide of the war against the Carthaginians and their patron goddess Tanit (Dea Caelestis).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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