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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 25906454, member: 51347&quot;]I captured this one because of the depiction of Mithras. Mithraism was a religion from the East that was practiced by the Roman Legions. When Constantine was deciding which religion he would embrace for the Empire, ultimately he chose Christianity. Ultimately, the Legions lost out on their Mithra practices.</p><p><br /></p><p>I always wondered how Mithraism, being so pervasive across the Empire, carried by the Legions, and the religion being strong in the Eastern Empire, how it did not have more coins depicting the religion. Perhaps because it was a very secretive, and fraternal type religion? </p><p><br /></p><p>when I found this coin, I jumped on it![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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