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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2826648, member: 19463&quot;]The coin is associated with the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludi" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludi" rel="nofollow">Ludi</a> Ceriales</i> or &quot;Games of Ceres&quot; which date to April each year (I have seen some say March???) at which donatives were presented (this coin?).&nbsp; Snakes are good for grain since they eat rodents.&nbsp; The torches refer to Ceres using torches to search the underworld for her daughter Proserpina (Demeter and Persephone in Greek).&nbsp; Proserpere is Latin for &#039;to creep&#039; and appropriate for the snakes as well as grain sprouting slowly from the ground in Spring. </p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect the religious Romans were quite aware of all this imagery to the same degree that modern Christians recognize such things as crosses, doves, halos and a Child holding His hand in a certain way to indicate a blessing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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