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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3089878, member: 85693&quot;]Interesting, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/zumbly.57495/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/zumbly.57495/">zumbly.</a>&nbsp; That this is Juno Sospita&#039;s last appearance interests me - I&#039;ve been reading around on the decline and changes to Rome&#039;s religious traditions.&nbsp; It was far more complicated than Jesus usurped Zeus.&nbsp; All those Eastern cults, the various permutations of the Greek pantheons, etc.&nbsp; It is interesting and confusing.&nbsp; That Commodus is going on my bucket list. </p><p><br /></p><p>How sad it must have been to be the last priest of, say, Juno Sospita or Honos or the Cult of Faustina &amp; Antoninus and to put out the altar fire and close the door for the last time (and hand the keys over to the Pope?).&nbsp; Did people just gradually drift away?&nbsp; Some mainstream Christian denominations are having attendance problems these days, so the more things change...</p><p><br /></p><p>I used to have a RR L. Thorius Balbus denarius with Juno Sospita...one of the few ancients I&#039;ve ever sold off.&nbsp; And yes, I do regret it.&nbsp; It was actually a lot nicer than most of the stuff in my collection (as the OP indicates). </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/clavdivs.93702/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/clavdivs.93702/">Clavdivs,</a> I do like those sestertii you have posted.&nbsp; Bottom feeders unite!&nbsp; Yep, I&#039;d go with that (so long as we aren&#039;t bidding against each other all the time).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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