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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 8235565, member: 101855&quot;]Here is a denarius of Marcus Aurelius with Mars on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448640[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It interesting to note that Minerva who was the goddess of wisdom was also tied to war. I guess the idea was give the generals the wisdom to devise strategies that would defeat the enemy. </p><p><br /></p><p>The last of the 12 caesars, Domitian, worshiped Minerva, which made sense because his best days were probably spent fighting wars with his army. He had dream where Minerva came to him and said that Jupiter had taken her weapons and that she could no longer protect him. Hence he was now vulnerable to assassination, which occurred not too long after his dream. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is Domitian denarius with Minerva on the reverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448641[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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