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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2054923, member: 44316&quot;]Maximinus II had other types with a deity holding the head of a different deity. Here is one of Sol holding the head of Sarapis:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]378075[/ATTACH] </p><p>23 mm. SOLE instead of the more-common SOLI</p><p>SOLE INVICTO</p><p>RIC Antioch 154c. Struck 310-311.</p><p>In the Celator, April 1995, Lindgren wrote an article interpreting this type. It &quot;presents Sol as a sponsor of Sarapis.&quot; The grand oriental robe is unlike the western presentations of Sol who is usually athletic and close to naked. Here he is presented with the trappings that easterners might expect of a powerful god. Lindgren has far more to say than I will summarize here. Old Celators have lots of good articles worth reading.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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