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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 3859209, member: 51347"]Very much agreed. I am not aware, but am amazed, that very few coins depict the God / Religion of MITHRA (the Son). Later in the CE period of the Empire, many Legionaires were a memeber of this religion, effectively spreading Mithraism all accross the Empire. I understand that it competed with Christianity as to which religion was to become the STATE Religion for the Roman Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>I searched for and finally found a coin depicting Mithra. But much earlier, and generally from where the religion started in Asia:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1021463[/ATTACH]</p><p>Bithynia Kios 250 BCE AE11 1.06g Laureate hd Mithra r Kantharos 2 grape bunches hanging K-I below within a wreath SNG Cop 382[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 3859209, member: 51347"]Very much agreed. I am not aware, but am amazed, that very few coins depict the God / Religion of MITHRA (the Son). Later in the CE period of the Empire, many Legionaires were a memeber of this religion, effectively spreading Mithraism all accross the Empire. I understand that it competed with Christianity as to which religion was to become the STATE Religion for the Roman Empire. I searched for and finally found a coin depicting Mithra. But much earlier, and generally from where the religion started in Asia: [ATTACH=full]1021463[/ATTACH] Bithynia Kios 250 BCE AE11 1.06g Laureate hd Mithra r Kantharos 2 grape bunches hanging K-I below within a wreath SNG Cop 382[/QUOTE]
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