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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2576928, member: 19463&quot;]I have looked at the write ups on this differently.&nbsp; Evira Cline-Stefanelli&#039;s book on Republicans just said they were &#039;Cult Statues&#039; without saying they were Venus.&nbsp; Since there was a statue found in the sewer (ref: your write-up), I assumed one on the coins was that one leaving the other to be anyone (including Venus) related with the cult.&nbsp; The Wikipedia article on the subject shows this 1906 drawing inscribed &quot;Cloacinae&quot;.&nbsp; Perhaps they recognized the fusion of the Etruscan goddess and the Roman Venus. I wonder if the drawing had any source other than the coins which vary on the length of the word used.</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Cloacina.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]558721[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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