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From:Verulamiummuseum:
Thiscouldbeaprotectiveamulet(luckycharm)oran
admissionpasstoatempleofMithras.....Ithasbeen
madebyrubbingoffsomeofthedetailsofanearlier
silvercoinoftheEmperorAugustus.
Bothsides.
SeealsothisphotobyCaroleRaddato,2014.
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For"Phr",seeH.D.Betz,TheGreekmagicalpapyriintranslation,
vol.1.,p.338:
"Phre: See Ra." "Ra (Re, Phr): The Egyptian god
of the sun (P)r, without the definite article. Re
means simply 'sun', while Pr, the form of the god's
name from the New Kingdom onward, means 'the
sun'.SeeBonnet,RARG62630,s.v.'Re'."
Arimanius
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myths:
"Mithrasand
Jesus"
Anexampleoftheoriginalcoin,1716B.C.,from
here.
827.
Anotherexampleoftheoriginalcoin.
Ancientparallelsforthepracticedoexist,however.During
excavationsofaRomanbuildinginSt.AlbansinBritain
(ancientVerulamium),anobject(shownleft)wasfound
underBuildingIV(thefloordatedtothesecondcentury
AD).Itwasasilvercoin(denarius)thathadbeenaltered,
similartotheCanadiannoteabove.Thecoinhadoriginally
beenadenariusoftheemperorAugustusdatingfrom194
BC,showingtheportraitoftheemperorononeside,and
partofanancientRomanlegendontheother:Tarpeia
beingcrushedtodeathbyshields.Whatthecoinoriginally
wouldhavelookedlikeisshownbelow.