Roman Republic
M. Volteius M. f., Denarius 75 BC, Rome mint
Obverse: laureate and bearded head of Jupiter right
Reverse: tetrastyle temple of Jupiter Capitolinus, winged thunderbolt in pediment
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Diameter 16 mm, weight 3.65 g
Attis was the eunuch consort of Cybele, the Great Mother Goddess. In response to a Sybelline oracle declaring that Rome would conquer Carthage only after the arrival of her cult in the city, in c. 204 BC the Romans brought her image to the Rome from Pessinus in Phrygia. Three years later Scipio defeated Hannibal at Zama, thus ending the the nearly two decade long conflict.
