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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4611077, member: 19463"]Since it was mentioned, here is the Aurelius Mercury associated with the Miracle of the Rain in 173 AD. If you look online, you will find conflicting accounts as to the nature of the miracle more or less proving that you can't get a straight story from ancient sources or modern spin artists. The version I prefer credits a prayer to Mercury for bringing a fierce storm in the faces of the enemy and at the backs of the Romans. The coins support the involvement of Mercury largely because the date and depiction of the god rarely seen coincide. </p><p>RELIG AVG IMP VI COS III</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1141978[/ATTACH] </p><p>From the column of Marcus Aurelius:</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Miracolo_della_Pioggia.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>By Cristiano64 - Fotografia personale, self made, CC BY-SA 3.0, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2409338" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2409338" rel="nofollow">https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2409338</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4611077, member: 19463"]Since it was mentioned, here is the Aurelius Mercury associated with the Miracle of the Rain in 173 AD. If you look online, you will find conflicting accounts as to the nature of the miracle more or less proving that you can't get a straight story from ancient sources or modern spin artists. The version I prefer credits a prayer to Mercury for bringing a fierce storm in the faces of the enemy and at the backs of the Romans. The coins support the involvement of Mercury largely because the date and depiction of the god rarely seen coincide. RELIG AVG IMP VI COS III [ATTACH=full]1141978[/ATTACH] From the column of Marcus Aurelius: [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Miracolo_della_Pioggia.JPG[/IMG] By Cristiano64 - Fotografia personale, self made, CC BY-SA 3.0, [URL]https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2409338[/URL][/QUOTE]
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