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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2420910, member: 75525&quot;]While researching the overstrike, I found some interesting information about the Man-Headed Bull, river god.</p><p>the overstrike is similar to the NAC sextans shown below - </p><p>[ATTACH=full]501586[/ATTACH] </p><p>the understrike is similar to the ACR coin below - </p><p>[ATTACH=full]501585[/ATTACH] </p><p>The Greek god Acheloos is one attribution of the reverse MHB - </p><p>[ATTACH=full]501584[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="http://www.royalathena.com/PAGES/GreekCatalog/Bronze/CNH135JE.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.royalathena.com/PAGES/GreekCatalog/Bronze/CNH135JE.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.royalathena.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The Smithsonian had an excellent write-up on him:</p><p>Achelous was the god of the most powerfully flowing river in Greece, and so was the chief of all the river gods. He wanted to marry a Greek king&#039;s daughter and entered the strength contest for her hand. Unfortunately, Hercules was in the contest also. You can guess who won. The horn Hercules broke off in the contest became the cornucopia, or horn of plenty.</p><p><a href="http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/myths/achelous_hercules.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/myths/achelous_hercules.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/myths/achelous_hercules.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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