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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 5142207, member: 57495&quot;]Great writeup, RC!&nbsp; I really like that type and need to add it to my want list. </p><p><br /></p><p>The hound on coins of Segesta are thought to be a representation of the river-god Krimisos, who seduced Aigeste, the daughter of the Trojan Hippotes, in canine form.&nbsp; From their union was born Aigestes, the legendary founder of the city.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1206793[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>SICILY, Segesta</b></p><p>AR Didrachm. 8.16g, 21.9mm. SICILY, Segesta, circa 440/35-420/16 BC. Hurter, Didrachmenprägung 129 (V39/R73); HGC 2, 1135. O: River-god Krimisos in the form of a hound standing left.&nbsp; R: Head of the nymph Segesta right,&nbsp; within linear circle.</p><p><br /></p><p>The one below is a little unusual for not being the personification of a river but a mountain, or more specifically, the Balkan mountain range, in earlier times known as Haemus Mons.&nbsp; In myth, Haemus was a king of Thrace, who in his vanity compared himself and his wife to Zeus and Hera.&nbsp; This angered the gods, and the king and queen were turned into mountains.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1206801[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>MACRINUS</b></p><p>AE26. 11.97g, 26mm. MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum, AD 217-218. Statius Longinus, legatus consularis. Hristova-Hoeft-Jekov (2018) 8.23.43.1; Varbanov 3428. O: AVT K M OΠEΛ CEV MAKPEINOC AV, laureate head right. R: ΥΠACTAΛONΓINO NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠOCICT, Mountain-god Haemus reclining left on wooded rock outcropping, head right, resting arm above head and cradling spear; below, bear right; AIMO/C to left.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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