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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7860545, member: 85693"]Here's a Quadi War "Rain Miracle" denarius of Marcus Aurelius: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1354699[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Marcus Aurelius Denarius</b></p><p><b>(173-174 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVIII, laureate head right / RELIG AVG IMP VI COS III Mercury standing left holding</p><p>(3.05 grams / 19 mm)</p><p>Quadi "Rain Miracle" comm.</p><p>eBay Mar. 2019</p><p><br /></p><p>"About the year 172, the Roman army of Emperor Marcus Aurelius was surrounded by warriors of the Quadi, a fierce Germanic tribe, while fighting on the Danube frontier. Cut off from water sources, the legions were perishing of thirst when a sudden rainstorm saved them. This “rain miracle” was credited to the intercession of Mercury, as god of the air. A version of the story promoted by later Christian sources attributed the miracle to the prayers of Christian converts among the troops. On coins of the period, a standing cloaked figure of Mercury, with his signature winged hat and staff, appears on the reverse, with the abbreviated inscription RELIG AUG (“religion of the emperor”) asserting Marcus’s commitment to the old gods, the only time this phrase appears on any Roman coin"</p><p><br /></p><p>"God of Money: Hermes on Ancient Coins" by Mark Markowitz (<i>CoinWeek</i>, December 27, 2017)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/god-money-hermes-ancient-coins/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/god-money-hermes-ancient-coins/" rel="nofollow">https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/god-money-hermes-ancient-coins/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's that "Rain Miracle" as shown on the Column of Marcus Aurelius - it would've made for a great coin design, a sestertius, perhaps: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1354700[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcomannic_Wars" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcomannic_Wars" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcomannic_Wars</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7860545, member: 85693"]Here's a Quadi War "Rain Miracle" denarius of Marcus Aurelius: [ATTACH=full]1354699[/ATTACH] [B]Marcus Aurelius Denarius (173-174 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVIII, laureate head right / RELIG AVG IMP VI COS III Mercury standing left holding (3.05 grams / 19 mm) Quadi "Rain Miracle" comm. eBay Mar. 2019 "About the year 172, the Roman army of Emperor Marcus Aurelius was surrounded by warriors of the Quadi, a fierce Germanic tribe, while fighting on the Danube frontier. Cut off from water sources, the legions were perishing of thirst when a sudden rainstorm saved them. This “rain miracle” was credited to the intercession of Mercury, as god of the air. A version of the story promoted by later Christian sources attributed the miracle to the prayers of Christian converts among the troops. On coins of the period, a standing cloaked figure of Mercury, with his signature winged hat and staff, appears on the reverse, with the abbreviated inscription RELIG AUG (“religion of the emperor”) asserting Marcus’s commitment to the old gods, the only time this phrase appears on any Roman coin" "God of Money: Hermes on Ancient Coins" by Mark Markowitz ([I]CoinWeek[/I], December 27, 2017) [URL]https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/god-money-hermes-ancient-coins/[/URL] Here's that "Rain Miracle" as shown on the Column of Marcus Aurelius - it would've made for a great coin design, a sestertius, perhaps: [ATTACH=full]1354700[/ATTACH] [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcomannic_Wars[/URL][/QUOTE]
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