River god, drought blamed for power shortages

I saw this headline and thought of the many river gods on Greek and Roman coins. I have only one (I think) and it is an under strike.


This coin is a Mercury / Prow RR Sextans struck over a Campanian bronze coin with Apollo / man-headed bull. You might call the obverse an Apollo-Merc Janus head coin. Barkley Head in HISTORIA NVMORVM, pg. 39, described the MHB: "The man-headed bull on the reverse is thought to be the River-god Acheloos, the father of the Sirens, whose cult was wide-spread throughout the Greek world."

Post your river god coins and tell them to send rain where it is needed.

PS - I read the "news" article before I checked the date. It was written in 2015. In this day of internet news, that qualifies as "olds".

 

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I like the color!

Great Persecution
305 to 313 AD
Antioch mint
AE Quarter nummus
Obvs: GENIO ANTIOCHENI, Tyche of Antioch facing; river god Orontes below.
Revs: APOLLONI SANCTO, Apollo holding lyre and patera. SMA in ex
16mm, 1.4g

 

Nice Double head

My Domitian COS XII River god sestertius/ 24.3g rough condition

 

Nice OP coin. I'm envious!

 

My only MFB


Sicily, Gela
Coin: Silver Litra
- Bearded horseman galloping left carrying spear & sheild
CELAS - Forepart of Man-headed bull.
Mint: Gela (430-425 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 0.54g / - / -
References:

• Sear SG 797
• Jenkins 405
• BMC 52

Notes: Dec 28, 16 - Beautifully toned and iridescent.

 

River God and Gordie III

 

AKARNANIA, FEDERAL COINAGE
AE20
OBVERSE: Head of Herakles r., wearing lion's skin headdress
REVERSE: Head of the river god Archelous r.; magistrate's name AGHTWP
Struck at Leukas 200-167 BC
4.6g, 20 mm
BCD Akarnania 38; Gross-McClean 5394; MSP I, 464.
Ex Failla Numismatics

ELAGABALUS
AE 30
OBVERSE: AVT KAI M APAVP ANTWNEINOC CE, laureate bust right
REVERSE: ANTIOXEWN MHT KOL, city-goddess seated left on rock, holding ears of corn, River-god Orontes swimming at her feet, above ram running left. In field S C , D E , and sta
Struck at Antioch ad Orontem, Syria, 218-222 AD
14.6g, 30mm
SGI 3097

VOLUSIAN
AE30
OBVERSE: AVTOK K G AFIN GAL OVEND OVOLOCCIANOC CEB, radiate and draped bust right
REVERSE: ANTIOXEWN MHTRO KOLWN D-e, SC below, Tyche seated facing within tetrastyle temple, the river-god Orontes swimming beneath her, ram leaping right above
Struck at Syria-Antioch, 251-253 AD
17.1g, 30mm
SNGCop 295

MAXIMINUS II DAIA
Quarter-Nummus
OBVERSE: GENIO ANTIOCHENI, Tyche of Antioch seated facing on rocks, turreted and veiled, stalks of grain in right, river-god Orontes swimming below
REVERSE: APOLLONI SANCTO, Apollo standing left, patera in right, lyre in left. A in right field, mintmark SMA
Struck at Antioch, 312 AD
1.2g, 13mm
Van Heesch 3, A

MAXIMINUS II DAIA
Quarter-Nummus
OBVERSE: GENIO ANTIOCHENI, Tyche of Antioch seated facing on rocks, turreted and veiled, stalks of grain in right, river-god Orontes swimming below
REVERSE: APOLLONI SANCTO, Apollo standing left, patera in right, lyre in left. S in right field, mintmark SMA
Struck at Antioch, 312 AD
1.2g, 13mm
Van Heesch 3, A

 

Wow, Bing. That Volusian is amazing.

 

Thank you. This is one of the coins I was able to purchase from a dealer who decided not to sell Ancients any longer. So I got it and some others at exceptional prices. The dealer now only deals in Asian coins, specializing in coins of Vietnam.

 

Syria, Commagene, Samosata. Antoninus Pius AE24
Obv: ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ ΕΥΣΕ / laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing (cuirass and) paludamentum, r.
Rev: Φ ΣΑΜΟΣΑΤ ΙΕΡ ΑΣΥ ΑΥΤΟΝΟ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΜ / turreted Tyche seated on rock, l., holding poppy and two ears of corn, resting arm on rock, resting foot on swimming river-god (Euphrates).


Uncertain AE16 / River-God

 

Very nice Sextan rrdenarius, I love that patina and unusual coin. I only have one river god, that of TIBERIS the god of Tiber river, ROME 140 AD, Sestertius, 32mm, 26.5gm, RIC 642a.

 

Trajan rivergod sestertius

 

Wow! Nice one!

 

Love that Tiber, @Ancient Aussie!

Augustus, tetradrachm of Antioch, 5 BC. Rev: Tyche, wearing murate crown, holding palm, seated right; below, river-god Orontes swimming right. Year (ΥΠA IB) and ANT monogram in field.

 

I do have another river god (it pays to know what you own) Valerian 255 AD, River god Pyramus, holding cornucopia, reclining left on river bridge with triumphal arch each end. CILICIA. Mopsus 31mm, 14. 4gm,

 

Borysthenes rivergod

 

Olbia, Sarmatia
Æ25, 10.5g, 12h; 3rd-2nd centuries BC.
Obv.: Horned, bearded head of river god Borysthenes (Dnieper) left.
Rev.: Bow in case and battle axe; OΛBI to right, API to left.

 

What is the most famous river? Maybe the Nile!

A drachm of Hadrian with the river good Nilus reclining on a crocodile (lots of detail) and holding a papyrus reed and cornucopia.
A big coin of 32 mm.

 

Are you sure this coin has something to do with river Gods? That's news to me, but if it does have a connection I'd love to hear it.