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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2781176, member: 75525&quot;]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.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]643346[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]643347[/ATTACH] </p><p>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: &quot;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.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Post your river god coins and tell them to send rain where it is needed.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>PS - I read the &quot;news&quot; article before I checked the date. It was written in 2015. In this day of internet news, that qualifies as &quot;olds&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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