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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 7757787, member: 99456&quot;]My latest coin from Asia Minor, features a River God from Tisna with bull&#039;s horns and a cup on the reverse that suggests a link to neighboring city Kyme.&nbsp; The Tisna archeological site discovered in 1860 by a French sailor, is located south of Pergamon and East of Kyme.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1329525[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Aeolis, Tisna</b>, 4th century BC, Æ 17.6mm, (3.96g, 5h)</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Head of river god Tisnaios left</p><p><b>Rev: </b>TIΣ/NAION, one-handled cup</p><p><b>Notes:</b> for more on this coin, <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/tisna-river-god" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/tisna-river-god" rel="nofollow">Tisna River God</a></p><p><br /></p><p>River gods were common in Anatolia, with water central to life in Ancient Greece.&nbsp; They are documented on coins across almost a thousand years from the 6th century BC to 3rd century AD. A 2005 thesis from Istanbul University, by Altinoluk, reports 77 different river gods appearing on coins of Asia Minor. The cults of four river gods are known in the Aeolis region: Hermus, Xanthus, Titnaius, and Boionites. Titnaius appears to be the earliest documented. A 2018 study of the archeological site of Tisna and surroundings discovered a &quot;sacred spring&quot;, and a sanctuary on Sarıkale Hill, which may have been associated with sacrifices to the River god, and the cult of Tisnaios.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>How many River gods might be lurking in CT member collections....post your coins of river gods, man faced bulls or anything else that you might find interesting or entertaining.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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