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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2208883, member: 56859&quot;]Scarcer deities, hmm-- not sure I have any which are truly scarce but here are a few less common deities.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Achelӧos (alternate spelling Achelous or Akheloios)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_50da028ede1942328a8e49d2862e9ea7.jpg_srb_p_1000_533_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>AKARNANIA,&nbsp; Federal Coinage (Akarnanian Confederacy)</b></p><p>3rd century BCE </p><p>Æ (20mm, 6.38 g, 10h)</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; laureate head of Zeus right; API below</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; head of river-god <b>Achelӧos</b> left; trident head above, monogram to left. Ref:&nbsp; BCD Akarnania 32; HGC 4, 736</p><p><i>From the collection of Alexandre Carathéodory Pasha (1833-1906)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>AKHELOIOS (or Achelous) was a <a href="http://www.theoi.com/Potamos/Potamoi.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theoi.com/Potamos/Potamoi.html" rel="nofollow">River-God</a> of Aitolia in central Greece. As the god of the largest fresh-water river in Greece, he was often represented as the god of fresh water in general. Akheloios once competed with Herakles in a contest for the hand of the Aitolian princess Deianeira. In their wrestling contest, Herakles tore of the god&#039;s horn, out of which was made a cornucopia or horn of plenty.</p><p>The river occurs in Greek art in three forms. In vase painting he was depicted as either a &quot;merman,&quot; with a coiled fish tail descending from below his chest, or as a large man-headed bull. In both cases his head was crowned with a horn. In mosaic art he appears as a reclining man with an amphora.</p><p>The Akheloios river rises in the Pindar ranges, to flow down through the heart Aitolia and Akarnania, reaching the Ionian Sea near the mouth of the Gulf of Korinthos. The most important neigh-bouring river was the <a href="http://www.theoi.com/Potamos/PotamosEuenos.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theoi.com/Potamos/PotamosEuenos.html" rel="nofollow">Euenos</a> to the east.</p><p style="text-align: right">--from <a href="http://www.theoi.com/Potamos/PotamosAkheloios.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theoi.com/Potamos/PotamosAkheloios.html" rel="nofollow">theoi.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Not scarce per se, but appearing only on two coins issued by Roman moneyer Mussidius Longus, <b>Venus Cloacina</b>:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_2151c105a83c40d295bca94380cc32c2.jpg_srb_p_1000_509_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Sol/Shrine of Venus Cloacina (attribution <a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!mussidius-longus-denarius-solcloacina/c1eyl" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!mussidius-longus-denarius-solcloacina/c1eyl" rel="nofollow">here</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_1cf82127df19447b8871d5dd813c6247.jpg_srb_p_1000_510_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Concordia/Shrine of Venus Cloacina (attribution <a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!mussidius-longus-concordiacloacina/csuw" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!mussidius-longus-concordiacloacina/csuw" rel="nofollow">here</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_6108da72f9db4305a823475c905d505e.jpg_srb_p_1000_519_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Concordia/Shrine of Venus Cloacina (attribution <a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!mussidius-longus-concordiacloacina/c1m3f" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!mussidius-longus-concordiacloacina/c1m3f" rel="nofollow">here</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>We&#039;ve discussed the type a few time so I&#039;ll just post the my <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-deity-worthy-of-respect.251682/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-deity-worthy-of-respect.251682/">Sewer Goddess</a> thread <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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