Time to pray to Jupiter Optimus for mercy

May Jupiter protect the people, may Neptune calm the seas, and may Aeolus restrain the winds.

 

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I'll add Neptune, Juno Conservatrix, and Hercules Conservator:

Anybody got an Oado?

 

Also, here's a coin of Rudrasena I, probably named after the Hindu storm god, Rudra:



Stay safe @Sallent, @Bing, and @ValiantKnight!

 

Ok Jupiter, time to get to conservatori-ing for our friends in Florida! May his 10 pack abs shield you from the storm!



Seriously, for what it's worth, I'm thinking about you all down there!

 

Neptune.. seriously .. he must have some pull!!

 

Looks like our offerings are working!

The latest modeling runs show Dorian turning-- now it's South Carolina's turn to scramble but if this morning it turns just a liiiiiitle more it will be a fish storm.

(click for an extended animation, GFS, from Tropical Tidbits-- a great site for tracking and storm predictions)

Now all you US southeast coasters need to go outside and blow hard to the east .

I'm going to ask Amphitrite to have a word with her husband .


BRUTTIUM, the Brettii
216-214 BCE
Æ quartuncia, 13.5mm, 2.06 g
Obv: head of Amphitrite left, wearing crab headdress
Rev: crab; torch above, BPET-TIΩN above and below
Ref: Pfeiler p. 33, 4a; Scheu, Bronze 51; HN Italy 1944; SNG ANS 123–4; SNG Lloyd –; McClean 1579


ROMAN REPUBLIC, Moneyer Q. Crepereius M.f. Rocus
69 BCE (revised from Crawford's 72 BCE)
AR serrate denarius; 3.99 gm
Obv: draped bust of Amphitrite seen from behind, with head turned r.; behind, sea anemone; horizontal I to right of right shoulder (only partly visible on this coin)
Rev: Neptune in biga of hippocamps right, holding reins and brandishing trident; above, I and below, Q·CREPER·M·F / ROCVS
Ref: Crawford 399/1b; Babelon Crepereia 1. Sydenham 796a. Rare.
from HJB BBS 200, October 2016
ex NAC 78 lot 1828, from the JD Collection of Roman Republican Coins

Hubby Poseidon:


KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos III Doson, 229-221 BCE
struck 227-225 BCE, Amphipolis mint?
AR tetradrachm, 32 mm, 17.1 gm
Obv: wreathed head of Poseidon right
Rev: Apollo seated left on prow left, holding bow; monogram below.
Ref: Panagopoulou 50–3 var. (unlisted dies); EHC 436; Touratsoglou 52–3; SNG Saroglos 933; SNG Alpha Bank 1046; SNG Ashmolean 3266

Maybe this superstorm calls for a supergod's intervention so here's Serapis-Poseidon-Zeus-Ammon-Helios:


EGYPT, Alexandria. Lucius Verus
year 4, CE 163/4
tetradrachm, 24 mm, 13.51 gm
Obv: ΛAVPHΛI OVHPOCCEB; bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust left
Rev: Radiate and draped bust of Serapis-Pantheos right, wearing calathus and horn of Ammon; trident behind shoulder; ∆/L in right field
Ref: Emmett 2360 (4), R1; Köln 2148; Dattari (Savio) 9420; K&G 39.77


Power has been restored at my place, yay!

 

The latest from the NHC is this - it seems dorian is veering more and more to the north and may miss South Florida and stay out to sea, at least it looks better for SWFL. Let us hope it stays that way! obviously, let us hope that folks further up the cost will be safe if it is headed their way...

 

Just to be on the safe side, I will also pray to Jupiter:

Trajan sestertius - showing front of the Temple of Jupiter.
Jupiter driving chariot.

 

Hopefully it will turn out ok. I can't image what it is like to be in a hurricane. If a wind is beyond your average breeze here in Holland, the entire nation (small, but still) is in a panic.

here is a iovis:

 

Yep @TIF , it's working well. Guess Jupiter heard us after all.



Now here's another offering to the big man himself to steer this storm further out to sea and away from any landmasses (including the Carolinas).

 

You guys do realize that if this works, if the storm goes elsewhere, appealing to the old gods for aid may result in a resurgence of Paganism throughout the land. Look for all those old Classical Revival banks to start sporting sacrificial altars in their lobbies and augurs doing a brisk business at the gambling parlors. Where are my old lituus and simpulum?

 

Another guy we should pray to...

 

I thought it was Photoshop, but no, it really did air on TV. Funny stuff.

 

haha...o no..they say he's got to go, go go Godzilla..><

 

Maybe Mothra would have a better chance...

 

Love how they made the hurricane explode all Michael Bay-like.

 

Best of luck to all of the Floridians on and off of CoinTalk!

JVPITER CVSTOS denarius of Nero

 

One God or many gods, here is my contribution for deliverance. Good luck to you and your family.