Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 106
RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY 85 108. Tiber. Bronze coin of the Emperor Antoninus Pius (a.d. 138-161) issuedbetween 140 and 141 b.c. In the British Museum. The river-god T1BERIS (cp.Verg. A en. viii. 31) reclines withan overturned vase from whichwater flows under his left arm.He holds a reed in his left… … 109. The River Gela. Silver coin (tetradrachm) of Gela, of the first half of the fifthcentury B.C. In the British Museum. The river-god Gelas (CEAAI) is represented as a bullwith human head, in the attitude ofswimming. The Greeks often repre-sent rivers by a bull of the ordinarykind, or with a…
Classical antiquities
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