Selinunte Didrachm, Heracles with a bull (river god), the Rivergod Hypsas, c. 450 BC
In commemoration of draining swamps by connecting two streams after the advice of Empedocels according to Diogenes Laertius
Selinunte Tetradrachm, Quadriga with Nike, the Rivergod Hypsas in front of an altar 415/409 BC
Hypsas is the old name of a river today called San’Anna River, near Agrigento, Sicily. The ancient town of Akragas (the Greek name for Agrigento) was founded by Greeks between two rivers: the Hypsas river on its west and the Akragas (today called the Drago River) on its east.
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