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115. Lakedsemon. AE Obv. AYKOYPfOX. Head of
ly, (i ' ' A A
This coin is of a late period of Lakedsemonian auto-
nomy.
116. Al'gOS. At Obv. Head of Hera to left, wearing stephanos
adorned with Rowers.
There was a temple at Argos to Hera Antheia; here she
was worshipped as a bride, and maidens called dy&o-^d/jot
bore dowers before her. (Preller. Hr. Myth., Yol. 1., p. 128,
note 1.) The reverse of this coin represents Diomedes
carrying oft from Ilium the Palladium which was afterwards
taken by him to Argos.
117. Arkadia. Ad obv. Head of Zeus, laureate, to left.
Rev. Pan seated to left on rocks, holding in his right hand the
We learn fromPausanias (VIII. xxxvii. and xxxviii.) that
Zeus Lykaeos and Pan were two of the chief divinities
of Arkadia: their temples stood on Mount Lykseum, the
Arkadian Olympos. On the reverse of this coin Pan is
represented as sitting on the summit of the mountain.
The old Arkadian coinage was probably issued by these
temples. (Curtius, Religious Character of Creek Coins.
Nurn. Chron., N. 8., Yol. X., p. 91.)
118. Stymphalos. Ad Obv. Head of Artemis, laureate, to right,
Rev. ^YYM^AAiflN. Herakles, nude, to left, wielding
Stymphalos was a city in the N.E. of Arkadia; the only
building of this city mentioned by Pausanias was a Temple
of Artemis Stymphalia, in which were figures of the Stym-
phalian birds destroyed by Herakles.