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INTRODUCTION.
seem to prevail.* Patara was probably in the monetary district
of Cragus. A bronze coin has been published!· reading TTA KP.
There is a large series of bronze coins of the period of the league,
but varying often from the usual types (nos. 2-12, Pl. xv. 13-16).
Of the Imperial coins of the time of Gordian, no. 13 (Pl. xvi. 1) has
been described somewhat differently by Lobbecke.j: The object held
by one of the figures seems to be a lyre and not a purse.§ Patara
struck coins in alliance with Myra under Gordian III. (Pl. xvi. 4).
Dias is only mentioned by Stephanus Byzantinus as a city || of
Lycia. No coins have up till now been attributed
DIAS. J r
to this city, but it would seem that the letters ΔΙ
on the obverse of the coin here catalogued (Pl. xii. 10) are the
initials of Dias. If so, the place must have been in the Cragus
monetary district.
II. Central Group.
Like Cragus, Masicytes (Massicytos) is the name of a mountain
MASICYTES
Monetary District.
district; but no city of this name is mentioned.
The mountain, which occupies the inland district
on the east bank of the Xanthus, is now known as
the ATc-Dagh. Ptolemy^]' mentions as cities in the neighbourhood
of Mt. Masicytes: Corydalla, Sagalassos (Acalissus), Rhodia(polis),
Trebendae (distinct from Trebenna), Phellus, Myra, Limyra. Then
follow under the subdivisions (1) Μιλυάδος : Podalia, Nysa, Clioma,
Condyca; (2) ΚαβαΧίας μέρος : Bubon, Oenoanda, Balbura. The
* See above, pp. 25-27, and Pl. vi. 13—vii. 5.
f Cat. Ivanoff (1863), 446. J Zeil. f Num., xv., p. 47.
§ It is possible that Dionysos occupied the oracle at Patara during the absence
of Apollo, as was the case at Delphi; and this may be the explanation of the present
type.—The object held by Apollo on other imperial coins can hardly be a roll of
paper, as has been suggested (Bachofen, das lyk. Voile, p. 69).
II S.v. Διά?· πάλι! ΛνκΙαί, ην Διάδης ΐ'κτι,σί' το (θνικον Δκιδίύί· IT V. 3, 6.
INTRODUCTION.
seem to prevail.* Patara was probably in the monetary district
of Cragus. A bronze coin has been published!· reading TTA KP.
There is a large series of bronze coins of the period of the league,
but varying often from the usual types (nos. 2-12, Pl. xv. 13-16).
Of the Imperial coins of the time of Gordian, no. 13 (Pl. xvi. 1) has
been described somewhat differently by Lobbecke.j: The object held
by one of the figures seems to be a lyre and not a purse.§ Patara
struck coins in alliance with Myra under Gordian III. (Pl. xvi. 4).
Dias is only mentioned by Stephanus Byzantinus as a city || of
Lycia. No coins have up till now been attributed
DIAS. J r
to this city, but it would seem that the letters ΔΙ
on the obverse of the coin here catalogued (Pl. xii. 10) are the
initials of Dias. If so, the place must have been in the Cragus
monetary district.
II. Central Group.
Like Cragus, Masicytes (Massicytos) is the name of a mountain
MASICYTES
Monetary District.
district; but no city of this name is mentioned.
The mountain, which occupies the inland district
on the east bank of the Xanthus, is now known as
the ATc-Dagh. Ptolemy^]' mentions as cities in the neighbourhood
of Mt. Masicytes: Corydalla, Sagalassos (Acalissus), Rhodia(polis),
Trebendae (distinct from Trebenna), Phellus, Myra, Limyra. Then
follow under the subdivisions (1) Μιλυάδος : Podalia, Nysa, Clioma,
Condyca; (2) ΚαβαΧίας μέρος : Bubon, Oenoanda, Balbura. The
* See above, pp. 25-27, and Pl. vi. 13—vii. 5.
f Cat. Ivanoff (1863), 446. J Zeil. f Num., xv., p. 47.
§ It is possible that Dionysos occupied the oracle at Patara during the absence
of Apollo, as was the case at Delphi; and this may be the explanation of the present
type.—The object held by Apollo on other imperial coins can hardly be a roll of
paper, as has been suggested (Bachofen, das lyk. Voile, p. 69).
II S.v. Διά?· πάλι! ΛνκΙαί, ην Διάδης ΐ'κτι,σί' το (θνικον Δκιδίύί· IT V. 3, 6.