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446 Herakles and Iphikles
was disposed to think this queer customer spurious and Reinach
accordingly labels him ' Suspect.' Without
careful examination of the original one
would not venture to decide. But it re-
minds me of the copper coins struck under
Septimius Severus at Bans (Isbarta, Sparta)
on the Kestros in Pisidia, which portray
a double-headed deity, with two or four
arms1, clad in a lion-skin and grasping
bow and club (figs. 354, 35 5)2 or bow,
club, and sword (fig. 356)3. D. Sestini in
1828 mistook him for a group of Herakles
and Hephaistos4. J. Friedlander in 1879
was the first to recognise in him 'einen
1 Cp. a bronze statuette from Teti in Sardinia (Perrot—Chipiez Hist, de I'Art iv. 65 f.
fig- 51— my fig- 353) representing a warrior with four arras, four eyes in his head, and
Fig- 353-
apparently other eyes on his arms: he carries two swords and two round shields. Height
o-19'".
2 A. Lobbecke in the Zeitschr. f. Num. 1890 xvii. 13 pi. 2, 3 ( = my fig. 354) : obv.
AY-K-A-Cen-CeYr-POC-nCP - bust of Septimius Severus; rev. BAPHNHN
double-headed male figure advancing to right, with club in right hand and bow in left,
on which a bird seems to be perched. Round his shoulders is flung a lion-skin. ' Lowenhaut
und Keulc.deuten auf Herakles.'
3 Brit. Miis. Cat. Coitis Lycia, etc. pp. cx, 207 pi. 34, 2 (my fig. 356 was drawn
from a cast of the coin, kindly sent to me by Mr G. F. Hill): obv. AVTKAIAC6TT-
CeOVHPOCTTeP. . bust of Septimius Severus; rev. BAPH NAN double-headed,
four-armed male figure advancing to right, with heads looking different ways, bow and
club held to right, sword to left, and lion-skin slung behind.
4 D. Sestini Descrizione delle medaglie antic he greche del museo Hedervariano Firenze
1828 ii. 268 pi. 22, 5 ( = my fig. 355): ' Hercules et Vulcanus in unum corpus colligati...
was disposed to think this queer customer spurious and Reinach
accordingly labels him ' Suspect.' Without
careful examination of the original one
would not venture to decide. But it re-
minds me of the copper coins struck under
Septimius Severus at Bans (Isbarta, Sparta)
on the Kestros in Pisidia, which portray
a double-headed deity, with two or four
arms1, clad in a lion-skin and grasping
bow and club (figs. 354, 35 5)2 or bow,
club, and sword (fig. 356)3. D. Sestini in
1828 mistook him for a group of Herakles
and Hephaistos4. J. Friedlander in 1879
was the first to recognise in him 'einen
1 Cp. a bronze statuette from Teti in Sardinia (Perrot—Chipiez Hist, de I'Art iv. 65 f.
fig- 51— my fig- 353) representing a warrior with four arras, four eyes in his head, and
Fig- 353-
apparently other eyes on his arms: he carries two swords and two round shields. Height
o-19'".
2 A. Lobbecke in the Zeitschr. f. Num. 1890 xvii. 13 pi. 2, 3 ( = my fig. 354) : obv.
AY-K-A-Cen-CeYr-POC-nCP - bust of Septimius Severus; rev. BAPHNHN
double-headed male figure advancing to right, with club in right hand and bow in left,
on which a bird seems to be perched. Round his shoulders is flung a lion-skin. ' Lowenhaut
und Keulc.deuten auf Herakles.'
3 Brit. Miis. Cat. Coitis Lycia, etc. pp. cx, 207 pi. 34, 2 (my fig. 356 was drawn
from a cast of the coin, kindly sent to me by Mr G. F. Hill): obv. AVTKAIAC6TT-
CeOVHPOCTTeP. . bust of Septimius Severus; rev. BAPH NAN double-headed,
four-armed male figure advancing to right, with heads looking different ways, bow and
club held to right, sword to left, and lion-skin slung behind.
4 D. Sestini Descrizione delle medaglie antic he greche del museo Hedervariano Firenze
1828 ii. 268 pi. 22, 5 ( = my fig. 355): ' Hercules et Vulcanus in unum corpus colligati...