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The double axe and Zeus Lairdyndos 571
which had to be cleansed in water drawn from the river Kydnos1.
Whether trident and sword were Hellenic substitutes for a Hittite
double axe, we can hardly determine. On coins of Tarsos Sandas
carries a double axe, a sword, and a bow-case into the bargain2. In
Phrygia, however, it is clear that Apollon Tarseus had a double
axe, and Phrygian coinage not infrequently arms Apollon with this
primitive weapon. At Eumeneia he stands erect with a raven in
his right hand and a double axe in his left (fig. 466)", while a very
Fig. 466. Fig. 467. Fig. 468. Fig. 469.
similar type represents the local hero before a flaming altar with
the double axe in his left hand and a phidle in his right (fig. 46/)4.
The latter design, minus the altar, occurs also at Hierapolis (fig. 46s)5.
In the course of the second and third centuries A.D. the emperor
appears to have taken the place of this Apolline hero, as may be
gathered from sundry Hierapolitan specimens, which show him
standing with a branch (?) or corn-ears and poppy (?) in one hand,
the double axe in the other (figs. 461, 469)°. Finally, at Laodikeia
1 Plout. de def. or. 41 7rep£ de tov Kvdvov /ecu rrjs iepas rod 'Att6\\wvos ev Tapcrip p.axaipas,
to (pike Arifxrirpie, aov XeyovTos 7]Kovofj.ev, ws <ovre> 6 Kudvos aWov eKKaOaipei <ji5r)pov <rj>
eKeivov oiire vScop aWo tt)v fj.dxa.ipav rj exelvo. I follow the text of W. R. Paton (Berolini
1893), who adopts the corrections of J. N. Madvig and A. Emperius for cbs 6 k. /jlolWov
ennadalpei ai8y)pov {tov aiSripov Ambr. Pal.) ixdvov codd.
2 Supra i. 599 f. figs. 462—464. When St Paul, a citizen of Tarsos, bade his converts
'Put on the whole armour of God' (Eph. 6. 11, cp. 6. 13) and take 'the sword of the
Spirit' (ib. 6. 17), was he thinking for a moment of the panoply worn by Sandas in his own
native place?
3 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Phrygia pp. lxii, 217 pi. 27, 9 Nero, 218 nos. 47—49 Domitian,
Hunter Cat. Coins ii. 486 no. 1 Nero, Imhoof-Blumer Monn. gr. p. 400 no. 104 Domitian,
id. Gr. Miinzen p. 211 f. no. 683 pi. 12, 21 Nero, id. Kleinas. Miinzen i. 230 nos. 6 and
7 pi. 7, 23 Domitian, Head Hist, num.'1 p. 674. I figure a specimen, from my collection,
struck by Nero : EVMENEflN IOVAIOI KA EHN APXI EPEVIAII AS.
4 Imhoof-Blumer Kleinas. Miinzen i. 229 no. 4 pi. 7, 22 (=my fig. 467) time of
Alexander Severus (?).
5 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Phrygia p. 245 pi. 31, 6 ( = my fig. 468), Imhoof-Blumer
Klehias. Miinzeti i. 239 no. 23.
6 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Phrygia p. 231 no. 23 pi. 29, 8 ( = my fig. 461), p. 235 no. 47
pi. 30, 4 ( = my fig. 469), Imhoof-Blumer Kleinas. Miinzen i. 237 no. 12.
The last two coins have as obv. type the head of Zeus Tpcoios, who appears—again with
an Apolline rev.—on a coin of Hierapolis referred to the Hadrianic age (Imhoof-Blumer
Gr. Miinzen p. 214 f. no. 693 pi. 12, 22, cp. Brit. Mus. Cat. Corns Phrygia p. 233 pi. 30, 1).
which had to be cleansed in water drawn from the river Kydnos1.
Whether trident and sword were Hellenic substitutes for a Hittite
double axe, we can hardly determine. On coins of Tarsos Sandas
carries a double axe, a sword, and a bow-case into the bargain2. In
Phrygia, however, it is clear that Apollon Tarseus had a double
axe, and Phrygian coinage not infrequently arms Apollon with this
primitive weapon. At Eumeneia he stands erect with a raven in
his right hand and a double axe in his left (fig. 466)", while a very
Fig. 466. Fig. 467. Fig. 468. Fig. 469.
similar type represents the local hero before a flaming altar with
the double axe in his left hand and a phidle in his right (fig. 46/)4.
The latter design, minus the altar, occurs also at Hierapolis (fig. 46s)5.
In the course of the second and third centuries A.D. the emperor
appears to have taken the place of this Apolline hero, as may be
gathered from sundry Hierapolitan specimens, which show him
standing with a branch (?) or corn-ears and poppy (?) in one hand,
the double axe in the other (figs. 461, 469)°. Finally, at Laodikeia
1 Plout. de def. or. 41 7rep£ de tov Kvdvov /ecu rrjs iepas rod 'Att6\\wvos ev Tapcrip p.axaipas,
to (pike Arifxrirpie, aov XeyovTos 7]Kovofj.ev, ws <ovre> 6 Kudvos aWov eKKaOaipei <ji5r)pov <rj>
eKeivov oiire vScop aWo tt)v fj.dxa.ipav rj exelvo. I follow the text of W. R. Paton (Berolini
1893), who adopts the corrections of J. N. Madvig and A. Emperius for cbs 6 k. /jlolWov
ennadalpei ai8y)pov {tov aiSripov Ambr. Pal.) ixdvov codd.
2 Supra i. 599 f. figs. 462—464. When St Paul, a citizen of Tarsos, bade his converts
'Put on the whole armour of God' (Eph. 6. 11, cp. 6. 13) and take 'the sword of the
Spirit' (ib. 6. 17), was he thinking for a moment of the panoply worn by Sandas in his own
native place?
3 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Phrygia pp. lxii, 217 pi. 27, 9 Nero, 218 nos. 47—49 Domitian,
Hunter Cat. Coins ii. 486 no. 1 Nero, Imhoof-Blumer Monn. gr. p. 400 no. 104 Domitian,
id. Gr. Miinzen p. 211 f. no. 683 pi. 12, 21 Nero, id. Kleinas. Miinzen i. 230 nos. 6 and
7 pi. 7, 23 Domitian, Head Hist, num.'1 p. 674. I figure a specimen, from my collection,
struck by Nero : EVMENEflN IOVAIOI KA EHN APXI EPEVIAII AS.
4 Imhoof-Blumer Kleinas. Miinzen i. 229 no. 4 pi. 7, 22 (=my fig. 467) time of
Alexander Severus (?).
5 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Phrygia p. 245 pi. 31, 6 ( = my fig. 468), Imhoof-Blumer
Klehias. Miinzeti i. 239 no. 23.
6 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Phrygia p. 231 no. 23 pi. 29, 8 ( = my fig. 461), p. 235 no. 47
pi. 30, 4 ( = my fig. 469), Imhoof-Blumer Kleinas. Miinzen i. 237 no. 12.
The last two coins have as obv. type the head of Zeus Tpcoios, who appears—again with
an Apolline rev.—on a coin of Hierapolis referred to the Hadrianic age (Imhoof-Blumer
Gr. Miinzen p. 214 f. no. 693 pi. 12, 22, cp. Brit. Mus. Cat. Corns Phrygia p. 233 pi. 30, 1).