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574 The double axe and Zeus Labrdyndos
344 B.C.)1, on silver and gold by Pixodaros (340—334 B.C.)2, and
on silver by Rhoontopates (334—333 B.C.)3 we see a Zeus, bearded
and laureate, clad in chiton and himdtion, who holds a double axe
in his right hand, a long sceptre in his left (fig. 475). Imperial
coins of Mylasa in silver (fig. 4/6)4 and bronze (figs. 477, 478)5 show
Zeus facing us with a kdlathos on his head, a double axe in his
right hand, and a spear in his left—clearly a cult-statue, for the
silver piece places him on a pedestal6, and other bronze pieces repre-
sent him erect in his temple, wearing a pectoral and agrenon or
sacred net-work7 and linked to the ground8 by means of fillets
(fig. 479)9. At Euromos bronze coins of the first century B.C. have
for reverse type a very similar figure standing between the star-
1 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Caria, etc. p. 183 pi. 28, 5, Babelon op. cit. ii. 2. 151 f.
pi. 90, 8 silver tetradrachms, with obv. head of Apollon facing, laureate; Brit. Mus. Cat.
Coins Caria, etc. p. 183 pi. 28, 6, Babelon op. at. ii. 2. 151 f. pi. 90, 9 silver didrachms,
with similar types; Brit. Mus. Cat. Corns Caria, etc. p. 183 pi. 28, 7, Babelon op. cit. ii.
1. 151 ff. pi. 90, 10 silver drachms, with similar types. Head Hist, num.'1 p. 629.
- Babelon op. cit. ii. 2. 155 f. pi. 90, 18 silver tetradrachm, with similar types; Brit.
Mus. Cat. Coins Caria, etc. p. 185 pi. 28, 13, Hunter Cat. Coins ii. 430 no. 1, Babelon
op. cit. ii. 2. 155 f. pi. 90, 19 f. and pi. 91, 1 silver didrachms, with similar types; Brit.
Mus. Cat. Coins Caria, etc. p. 185 pi. 28, 14, Hunter Cat. Coins ii. 431 no. 2 f., Babelon
op. cit. ii. 2. 155 f. pi. 91, 2 silver drachms, with similar types.
Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Caria, etc. p. 184 pi. 28, 9, Babelon op. cit. ii. 2. 153 ff. pi. 90,
12 and 15 gold Jiemistdtera, with obv. head of Apollon to right, laureate ; Brit. Mus. Cat.
Coins Caria, etc. p. 184 pi. 28, 10, Babelon op. cit. ii. 2. 155 f. pi. 90, 16 f. gold hiktai,
with similar types ; Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Caria, etc. p. 184 pi. 28, 11, Babelon op. cit.
ii. 2. 155 f. pi. 90, 13 gold hemihekta, with similar types. Head Hist, num.2 p. 630.
3 Babelon op. cit. ii. 2. 157 ff. pi. 91, 4 f. silver tetradrachms, with similar types.
Head Hist, num.'2 p. 630.
4 Imhoof-Blumer Kleinas. Miinzen i. 144 no. 2 Caligula (?), Head Hist, num.*2 p. 622 ;
W. M. Leake Numisniata Hellenica London 1856 Asiatic Greece p. 84 ( = my fig. 476)
Hadrian.
5 W. M. Leake op. cit. Suppl. London 1859 Asia p. 70 ( = my fig. 477) Septimius
Severus, Imhoof-Blumer Kleinas. Miinzen i. 146 no. n Elagabalos. Fig. 478 is from a
specimen, in my collection, struck by Caracalla.
6 Imhoof-Blumer Kleinas. Miinzen i. 144 no. 2 ' auf Postament.'
7 Supra i. 360, ii. 167, 192. 8 Supra p. 408 n. o.
9 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Caria, etc. p. 133 pi. 11, 5 ( = my fig. 479) Geta, Hunter Cat.
Coins ii. 425 no. 2 f.
344 B.C.)1, on silver and gold by Pixodaros (340—334 B.C.)2, and
on silver by Rhoontopates (334—333 B.C.)3 we see a Zeus, bearded
and laureate, clad in chiton and himdtion, who holds a double axe
in his right hand, a long sceptre in his left (fig. 475). Imperial
coins of Mylasa in silver (fig. 4/6)4 and bronze (figs. 477, 478)5 show
Zeus facing us with a kdlathos on his head, a double axe in his
right hand, and a spear in his left—clearly a cult-statue, for the
silver piece places him on a pedestal6, and other bronze pieces repre-
sent him erect in his temple, wearing a pectoral and agrenon or
sacred net-work7 and linked to the ground8 by means of fillets
(fig. 479)9. At Euromos bronze coins of the first century B.C. have
for reverse type a very similar figure standing between the star-
1 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Caria, etc. p. 183 pi. 28, 5, Babelon op. cit. ii. 2. 151 f.
pi. 90, 8 silver tetradrachms, with obv. head of Apollon facing, laureate; Brit. Mus. Cat.
Coins Caria, etc. p. 183 pi. 28, 6, Babelon op. at. ii. 2. 151 f. pi. 90, 9 silver didrachms,
with similar types; Brit. Mus. Cat. Corns Caria, etc. p. 183 pi. 28, 7, Babelon op. cit. ii.
1. 151 ff. pi. 90, 10 silver drachms, with similar types. Head Hist, num.'1 p. 629.
- Babelon op. cit. ii. 2. 155 f. pi. 90, 18 silver tetradrachm, with similar types; Brit.
Mus. Cat. Coins Caria, etc. p. 185 pi. 28, 13, Hunter Cat. Coins ii. 430 no. 1, Babelon
op. cit. ii. 2. 155 f. pi. 90, 19 f. and pi. 91, 1 silver didrachms, with similar types; Brit.
Mus. Cat. Coins Caria, etc. p. 185 pi. 28, 14, Hunter Cat. Coins ii. 431 no. 2 f., Babelon
op. cit. ii. 2. 155 f. pi. 91, 2 silver drachms, with similar types.
Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Caria, etc. p. 184 pi. 28, 9, Babelon op. cit. ii. 2. 153 ff. pi. 90,
12 and 15 gold Jiemistdtera, with obv. head of Apollon to right, laureate ; Brit. Mus. Cat.
Coins Caria, etc. p. 184 pi. 28, 10, Babelon op. cit. ii. 2. 155 f. pi. 90, 16 f. gold hiktai,
with similar types ; Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Caria, etc. p. 184 pi. 28, 11, Babelon op. cit.
ii. 2. 155 f. pi. 90, 13 gold hemihekta, with similar types. Head Hist, num.2 p. 630.
3 Babelon op. cit. ii. 2. 157 ff. pi. 91, 4 f. silver tetradrachms, with similar types.
Head Hist, num.'2 p. 630.
4 Imhoof-Blumer Kleinas. Miinzen i. 144 no. 2 Caligula (?), Head Hist, num.*2 p. 622 ;
W. M. Leake Numisniata Hellenica London 1856 Asiatic Greece p. 84 ( = my fig. 476)
Hadrian.
5 W. M. Leake op. cit. Suppl. London 1859 Asia p. 70 ( = my fig. 477) Septimius
Severus, Imhoof-Blumer Kleinas. Miinzen i. 146 no. n Elagabalos. Fig. 478 is from a
specimen, in my collection, struck by Caracalla.
6 Imhoof-Blumer Kleinas. Miinzen i. 144 no. 2 ' auf Postament.'
7 Supra i. 360, ii. 167, 192. 8 Supra p. 408 n. o.
9 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Caria, etc. p. 133 pi. 11, 5 ( = my fig. 479) Geta, Hunter Cat.
Coins ii. 425 no. 2 f.