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Gradual elimination of the thunderbolt 743
in the old familiar scheme. Since Zeus Itkomdtas1 and Zeus Pats'2
were alike kept in the house of their priest, who held office for a
year only3, we must suppose that they were statues of manageable
weight, life-sized figures of thin beaten bronze at the most4.
Fig. 677. Fig. 678.
Fig. 679. Fig. 680.
Zeus militant with bolt and bird occurs sporadically throughout
the classical period. He appears in this guise, now as a bronze
statuette5, now in a vase-painting6, now again as a coin-type7, now
Chron. Fourth Series 1902 ii. 323 f. no. 13 pi. 15, 13 ( = my fig. 680), Imhoof-Blumer and
P. Gardner Num. Comm. Pans. ii. 841". pi. R, 13, Head Hist, num.'1 p. 413.
1 Supra p. 741 n. 4. 2 Supra p. 742 n. 5.
3 On the possible implications of such an annual tenure see Folk-Lore 1904 xv. 394 ff.
4 E. Pfuhl in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. vii. 2193.
5 Miss C. A. Hutton in the Ann. Brit. Sch. Ath. 1896—1897 iii. 149 ff. pi. 10, 1 (in
the collection of M. Cambanis, Athens. Right arm broken off. Height o"i26m). See
also Reinach Rip. Stat. iii. 1 nos. 4, 5, 7.
6 Supra i. 39 f. fig. 11.
7 (1) On coppers of Kierion in Thessaly, struck after c. 350 B.C. {Brit. Mus. Cat.
Coins Thessaly etc. p. 15 pi. 31, 2, Head Hist, num." p. 293).
(2) On a silver coin of Akarnania, struck c. 250 (?) —167 B.C.
(F. Imhoof-Blumer in the Num. Zeitschr. 1878 p. 30 b pi. 1,
5, Head Hist, num? p. 333). (3) On a Cretan kistophoros
{supra i. 402 b fig. 300). (4) On a silver coin of Tabai in
Karia, struck in early imperial times {Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins
Caria, etc. p. 162 pb 25, 8, Head Hist, num.- p. 626). (5) On
coppers of Attouda in Karia, struck in the time of Septimius
Severus {Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Caria, etc. p. 65 pb ro, 16,
Head Hist, num.2 p. 611). (6) On a copper of Kyzikos,
struck in imperial times (Hunter Cat. Coins ii. 267 no. 19). -p- ggj
(7) On a copper of Ephesos, struck by Salonina (fig. 681 from
a specimen in my collection). (8) On a copper of Pautalia in Thrace, struck by Caracalla
in the old familiar scheme. Since Zeus Itkomdtas1 and Zeus Pats'2
were alike kept in the house of their priest, who held office for a
year only3, we must suppose that they were statues of manageable
weight, life-sized figures of thin beaten bronze at the most4.
Fig. 677. Fig. 678.
Fig. 679. Fig. 680.
Zeus militant with bolt and bird occurs sporadically throughout
the classical period. He appears in this guise, now as a bronze
statuette5, now in a vase-painting6, now again as a coin-type7, now
Chron. Fourth Series 1902 ii. 323 f. no. 13 pi. 15, 13 ( = my fig. 680), Imhoof-Blumer and
P. Gardner Num. Comm. Pans. ii. 841". pi. R, 13, Head Hist, num.'1 p. 413.
1 Supra p. 741 n. 4. 2 Supra p. 742 n. 5.
3 On the possible implications of such an annual tenure see Folk-Lore 1904 xv. 394 ff.
4 E. Pfuhl in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. vii. 2193.
5 Miss C. A. Hutton in the Ann. Brit. Sch. Ath. 1896—1897 iii. 149 ff. pi. 10, 1 (in
the collection of M. Cambanis, Athens. Right arm broken off. Height o"i26m). See
also Reinach Rip. Stat. iii. 1 nos. 4, 5, 7.
6 Supra i. 39 f. fig. 11.
7 (1) On coppers of Kierion in Thessaly, struck after c. 350 B.C. {Brit. Mus. Cat.
Coins Thessaly etc. p. 15 pi. 31, 2, Head Hist, num." p. 293).
(2) On a silver coin of Akarnania, struck c. 250 (?) —167 B.C.
(F. Imhoof-Blumer in the Num. Zeitschr. 1878 p. 30 b pi. 1,
5, Head Hist, num? p. 333). (3) On a Cretan kistophoros
{supra i. 402 b fig. 300). (4) On a silver coin of Tabai in
Karia, struck in early imperial times {Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins
Caria, etc. p. 162 pb 25, 8, Head Hist, num.- p. 626). (5) On
coppers of Attouda in Karia, struck in the time of Septimius
Severus {Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Caria, etc. p. 65 pb ro, 16,
Head Hist, num.2 p. 611). (6) On a copper of Kyzikos,
struck in imperial times (Hunter Cat. Coins ii. 267 no. 19). -p- ggj
(7) On a copper of Ephesos, struck by Salonina (fig. 681 from
a specimen in my collection). (8) On a copper of Pautalia in Thrace, struck by Caracalla