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Gradual elimination of the thunderbolt 759

earlier stateres were issued before its erection, these of more advanced
style were issued after it.

Fig. 703.

Of the temple-statue itself no adequate copies1 have come down
to us. The small marble Zeus in the Musee Lapidaire at Lyons2,

1 For the numismatic evidence see R. Weil ' Der Zeus des Pheidias auf elischen
Miinzen der Kaiserzeit' in the Zeilschr. f. Ntim. 1912 xxx. 363—382 pi. 10, and infra
Append. O.

2 Clarac Mus. de Sculpt, iii. 20 pi. 397 fig. 665 (two views) = Reinach Rip. Stat. i.
186 no. 1 f., E. Wolff in the Ann. d. Inst. 1841 xiii. 52 f. pi. D, O. Benndorf in the Arch.
Zeit. 1865 xxiii Anz. p. 73*, Midler—Wieseler Denkm. d. alt. Kunst ii. 4 pi. 1, 8, Midler—
Wieseler—Wernicke Ant. Denkm. ii. 1. 50 f. pi. 4, 14. Restored: left lower arm from
elbow, right lower arm with elbow, nose, neck with some locks of hair, front of right foot,
parts of throne-back. Height (with base): o-62m. On the base is AIIOAAON (Corp. inscr.
Gr. iii no. 6139), presumably a modern inscription (O. Benndorf lot. cit.), since the simi-
larity of marble, style, and proportions makes it practically certain that the bearded head
belongs to the body of the work.