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1192 Appendix N
Kdsios on Mount Kasion, where Julian offered a belated hecatomb1. The
devotion of the Antiochenes to Zeus—a devotion grafted perhaps upon the
i?«W-worship of their predecessors—might further be inferred from their coin-
types. Antiochos iv Epiphanes (175—164B.C.) inaugurated a system of municipal
coinage and struck coppers at ' Antiocheia near Daphne,' which had as reverse
design Zeus wrapped in a himdtion with a wreath in his outstretched hand
(fig. 996)2—sign and symbol of the Olympic sports that he held at Daphne'■>.
Alexandres i Bala (150—145 B.C.), who claimed to be the son of Antiochos iv,
repeated his father's type of a wreath-bearing Zeus4. Other Seleucid kings
in all probability issued coins with Zeus-types at Antiocheia, e.g. Demetrios ii
Fig. 996. Fig. 997.
Nikatorinhis first reign (146—140B.C.)5 and Antiochos viii Grypos (121—96 B.C.)0.
Passing from the regal to the autonomous coinage of the town, we have coins
struck for the tctrdpolis' of Antiocheia by Daphne, Seleukeia in Pieria,
Apameia, and Laodikeia (149—147 B.C.) with a head of Zeus as obverse
and a thunderbolt as reverse type8, or with two Zeus-like heads—probably
meant for the Demoi of Antiocheia and Seleukeia—as obverse and Zeus en-
throned, Nike in one hand, a sceptre in the other, as reverse type (fig. 997)9.
The autonomous issues of 'the metropolis of the Antiochenes' [s. i B.C.) show
the head of Zeus wearing bays and Zeus enthroned as before but enclosed in a
1 Supra p. 981 n. t.
2 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Seleucid Kings of Syria p. 40 pi. 13, 1, Hunter Cat. Coins
iii. 50 f. pi. 66, 20, E. Babelon Les rois de Syrie Paris 1890 p. 79 pi. 14, 6 ( = my fig. 996),
Head Hist, nitm? p. 763.
3 Supra p. 1188 ff.
4 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Seleucid Kings of Syria p. 56 pi. 17, 1, Hunter Cat. Coins
iii. 66 no. 65 f., Head Hist, num.2 p. 765 f.
5 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Seleucid Kings of Syria p. 61 no. 29 obv. head of Zeus to
right, laureate; rev. BAIIAEHI AHMHTPIOY OEOY <t>l AAAE A<t>OY
N I KATOPOZ, with ttf (A in exergue, Apollon seated on the omphalos, holding arrow
and bow.
6 Hunter Cat. Coins iii. 100 pi. 69, 20 obv. Head of Antiochos viii to right, diademed ;
rev. BASIAEHI ANTIOXOV ETTI<MNOVI, with ^ and I, Zeus enthroned to
A
left, holding Nike with a wreath on his right hand and a long sceptre in his left.
7 Strab. 749.
8 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Galatia, etc. p. r51 no. 1, p. 152 pi. 18, 7, Hunter Cat.
Coins iii. 142 nos. 2—4, Head Hist, num.2 p. 778.
0 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Galatia, etc. p. 152 pi. 18, 6 ( = my fig. 997), cp. pi. 18, 8,
Hunter Cat. Coins iii. 141 no. 1, cp. p. 142 no. 8, Head Hi si. num.2 p. 778. G. Macdonald
in the Hunter Cat. Coins iii. 141, followed by B. V. Head loc. cit., supposes that the mint
was Seleukeia, not Antiocheia. The usual interpretation of the two bearded heads is borne
out by the reverse legend AAEA^fiN AHAAflN.
Kdsios on Mount Kasion, where Julian offered a belated hecatomb1. The
devotion of the Antiochenes to Zeus—a devotion grafted perhaps upon the
i?«W-worship of their predecessors—might further be inferred from their coin-
types. Antiochos iv Epiphanes (175—164B.C.) inaugurated a system of municipal
coinage and struck coppers at ' Antiocheia near Daphne,' which had as reverse
design Zeus wrapped in a himdtion with a wreath in his outstretched hand
(fig. 996)2—sign and symbol of the Olympic sports that he held at Daphne'■>.
Alexandres i Bala (150—145 B.C.), who claimed to be the son of Antiochos iv,
repeated his father's type of a wreath-bearing Zeus4. Other Seleucid kings
in all probability issued coins with Zeus-types at Antiocheia, e.g. Demetrios ii
Fig. 996. Fig. 997.
Nikatorinhis first reign (146—140B.C.)5 and Antiochos viii Grypos (121—96 B.C.)0.
Passing from the regal to the autonomous coinage of the town, we have coins
struck for the tctrdpolis' of Antiocheia by Daphne, Seleukeia in Pieria,
Apameia, and Laodikeia (149—147 B.C.) with a head of Zeus as obverse
and a thunderbolt as reverse type8, or with two Zeus-like heads—probably
meant for the Demoi of Antiocheia and Seleukeia—as obverse and Zeus en-
throned, Nike in one hand, a sceptre in the other, as reverse type (fig. 997)9.
The autonomous issues of 'the metropolis of the Antiochenes' [s. i B.C.) show
the head of Zeus wearing bays and Zeus enthroned as before but enclosed in a
1 Supra p. 981 n. t.
2 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Seleucid Kings of Syria p. 40 pi. 13, 1, Hunter Cat. Coins
iii. 50 f. pi. 66, 20, E. Babelon Les rois de Syrie Paris 1890 p. 79 pi. 14, 6 ( = my fig. 996),
Head Hist, nitm? p. 763.
3 Supra p. 1188 ff.
4 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Seleucid Kings of Syria p. 56 pi. 17, 1, Hunter Cat. Coins
iii. 66 no. 65 f., Head Hist, num.2 p. 765 f.
5 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Seleucid Kings of Syria p. 61 no. 29 obv. head of Zeus to
right, laureate; rev. BAIIAEHI AHMHTPIOY OEOY <t>l AAAE A<t>OY
N I KATOPOZ, with ttf (A in exergue, Apollon seated on the omphalos, holding arrow
and bow.
6 Hunter Cat. Coins iii. 100 pi. 69, 20 obv. Head of Antiochos viii to right, diademed ;
rev. BASIAEHI ANTIOXOV ETTI<MNOVI, with ^ and I, Zeus enthroned to
A
left, holding Nike with a wreath on his right hand and a long sceptre in his left.
7 Strab. 749.
8 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Galatia, etc. p. r51 no. 1, p. 152 pi. 18, 7, Hunter Cat.
Coins iii. 142 nos. 2—4, Head Hist, num.2 p. 778.
0 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Galatia, etc. p. 152 pi. 18, 6 ( = my fig. 997), cp. pi. 18, 8,
Hunter Cat. Coins iii. 141 no. 1, cp. p. 142 no. 8, Head Hi si. num.2 p. 778. G. Macdonald
in the Hunter Cat. Coins iii. 141, followed by B. V. Head loc. cit., supposes that the mint
was Seleukeia, not Antiocheia. The usual interpretation of the two bearded heads is borne
out by the reverse legend AAEA^fiN AHAAflN.