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large bay-wreath (fig. 998)1. In imperial times the head of Zeus sometimes
occupies the obverse (fig. 999)2, while his eagle in one guise or another very
commonly fills the reverse3. We see the great bird grasping a thunderbolt4,
or holding a wreath in his beak and a bay-branch in his talons', or gripping
a caduceus with his jaws and a palm-branch with his right claw as he rests
Fig. 1000. Fig. 1001. Fig. 1002. Fig. 1003.
on a garlanded altar (fig. 1000)6, or again perched with wreath in beak on the
thigh of an animal-victim (fig. 1001)7—altar and thigh alike recall the city's
foundation-myth—8, or bestriding a bay-wreath with the three Charites in it
(fig. 1002)9, or soaring beneath the imperial head (fig. 1003)10. Here and there
1 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Galatia, etc. p. 153 ff. pi. 18, 9, it, 12, pi. 19, 1 (cp. my
fig. 998 from a specimen of mine, which likewise shows Nike wreathing the city's title),
Hunter Cat. Coins va.. 143 ff. pi. 71, 28, 30, 34, Head Hist, num.2 p. 778.
2 From a specimen in my collection. Cp. Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Galatia, etc. p. 162 f.
pi. 19, 11 and pi. 20, 3. The reverse shows Boule (?), in chiton and himdtion, dropping a
pebble into the voting-urn.
3 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Galatia, etc. p. 158 ft'., Hunter Cat. Coins iii. 148 ft"., Head
Hist. num.'2]). 779 f.
4 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Galatia, etc. p. 175 pi. 21, 9 Nero: ETOYS Bl P ■ I (year
112 of the Caesarean era, reckoned from 49 b.c. : see B. Pick in the Zeitschr. f. Num.
1887 xiv. 312 n. 3).
5 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Galatia, etc. p. 177 pi. 22, 2 Otho: 6TOYCA (year 1 of the
emperor's reign!).
6 lb. p. 179 pi. 22, 5 Vespasian: eTOVCNGOV I6POV £ (new sacred year 5 -
73—74 a.d., reckoned from Sept. 2 to Sept. 1, the Syrian year of Augustus: see B. Pick
loc. tit. p. 331 ff.).
7 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Galatia, etc. p. 192 pi. 23, 5 Marcus Aurelius : T6PCAPAH
AA£~ Al VTTA TT ( = Tep/xai>LK6s ~Lapjj.a.TiKos, 5?;/xapxi/f?js e^ovaias at', vrraros y').
8 Su/>ra p. 1188.
9 lb. p. 196 pi. 23, 11 Caracalk: AH MAP X • 6E ■ VTTA ■ T • A ( = SWapX"^
i^ovaias, inraros rb 8'j.
10 lb. p. 196 pi. 23, 12 Caracalla: AHAAAPXE EVTTATOCTO A { = 8r}fiapxiKr,%
e£oi/<n'as, \nraTos to 8'). See F. Imhoof-Blumer 'Zur griechischen Miinzkunde' in the
Revue Suisse de Numisiuatique 1898 p. 45 f.
occupies the obverse (fig. 999)2, while his eagle in one guise or another very
commonly fills the reverse3. We see the great bird grasping a thunderbolt4,
or holding a wreath in his beak and a bay-branch in his talons', or gripping
a caduceus with his jaws and a palm-branch with his right claw as he rests
Fig. 1000. Fig. 1001. Fig. 1002. Fig. 1003.
on a garlanded altar (fig. 1000)6, or again perched with wreath in beak on the
thigh of an animal-victim (fig. 1001)7—altar and thigh alike recall the city's
foundation-myth—8, or bestriding a bay-wreath with the three Charites in it
(fig. 1002)9, or soaring beneath the imperial head (fig. 1003)10. Here and there
1 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Galatia, etc. p. 153 ff. pi. 18, 9, it, 12, pi. 19, 1 (cp. my
fig. 998 from a specimen of mine, which likewise shows Nike wreathing the city's title),
Hunter Cat. Coins va.. 143 ff. pi. 71, 28, 30, 34, Head Hist, num.2 p. 778.
2 From a specimen in my collection. Cp. Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Galatia, etc. p. 162 f.
pi. 19, 11 and pi. 20, 3. The reverse shows Boule (?), in chiton and himdtion, dropping a
pebble into the voting-urn.
3 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Galatia, etc. p. 158 ft'., Hunter Cat. Coins iii. 148 ft"., Head
Hist. num.'2]). 779 f.
4 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Galatia, etc. p. 175 pi. 21, 9 Nero: ETOYS Bl P ■ I (year
112 of the Caesarean era, reckoned from 49 b.c. : see B. Pick in the Zeitschr. f. Num.
1887 xiv. 312 n. 3).
5 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Galatia, etc. p. 177 pi. 22, 2 Otho: 6TOYCA (year 1 of the
emperor's reign!).
6 lb. p. 179 pi. 22, 5 Vespasian: eTOVCNGOV I6POV £ (new sacred year 5 -
73—74 a.d., reckoned from Sept. 2 to Sept. 1, the Syrian year of Augustus: see B. Pick
loc. tit. p. 331 ff.).
7 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Galatia, etc. p. 192 pi. 23, 5 Marcus Aurelius : T6PCAPAH
AA£~ Al VTTA TT ( = Tep/xai>LK6s ~Lapjj.a.TiKos, 5?;/xapxi/f?js e^ovaias at', vrraros y').
8 Su/>ra p. 1188.
9 lb. p. 196 pi. 23, 11 Caracalk: AH MAP X • 6E ■ VTTA ■ T • A ( = SWapX"^
i^ovaias, inraros rb 8'j.
10 lb. p. 196 pi. 23, 12 Caracalla: AHAAAPXE EVTTATOCTO A { = 8r}fiapxiKr,%
e£oi/<n'as, \nraTos to 8'). See F. Imhoof-Blumer 'Zur griechischen Miinzkunde' in the
Revue Suisse de Numisiuatique 1898 p. 45 f.