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Fig. 1021.

illustration of it (fig. 1022) is drawn. The obverse is irom the same die as that of fig. 701 ;
the reverse, from the same die as that of fig. 700.

Fig. 1022.

n- 771 fig- 735- F°r Zeus enthroned with a lotos in his hand cp. an Arabian imitation
of a tetradrachm of Alexander, showing a beardless god enthroned to left with a flower
instead of an eagle in his right hand (B. V. Head in the Num. Chron. New Series 1880
xx. 303 ff. pi. 15, 3, G. F. Hill in the Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Arabia etc. p. Ixxxii
pl- 5°. 5)-

ii. 774 n. 4. Miss M. E. H. Lloyd tells me (Oct. 7, 1922) that at Pitigliano in Grcsseto
during May and June the leaves of the giglio (iris fiorentina) are hung up outside the
windows as a charm against lightning. The plant in leaf, before being hung up, is taken
to the church to be blessed by the priest.