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The Arrhephoroi
Eryx (figs. 86, 87)1 was 'covered with dew and fresh grass2'—
medallions representing Venus in the Garden presuppose a Greek fresco of Aphrodite ev
K-qirois. The trees, the river, the wall or tower with battlements would all suit the famous
sanctuary beside the Ilissos.
3 Silver Utrai of Eryx, struck c. 480—413 b.c., have obv. EPVKINON (retrograde)
or ERV^AlTlB (partly retrograde) a female figure (? hierodule) sacrificing, with or
Fig. 84. Fig. 85.
without a phidle, at a lighted altar; the space behind her is sometimes filled by a floral
pattern: rev. a hound beneath a four-spoked wheel, or ivy-branch, or honeysuckle
ornament, once with volutes in exergue (Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Sicily p. 62 nos. 6, 7 with
fig. ( = my fig. 84), 8, 9, G. F. Hill Coins of Ancient Sicily London 1903 p. 90 fig. H>
Weber Cat. Coins i. 274 no. 1305 pi. 50, Naville Sale Catalogue 1923 p. 36 no. 878 pi. 26
( = my fig. 85), Head Hist, num.2 p. 138).
1 A denarius struck by C. Considius Nonianus c. 60 b.c. shows obv. c ■ consiDI •
noniani || s ■ c head of Venus Erycina to right, with ear-ring, stephdne, and wreath;
rev. mountain with fortified gateway, inscribed ervc, below and tetrastyle temple above
The Arrhephoroi
Eryx (figs. 86, 87)1 was 'covered with dew and fresh grass2'—
medallions representing Venus in the Garden presuppose a Greek fresco of Aphrodite ev
K-qirois. The trees, the river, the wall or tower with battlements would all suit the famous
sanctuary beside the Ilissos.
3 Silver Utrai of Eryx, struck c. 480—413 b.c., have obv. EPVKINON (retrograde)
or ERV^AlTlB (partly retrograde) a female figure (? hierodule) sacrificing, with or
Fig. 84. Fig. 85.
without a phidle, at a lighted altar; the space behind her is sometimes filled by a floral
pattern: rev. a hound beneath a four-spoked wheel, or ivy-branch, or honeysuckle
ornament, once with volutes in exergue (Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Sicily p. 62 nos. 6, 7 with
fig. ( = my fig. 84), 8, 9, G. F. Hill Coins of Ancient Sicily London 1903 p. 90 fig. H>
Weber Cat. Coins i. 274 no. 1305 pi. 50, Naville Sale Catalogue 1923 p. 36 no. 878 pi. 26
( = my fig. 85), Head Hist, num.2 p. 138).
1 A denarius struck by C. Considius Nonianus c. 60 b.c. shows obv. c ■ consiDI •
noniani || s ■ c head of Venus Erycina to right, with ear-ring, stephdne, and wreath;
rev. mountain with fortified gateway, inscribed ervc, below and tetrastyle temple above