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ELIS—PISA.
357
Throughout this long period, the Head of Zeus and the Eagle, frequently
contending with a serpent, are the types of most common occurrence.
In style they exhibit a steady degradation, and as a rule they bear in
the field the initials of the names of successive tyrants, none of whom
have however been identified (Fig. 236).
Circ. b.c. 191-146.
In b.c. 191 Elis was compelled by the Achaeans, much against her
will, to join their League. (For coins, see p. 352.)
Circ. b.c. 146-43.
With the Roman conquest the series of the silver coins of Elis
comes to an end, but the town still continued to issue bronze money
of base style.
Head of Zeus.
Head of Apollo.
FAAEIflN in wreath . . . J5 -8
FA Zeus striding to right, wielding
fulinen and holding eagle . 2E -6
Imperial Times.
Hadrian to Caracalla. Inscr., HAEII1N or HAElUUbl. The following ,
types deserve especial mention. Hadrian, rev., Figure of Zeus Olympios
seated on throne, holding Nike, and resting on sceptre. Hadrian,
rev., Ileacl of Zeus Olympios (Gardner, Types of Gk. Coins, Pl. XV. 18 and
19). There can be no doubt that these two remarkable coins are copies
of the head, and of the entire statue of the world-renowned chrysele-
phantine Zeus of Pheidias at Olympia, and moreover that they are the
most faithful copies of this masterpiece which have been handed down to
us (cf. Gardner, Coins of Elis, p. 47 sq.). Hadrian, rev., Eiver-god Alpheius
reclining, holding in his right hand a wreath and in his left a reed, at
his feet an urn with a palm. It was on the banks of this river that the
Olympian games were solemnized, to which the palm in a prize urn •
here alludes.
Pisa. The ancient city of Pisa, a little to the east of Olympia, had
been destroyed by the Eleians in b.c. 572, but the descendants of its
former inhabitants continued to be distinguished as Pisatans, and in
B. c. 364 the Arcadians determined to restore to them their ancient right
of presiding over the Olympic games. This attempt proved successful
on the occasion of the 104th Olympiad. The Pisatans then seized the
temple treasures, and converted them into coin for the payment of
troops. A few specimens of this money, which is of gold, have been
preserved.
Head of Zeus. [Num. Chron., 1879,
Pl. XIV. 7.)
Id. {Ibid., Pl. XIV. 8.)
PICA Three half thunderbolts . . .
A Trihemiobol, 24 grs.
,, Thunderbolt . . . A Obol.
After this bold attempt on the part of the Pisatans, the Eleians
recovered the presidency of the games, and forthwith ordered the
104th celebration to be omitted, as having been illegal, from the
official list of Olympiads.
357
Throughout this long period, the Head of Zeus and the Eagle, frequently
contending with a serpent, are the types of most common occurrence.
In style they exhibit a steady degradation, and as a rule they bear in
the field the initials of the names of successive tyrants, none of whom
have however been identified (Fig. 236).
Circ. b.c. 191-146.
In b.c. 191 Elis was compelled by the Achaeans, much against her
will, to join their League. (For coins, see p. 352.)
Circ. b.c. 146-43.
With the Roman conquest the series of the silver coins of Elis
comes to an end, but the town still continued to issue bronze money
of base style.
Head of Zeus.
Head of Apollo.
FAAEIflN in wreath . . . J5 -8
FA Zeus striding to right, wielding
fulinen and holding eagle . 2E -6
Imperial Times.
Hadrian to Caracalla. Inscr., HAEII1N or HAElUUbl. The following ,
types deserve especial mention. Hadrian, rev., Figure of Zeus Olympios
seated on throne, holding Nike, and resting on sceptre. Hadrian,
rev., Ileacl of Zeus Olympios (Gardner, Types of Gk. Coins, Pl. XV. 18 and
19). There can be no doubt that these two remarkable coins are copies
of the head, and of the entire statue of the world-renowned chrysele-
phantine Zeus of Pheidias at Olympia, and moreover that they are the
most faithful copies of this masterpiece which have been handed down to
us (cf. Gardner, Coins of Elis, p. 47 sq.). Hadrian, rev., Eiver-god Alpheius
reclining, holding in his right hand a wreath and in his left a reed, at
his feet an urn with a palm. It was on the banks of this river that the
Olympian games were solemnized, to which the palm in a prize urn •
here alludes.
Pisa. The ancient city of Pisa, a little to the east of Olympia, had
been destroyed by the Eleians in b.c. 572, but the descendants of its
former inhabitants continued to be distinguished as Pisatans, and in
B. c. 364 the Arcadians determined to restore to them their ancient right
of presiding over the Olympic games. This attempt proved successful
on the occasion of the 104th Olympiad. The Pisatans then seized the
temple treasures, and converted them into coin for the payment of
troops. A few specimens of this money, which is of gold, have been
preserved.
Head of Zeus. [Num. Chron., 1879,
Pl. XIV. 7.)
Id. {Ibid., Pl. XIV. 8.)
PICA Three half thunderbolts . . .
A Trihemiobol, 24 grs.
,, Thunderbolt . . . A Obol.
After this bold attempt on the part of the Pisatans, the Eleians
recovered the presidency of the games, and forthwith ordered the
104th celebration to be omitted, as having been illegal, from the
official list of Olympiads.