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GALATIA.
upon his wrist. Temple of Aphrodite at Paphus, in the midst of which
is a conical stone, the symbol of the goddess (cf. Max. Tyr. 8, 8)
and in front a semicircular paved enclosure or basin, sometimes con-
taining a fish (Fig. 332). On either side of the temple is a portico
containing a thymiaterion, and with a dove on the roof. The central
portion of the building, pierced by three openings, is surmounted by a
star within a crescent.
Fig. 332.
GALATIA.
[Birch, Numismatic Chronicle, ii, 169 and 223.]
The province of Galatia, south of Bithynia and Paphlagonia, west of
Pontus and north-east of Phrygia, was peopled by Gaulish tribes who
had passed into Asia about b. c. 278. It was not, however, until more
than a century after their migration into Asia that they settled quietly
down in the district which was named after them. Of these Gauls there
were three principal tribes (Strab. 187), the Tolistobogii, who occupied the
western portion of Galatia (chief town Pessinus), the Tectosages, who
were settled in the centre (chief town Ancyra), and the Trocmi, who
dwelt in the east, their capital being Tavium.
The earliest Galatian coins are those of the following kings :—
KINGS OF GALATIA.
Brogitarus acquired the title of king in B. C. 58, as well as that of
High Priest of Pessinus, by purchase from P. Clodius, Plebeian Tribune
(Mommsen, Ilist. Mon. Rom., iii. 313).
Head of Zeus, r. in oak-wreath. BAZIAEflS BPOTITAPOY <t>IAO-
PRMAIOY with date 5 (= year 6
(Mion., Suppl., vii. Pl. XIII. 3.) of his reign, b. c. 53) Eagle on fulmen
JR Tetradr. of cistophoric weight.
186-8 grs.
Deiotarus I. A Tetrarch of Galatia, who, for his services to the
Romans, was rewarded with the title of king b. c. 74.
GALATIA.
upon his wrist. Temple of Aphrodite at Paphus, in the midst of which
is a conical stone, the symbol of the goddess (cf. Max. Tyr. 8, 8)
and in front a semicircular paved enclosure or basin, sometimes con-
taining a fish (Fig. 332). On either side of the temple is a portico
containing a thymiaterion, and with a dove on the roof. The central
portion of the building, pierced by three openings, is surmounted by a
star within a crescent.
Fig. 332.
GALATIA.
[Birch, Numismatic Chronicle, ii, 169 and 223.]
The province of Galatia, south of Bithynia and Paphlagonia, west of
Pontus and north-east of Phrygia, was peopled by Gaulish tribes who
had passed into Asia about b. c. 278. It was not, however, until more
than a century after their migration into Asia that they settled quietly
down in the district which was named after them. Of these Gauls there
were three principal tribes (Strab. 187), the Tolistobogii, who occupied the
western portion of Galatia (chief town Pessinus), the Tectosages, who
were settled in the centre (chief town Ancyra), and the Trocmi, who
dwelt in the east, their capital being Tavium.
The earliest Galatian coins are those of the following kings :—
KINGS OF GALATIA.
Brogitarus acquired the title of king in B. C. 58, as well as that of
High Priest of Pessinus, by purchase from P. Clodius, Plebeian Tribune
(Mommsen, Ilist. Mon. Rom., iii. 313).
Head of Zeus, r. in oak-wreath. BAZIAEflS BPOTITAPOY <t>IAO-
PRMAIOY with date 5 (= year 6
(Mion., Suppl., vii. Pl. XIII. 3.) of his reign, b. c. 53) Eagle on fulmen
JR Tetradr. of cistophoric weight.
186-8 grs.
Deiotarus I. A Tetrarch of Galatia, who, for his services to the
Romans, was rewarded with the title of king b. c. 74.