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OF THE MONUMENT OF PHILOPAPPUS.
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Fig. 2. and 3. represent two figures, which, added to the above, complete the central
basso-relievo.
Fig. 3. is the person who precedes the car on foot. Fig. 2. is the captive who follows it
" which by the inadvertence of the engraver are here placed on the contrary sides of the quadriga."
Fig. 4. Is the basso-relievo representing the five attendants who precede the triumph.
The two figures in the niches, of which
Fig. 5. Represents the statue of Philopappus in the central niche.
Fig. 6. That of King Antiochus on the right hand of the above.
The Head-piece to this chapter, "represented at Plate XV. Fig. 7. and 8.," consists of two
Medals of Commagene, on one of which is an anchor with a star over it; and on each side is a cor-
nucopia, finishing with an infant's head; the legend is BA2IAEH2 TIOI, or "the king's sons " j
on the reverse is a crown of laurel, surrounding a quiver with arrows in ita, and the word KOM-
MArHNON.
The other medal " Fig. 8.," has two young men on horseback, with the inscription BA21AEC12
10I in the exergue, and on the reverse a figure of Capricorn, with a star over it, and an anchor un-
der it, with the legend KOMMAFHNHN ; the whole surrounded by a crown of laurel. The royal
dren are supposed to be Epiphanes and Callinicus, the two sons of Antiochus the Fourth. The
cnor is a symbol frequently seen on the medals of the kings of Syria, and on those of Commagene,
an seems intended to assert their descent from Seleucus, the first king of Syria.
The tail-piece is also composed of two medalsb, "represented at Figs. 9, 10, 11. Plate XV.,"
represents Antiochus the Fourth, and the other Jotape his queen. They have each the
ame reverse, the sign Scorpio, with the word KOMMArHNHN inclosed within a crown of laurel0.
1 The heads of children
H
oman Imperial coins, and
rising from
cornucopioc are seen on
were also allusive to the progeny of the
SOVermr,., i. abusive to th
pa^KZ teTd bySCneCa PledS-of I— ('*»
Th« oi jZ:^l 7i * I'°SpeCt °f an u"<%ited succession.
^onZZ7T °" T ™6 evid™% appears, by com
abov« staw, but th™»A " COi"J "^ t0 be a qUiver a
i quiver as
the eidanW T "^ Armenian tiara' or> more properly speaking,
8nd medal'. rt, " maj be deduced from ancient authors
ac0nic£la.S'thatthe tiara
^ss
al dial I tlara WaS the m°re ancient and genera%
name 7"i' ^ the cidaris was rather cylindrical, and
°f rays wh f, ThCy W6re b°th surmounted with a crown
V> Addiso ' T™ here mistakenlv delineated as arrow-heads.
% Num • °\ "ent Me<kk Plut in PomP- Vet- P°P' et
Pi. XXlv'p- rit'P-21ft D«ane's Coins of the Seleucidaa,
^Iconotrr ", g'13' Eckhel Doct. Num. Tom. Ill; Visconti,
" T*>e m / Grec1lle> Ch- XIV- PI. 48, Fig. 7- [>».]
CoJlection f t!^ frotn wnicn these drawings were made, are in the
lent them f cnard Payne Knight, Esq. who very obligingly
tor the purpose.
0 Besides the medals above spoken of, two others, of the same
family, are also introduced, which are unnoticed by Stuart. The
third, at fig. 12, is another medal of Antiochus Epiphanes, with
the same reverse as that which represents the two young princes
on horseback. The fourth, fig. 13, bears two joined hands with
a cadnceus rising between them, which is a device derived from
Roman coins; it is typical of peace, the offspring of good-faith.
The legend is niETiE, 'Fidelity' or 'Loyalty.' On the
reverse is an anchor with the word KOMMATHNfJN. The
coins of Commagene and its sovereigns, which have descended
to us, appear to be of brass. Examples of all that are men-
tioned above, together with those in the princely bequest of
the late It. P. Knight, Esq., are preserved in the British Mu-
seum. V. Tesoro Britannico of Haym, V. I. p. 116'- Museum
G. Hunteri, Tab. XIX. fig. 10. Dnane's Coins of the Seleu-
cidre, PI. XXIV. Vet. Pop. et Reg. Numi in Mus. Brit.,
p. 216. Lond. 1814. [>n.]
vol.
III.
C G
101
Fig. 2. and 3. represent two figures, which, added to the above, complete the central
basso-relievo.
Fig. 3. is the person who precedes the car on foot. Fig. 2. is the captive who follows it
" which by the inadvertence of the engraver are here placed on the contrary sides of the quadriga."
Fig. 4. Is the basso-relievo representing the five attendants who precede the triumph.
The two figures in the niches, of which
Fig. 5. Represents the statue of Philopappus in the central niche.
Fig. 6. That of King Antiochus on the right hand of the above.
The Head-piece to this chapter, "represented at Plate XV. Fig. 7. and 8.," consists of two
Medals of Commagene, on one of which is an anchor with a star over it; and on each side is a cor-
nucopia, finishing with an infant's head; the legend is BA2IAEH2 TIOI, or "the king's sons " j
on the reverse is a crown of laurel, surrounding a quiver with arrows in ita, and the word KOM-
MArHNON.
The other medal " Fig. 8.," has two young men on horseback, with the inscription BA21AEC12
10I in the exergue, and on the reverse a figure of Capricorn, with a star over it, and an anchor un-
der it, with the legend KOMMAFHNHN ; the whole surrounded by a crown of laurel. The royal
dren are supposed to be Epiphanes and Callinicus, the two sons of Antiochus the Fourth. The
cnor is a symbol frequently seen on the medals of the kings of Syria, and on those of Commagene,
an seems intended to assert their descent from Seleucus, the first king of Syria.
The tail-piece is also composed of two medalsb, "represented at Figs. 9, 10, 11. Plate XV.,"
represents Antiochus the Fourth, and the other Jotape his queen. They have each the
ame reverse, the sign Scorpio, with the word KOMMArHNHN inclosed within a crown of laurel0.
1 The heads of children
H
oman Imperial coins, and
rising from
cornucopioc are seen on
were also allusive to the progeny of the
SOVermr,., i. abusive to th
pa^KZ teTd bySCneCa PledS-of I— ('*»
Th« oi jZ:^l 7i * I'°SpeCt °f an u"<%ited succession.
^onZZ7T °" T ™6 evid™% appears, by com
abov« staw, but th™»A " COi"J "^ t0 be a qUiver a
i quiver as
the eidanW T "^ Armenian tiara' or> more properly speaking,
8nd medal'. rt, " maj be deduced from ancient authors
ac0nic£la.S'thatthe tiara
^ss
al dial I tlara WaS the m°re ancient and genera%
name 7"i' ^ the cidaris was rather cylindrical, and
°f rays wh f, ThCy W6re b°th surmounted with a crown
V> Addiso ' T™ here mistakenlv delineated as arrow-heads.
% Num • °\ "ent Me<kk Plut in PomP- Vet- P°P' et
Pi. XXlv'p- rit'P-21ft D«ane's Coins of the Seleucidaa,
^Iconotrr ", g'13' Eckhel Doct. Num. Tom. Ill; Visconti,
" T*>e m / Grec1lle> Ch- XIV- PI. 48, Fig. 7- [>».]
CoJlection f t!^ frotn wnicn these drawings were made, are in the
lent them f cnard Payne Knight, Esq. who very obligingly
tor the purpose.
0 Besides the medals above spoken of, two others, of the same
family, are also introduced, which are unnoticed by Stuart. The
third, at fig. 12, is another medal of Antiochus Epiphanes, with
the same reverse as that which represents the two young princes
on horseback. The fourth, fig. 13, bears two joined hands with
a cadnceus rising between them, which is a device derived from
Roman coins; it is typical of peace, the offspring of good-faith.
The legend is niETiE, 'Fidelity' or 'Loyalty.' On the
reverse is an anchor with the word KOMMATHNfJN. The
coins of Commagene and its sovereigns, which have descended
to us, appear to be of brass. Examples of all that are men-
tioned above, together with those in the princely bequest of
the late It. P. Knight, Esq., are preserved in the British Mu-
seum. V. Tesoro Britannico of Haym, V. I. p. 116'- Museum
G. Hunteri, Tab. XIX. fig. 10. Dnane's Coins of the Seleu-
cidre, PI. XXIV. Vet. Pop. et Reg. Numi in Mus. Brit.,
p. 216. Lond. 1814. [>n.]
vol.
III.
C G