Zeus : a study in ancient religion . 07,Head Hist, mcm.^ p. 442), and an imperial copper of Kleonai (Imhoof-BlumerMonn. gr. p. 133, id. and P. Gardner Num,. Com^n. Paus. i. 32, Head Hist,num? p. 441). The god is seated to the left with his left foot advanced, holdinga long sceptre high up in his left hand and extending his right hand over thehead of a coiled snake. Beneath his seat (silver coins) or behind it (coppers)lies a dog (see H. Gaidoz A propos des chiens dEpidaure in the Rev. ii. 218—222, O. Keller Die antike Tierwelt Leipzig 1909 i. 141, F. Orth inPauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. vi
Zeus : a study in ancient religion . 07,Head Hist, mcm.^ p. 442), and an imperial copper of Kleonai (Imhoof-BlumerMonn. gr. p. 133, id. and P. Gardner Num,. Com^n. Paus. i. 32, Head Hist,num? p. 441). The god is seated to the left with his left foot advanced, holdinga long sceptre high up in his left hand and extending his right hand over thehead of a coiled snake. Beneath his seat (silver coins) or behind it (coppers)lies a dog (see H. Gaidoz A propos des chiens dEpidaure in the Rev. ii. 218—222, O. Keller Die antike Tierwelt Leipzig 1909 i. 141, F. Orth inPauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. viii. 2576 f). The seat itself is sometimes a high-backed throne (silver and copper coins), sometimes a mere stool (silver coins).Other Zeus-like types of Asklepios seated occur on coppers of Argos—perhapsafter the group by Xenophilos and Straton (Paus. 2. 23. 4), which followed themainlines of Thrasymedeswork (Imhoof-Blumer and P. Gardner A^2^;/2, i. 40 f pi. K, 47, Biit. Mus. Cat. Coins Peloponnesus p. 151 no. 166),.
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