Zeus : a study in ancient religion . a wreath on his right hand and a long sceptre in his left. Strab. 749. 8 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Galatia, etc. p. 151 no. i, p. 152 pi. 18, 7, Hunter iii. 142 nos. 2—4, Head Hist. 7mm.^ p. 778. ^ Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Galatia, etc. p. 152 pi. 18, 6 ( = my fig. 997), cp. pi. 18, 8,Hunter Cat. Coins iii. 141 no. i, cp. p. 142 no. 8, \\%z.^Hist. num? p. 778. G. Macdonaldin the Hunter Cat. Coins iii. 141, followed by B. V. Head/t?^. reV., supposes that the mintwas Seleukeia, not Antiocheia. The usual interpretation of the two bearded heads is borneout b
Zeus : a study in ancient religion . a wreath on his right hand and a long sceptre in his left. Strab. 749. 8 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Galatia, etc. p. 151 no. i, p. 152 pi. 18, 7, Hunter iii. 142 nos. 2—4, Head Hist. 7mm.^ p. 778. ^ Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Galatia, etc. p. 152 pi. 18, 6 ( = my fig. 997), cp. pi. 18, 8,Hunter Cat. Coins iii. 141 no. i, cp. p. 142 no. 8, \\%z.^Hist. num? p. 778. G. Macdonaldin the Hunter Cat. Coins iii. 141, followed by B. V. Head/t?^. reV., supposes that the mintwas Seleukeia, not Antiocheia. The usual interpretation of the two bearded heads is borneout by the reverse legend AAEA^^HN AHMflN. Zeus Philios 1193 large bay-wreath (fig. 998) 1. In imperial times the head of Zeus sometimesoccupies the obverse (fig. 999)^ while his eagle in one guise or another verycommonly fills the reverse^. We see the great bird grasping a thunderbolt*,or holding a wreath in his beak and a bay-branch in his talons^, or grippinga caduceus with his jaws and a palm-branch with his right claw as he rests.
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