Zeus : a study in ancient religion . in is one of a series struck byCommodus and his successors to commemorate certain statues of gods and heroes, fromwhich at least three inscribed bases are extant. Accordingly G. F. Hill A Handbook ofGreek and Roman Coins London 1899 p. 186 n. 3 would complete ih^ formula by supplying The Mountain-cults of Zeus 951 some such word as aviar-qaav. See further G. Macdonald Coin Types Glasgow 1905p. [70. Zeus Ibatos was worshipped at Skepsis also. Bronze coins of the town, struck byCommodus {Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Troas, etc. p. 84 no. 30) and Caracalla {ib. p. 84

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Zeus : a study in ancient religion . in is one of a series struck byCommodus and his successors to commemorate certain statues of gods and heroes, fromwhich at least three inscribed bases are extant. Accordingly G. F. Hill A Handbook ofGreek and Roman Coins London 1899 p. 186 n. 3 would complete ih^ formula by supplying The Mountain-cults of Zeus 951 some such word as aviar-qaav. See further G. Macdonald Coin Types Glasgow 1905p. [70. Zeus Ibatos was worshipped at Skepsis also. Bronze coins of the town, struck byCommodus {Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Troas, etc. p. 84 no. 30) and Caracalla {ib. p. 84pi. 16, i=my fig. 843), show ZeVC eiAAIO(C) CKHYinN clad in a himdtion,standing with an eagle in his right hand and a long sceptre in his left. An inscriptionfrom Skepsis [Kitrshinlu Tepe) records a priest of Zeus ISatos (J. A. R. Munro in thefourn. Hell. Stud. [901 xxi. 236 on a square marble base [17 y^epov^la \ [rdv] lep^a tovAi|[6s rJouISa^ou /cai | [tu)> l^e^aarCov V[v]\{aZ\ov ^Xd^iov OXu[Ac]|[7ri]o5c6pou viov | [0\]u/>i-.

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