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ASIATIC GREECE.<br />

Septimius Severus.<br />

AY. K. A. cen. ceOY Head <strong>of</strong> Septimius Severus to r. B. MHTPOnOAeiTON<br />

TiiN eN IDNIA. Three military figures, each <strong>with</strong> a hasta.<br />

AY. K. A. ce. oeOYHPOC n. Same type. B. Same legend. Mars, adv., looking<br />

to r., in a tetrastyle temple ; in right hand, spear ; left hand on shield, which<br />

rests on the ground.<br />

METROPOLIS Phrygiae.<br />

Note.—A good approximation to tlie position <strong>of</strong> Metropolis <strong>of</strong> Phrygia has been given by Strabo<br />

(p. 6fi3), from whom it appears to have stood on tlie great road from Ephesus to Mazaca, between<br />

Apameia (Dinaire) and Philomelium (Als-sheh^r). As this road did not pass through Apollonia<br />

(Oloburlu) and Antiocheia <strong>of</strong> Pisidia (Yalobatch), which is the more direct line, it seems evidently to<br />

have diverged from that line to the north, for the sake <strong>of</strong> turning the northern end <strong>of</strong> the great<br />

ridge <strong>of</strong> Phrygia Paroreius (Sultan-dagh), where stood Holmi. The Metropolitanus campus, there-<br />

fore, which Manlius crossed in his way from the fountains <strong>of</strong> the Obrimas, eastward <strong>of</strong> Apameia<br />

to Synnada {vide my Asia Minor, p. 152), appears to have been somewhere between Sandukli and<br />

Yalobatch, where in Mr. Hamilton's Map occurs a blank space still greatly in want <strong>of</strong> exploration.<br />

Gordianus Junior,<br />

AYT. K. M. ANT. rOPAIANOC. Head <strong>of</strong> Gordian to r. B. eni CTP. AYP. AIOreN0Y2<br />

MHTPOnOAeiTaN. Cybele seated to I. ; in<br />

right hand, patera ; left<br />

arm on tympanum ; at her feet, lion.<br />

Otacilia Severa.<br />

ceYHPA. Head <strong>of</strong> Otacilia Severa to r. B. en CTP. A<br />

(MHTPOnO)AeiTQN. Similar type.<br />

MIDAEIUM Phrygia.<br />

Note.—Midaium (MiSditov) derived its name from one <strong>of</strong> the ancient kings <strong>of</strong> the Gordian dynasty,<br />

and, as appears from its <strong>coins</strong> (Mionnet, iv. p. 342 ; Sup. vii. p. 600), honoured him as its icn'irnjf.<br />

It stood on the road from Dorylseum to Pessinus, at about a third <strong>of</strong> the distance from the former,<br />

and near tlie junction <strong>of</strong> the Thymbres and Sangarius, as two <strong>of</strong> the following <strong>coins</strong> prove.<br />

LEBAETOr.<br />

Augustus.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Augustus to r. B. MIAACaN. Youthful head to r.<br />

Trajanus.<br />

AY. NEP. TPAIANOC KAI. Ce. TG. AA. Head <strong>of</strong> Trajan to r. B. MIAAGiiN TE.<br />

BPIC. River-god recumbent to I. ; in<br />

right hand, reed.<br />

Electrotype from the B. M.<br />

Note.—The lower parts <strong>of</strong> the letters alone are seen on this specimen ; but Mr. W. H . Waddington<br />

possesses a coin <strong>of</strong> Midaium on which TEMBPIC is perfectly legible.<br />

bres, or Thymbrius, or Tiberis, a Pelasgic word, which migrated into Italy.<br />

Severus Alexandrus.<br />

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It is the local form <strong>of</strong> Thym-<br />

M. AYP. EEY. AAE«ANAPOE AY. Bust <strong>of</strong> Severus Alexander to r. B. MIAAeON<br />

EArAPIE . River-god to I., <strong>with</strong> a shrub in his right hand, sitting more upright<br />

than usual, and looking to r.<br />

Note.—Hence we perceive that the local form <strong>of</strong> Sangarius was Sagaris. The reverted head<br />

alludes probably to the windings <strong>of</strong> the Sangarius, which are remarkable ; it resembles a similar<br />

action in the bulls, which are symbols <strong>of</strong> rivers on many <strong>of</strong> the <strong>coins</strong> <strong>of</strong> Magna Grsecia.

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