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164 E. S. G. ROBINSOX.
to bring the head into connexion with the reverse
type to which it is joined on No. 76. May it not be that
of an adolescent Eros with his quiver ? As for the ivy
wreath, Eros from the fourth century is often closely
associated with Dionysos ; on occasion he even holds
the thyrsos, and fills the place of the god. 119 If it be
not Eros, it must be Apollo ;
for the adjunct is certainly
a quiver, and No. 79 and the bronze coin with Artemis
mentioned above indicate that in this group the
adjunct should be connected with the main type.
Whether No. 78 ever bore the name EIAflNO is
doubtful, for in both of the known examples the surface
(to judge by casts) leaves much to be desired in the
place where No. 76 would lead us to look for the
inscription. That both dies are from the same hand
is obvious, and in view of the ease with which the name
has already disappeared from No. 77, Pheidon may well
have signed No. 78 as well.
With No. 79 we face a very different question. At
first sight it would seem as if the name EYEIAEY3
must necessarily bring this coin into line with the rest
bearing that name, and that it must therefore belong
to the middle of the fourth century. But may there not
have been a second 0EYEI AEY^ perhaps a descendant
of the first ? The arguments in favour of this view,
though none of them is in itself conclusive, seem to
have a cumulative weight which is almost over-
whelming.
Assuming that the other issues reading 0EY4>EIhave
been correctly placed before
19
See Furtwangler, Eros in der Vasenmalerei, p. 41. I owe this
to Mr. Hill.
suggestion