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Zeus : a study in ancient religion - Warburg Institute

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366<br />

The god under the Arch<br />

the Forum ^ And such is the god as he appears on a bronze medal-<br />

Fig. -264.<br />

lion (fig. 261)^ and co<strong>in</strong>s (figs. 262, 263)^ of Commodus. In respect of<br />

1 Supra p. 430 n. 9. It was dedicated, accord<strong>in</strong>g to Pl<strong>in</strong>. nat. hist. 34. 33, by Numa.<br />

See, however, B. R. Burchett yaww^ /;/ Roman Life and Cult Menasha, Wiscons<strong>in</strong> 1918<br />

pp. 27— 29 ('Statues of Janus').<br />

'^ Cohen Monn. emp. roiii.- iii. 298 no. 517, Gnecchi Medagl. Rom. ii. 62 no. 94 pi. 84,<br />

5 ( = niy fig. 261), Kubitschek Rom. Medallions Wien p. 7 no. 61 pi. 5.<br />

•* Cohen Monn. emp. ra<strong>in</strong>.''' iii. 298 no. 518 'middle brass.' Fig. 262 is from a 'first<br />

brass ' of similar types belong<strong>in</strong>g to Mr C. T. Seltman ; fig. 263, from another <strong>in</strong> my<br />

collection : obv. M commodvsantp felixavg brit Head of Commodus, laureate, to

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