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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3207796, member: 56859"]Ken, I also thought it was an error but looked it up out of curiosity.</p><p><br /></p><p>An ACsearch of "<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Stratonicaea+horse&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=1&currency=usd&company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Stratonicaea+horse&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=1&currency=usd&company=" rel="nofollow">Stratonicaea horse</a>" brings up 33 hits, all combinations of Severans. All describe the reverse figure as "Zeus Panamaros" (or Panamarus, or Panormos, the latter of which is probably a typo or error).</p><p><br /></p><p>Being unfamiliar with this version of Zeus I started Googling but didn't find much. Pritchett, W.K. (1979) <i>The Greek state at war.Part III</i>. Religion, Berkeley: University of California Press, as quoted in a paper by University of Groningen faculty member C. Williamson in <a href="https://www.academia.edu/1711858/Shining_Saviors._The_role_of_the_cults_of_Hekate_at_Lagina_and_Zeus_at_Panamara_in_building_the_regional_identity_of_Stratonikeia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/1711858/Shining_Saviors._The_role_of_the_cults_of_Hekate_at_Lagina_and_Zeus_at_Panamara_in_building_the_regional_identity_of_Stratonikeia" rel="nofollow">Shining Saviors. The role of the cults of Hekate at Lagina and Zeus at Panamara in building the regional identity of Stratonikeia</a>, tells of the myths of Zeus Panamaros. There are archaeological inscriptions which piece together the story.</p><p><br /></p><p>The linked article is very brief. Here's a screen shot of the header:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]832027[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Although the ACsearch didn't show any, Wildwinds does show several civic or pseudoautonomous issues of Stratoniceia predating the Severan coins and which show this figure on horseback, possibly carrying his "lance of flame" if the coin is depicting the mythologic scene described by the temple inscriptions at Stratoniceia.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3207796, member: 56859"]Ken, I also thought it was an error but looked it up out of curiosity. An ACsearch of "[URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Stratonicaea+horse&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=1¤cy=usd&company=']Stratonicaea horse[/URL]" brings up 33 hits, all combinations of Severans. All describe the reverse figure as "Zeus Panamaros" (or Panamarus, or Panormos, the latter of which is probably a typo or error). Being unfamiliar with this version of Zeus I started Googling but didn't find much. Pritchett, W.K. (1979) [I]The Greek state at war.Part III[/I]. Religion, Berkeley: University of California Press, as quoted in a paper by University of Groningen faculty member C. Williamson in [URL='https://www.academia.edu/1711858/Shining_Saviors._The_role_of_the_cults_of_Hekate_at_Lagina_and_Zeus_at_Panamara_in_building_the_regional_identity_of_Stratonikeia']Shining Saviors. The role of the cults of Hekate at Lagina and Zeus at Panamara in building the regional identity of Stratonikeia[/URL], tells of the myths of Zeus Panamaros. There are archaeological inscriptions which piece together the story. The linked article is very brief. Here's a screen shot of the header: [ATTACH=full]832027[/ATTACH] Although the ACsearch didn't show any, Wildwinds does show several civic or pseudoautonomous issues of Stratoniceia predating the Severan coins and which show this figure on horseback, possibly carrying his "lance of flame" if the coin is depicting the mythologic scene described by the temple inscriptions at Stratoniceia.[/QUOTE]
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