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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 8276950, member: 128351&quot;]But are there any depictions of Marnas on coins, in the first place? In the Hellenistic period there were sometimes coins with a bearded and laureate head of Zeus. In the Roman period the coins of Gaza show Apollo and Artemis, Io, the Tyche, Herakles and Minos. Under Marcus Aurelius a new deity is introduced: young, unbearded nude male standing (never seated) holding a long vertical tortuous thing that can be a long lightning bolt or a mere branch, and pouring libation on altar. He looks like a genius more than like a Zeus (does Zeus make sacrifices?). Under Elagabalus only there is a nude unbearded Zeus standing, holding thunderbolt. None of these deities is explicitly labelled &quot;Marnas&quot;. </p><p>Some numismatists want to see Marnas on Hadrianic large bronzes showing Artemis and Apollo standing in distyle shrine, just because MAPNAC or MAPNA is written on the Apollo side, but it does not make sense : the legend is ΓAZA MAPNAC or ΓAZA MAPNA and means &quot;Treasury of Marnas&quot;, probably because these coins were minted in the Marneion with bronze from the temple treasury.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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