Arkadia, Phigalia
Septimius Severus 193-211 CE
Æ 22mm, 4,32g
ΛOY CЄΠ [C]ЄYHPOC ЄC (sic), laureate head right /
ΦI A ΛЄωN, Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus
BCD Peloponnesos 1647.1 var
Pausanias wrote (VIII 39,5): “And there is a temple of Artemis Soteira and her statue of stone in an erect position. And from this shrine it is their custom to start the processions.”
The statue depicted here is believed to be the one from their temple.