Pautalia, Thrace

Pautalia, south of Mt. Haemus, on the upper Strymon. Imperial coins from Hadrian to Elagabalus. Inscriptions read ΠΑΥΤΑΛΙΩΤΩΝ or ΟΥΛΠΙΑC ΠΑΥΤΑΛΙΑC, sometimes with magistrate's name preceded by ΗΓΕ(μονευοντος). Types various and of considerable interest, e.g. Ge recumbent beneath a vine and surrounded by four children, ΒΟΤΡΥC, ΑΡΓΥΡΟC, CΤΑΧΥC, and ΧΡΥCΟC, emblematical of the fertility of the soil and the metallic wealth of the district; River-god CΤΡΥΜΩΝ; Laurel-wreath containing formula of acclamation. ΙC ΕΩΝΑ ΤΟVC ΚΥΡΙΟVC ΕΠ ΑΓΑΘΩ ΠΑVΤΑΛΙΩΤÁΙC (Journ. Int., 1898, 456); Asklepios; Asklepios riding on flying serpent; coiled serpent radiate; and many others.