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III.
GREEK COINS
ACQUIRED
BY THE BRITISH MUSEUM
IN 1888.
During the
year
1888
(Jan.
-
Dec.)
the
Department
of
Coins in the British Museum has
acquired, chiefly by
purchase,
455
1
coins of the Greek
class,
10 of which are
gold
and
elect.rum,
217 in
silver,
and 228 in bronze. A
description
of
noteworthy specimens among
these
acqui-
sitions is
given
in the
following pages.
Metapontum
(Lucania).
1. Obv.
-
Tripod.
Rev.
-
M
[E]. Corn-grain.
M. Size *5.
Of the
period
cire. b.c. 350
-
272. It is not described
in the Brit. Mus
. Cat., Italy ,
nor in Garrucci's Monete dell
9
Italia antica.
Hipponium
(Bruttii).
2. Obv.
-
Head of Rhen
(?)
r., horned,
bare
;
in front
P
[E2N].
Iev.
-
E I P 1
[NIE1N]
Club bound with fillet.
iE. Size -45.
[Pl.
XII.
1.]
1
This total does
not,
of
course,
include the coins of the
Cunningham
Collection
(Bactrian,
Indian,
&c.), purchased by
a
special Parliamentary grant during
the
past year.
This
very
important acquisition
will
probably
be dealt with
separately
in a
future number of the Numismatic Chronicle. The Greek
acqui-
sitions of the
Department
of Coins
during
1887 were described
by
the
present
writer in the Numismatic Chronicle for
1888,
pp.
1-21.
VOL. IX. THIRD SERTES. K K
250 NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE,
Cire . b.c. 330
-
325. Not in Brit. Mus. Cat
., Italy
,
A similar
specimen
is
published by
Dr. Imhoof-Blumer
(
Monnaies
grecques ,
p.
8,
No. 33
;
Pl.
A,
8).
The name
of the river-
god (which
is not elsewhere
mentioned)
is
wrongly
read
by
Garrucci
{Mon.
delV
It.,
p.
167,
Nos.
14,
15)
as AIPE1N.2
Panticapaeum.
8. Obv.
-
Head of Pan
r.,
beardless.
Rev .
-
PANTI
(in'exergue).
Lion seated
r., looking
r. :
the whole in
slight
circular incuse.
jR. Size *65.
Weight
87*9
grains. [Pl.
XII.
2.]
Fourth
century
b.c. Not described in Brit . Mus.
Cat.,
Tauric Chersonese
,
&c. It is similar to a
specimen figured
in
Burachkov,
Cat.
of
Coins
of
Olbia
, &c.,
Pl. XX.
Fig.
82.
Makonea
(Thrace).
4. Obv .
-
Forepart
of
prancing
horse 1.
;
border of dots.
Rev.
-
Incuse
square, quartered.
M. Size *5.
Weight
27*6
grains.
Circ. b.c. 500
-
450. This hemidrachm is not described
in Brit . Mus.
Cat.,
Tauric Chers. It is similar to a
speci-
men described
by
Dr.
Imhoof-Blumer,
Zeit .
f. Num.,
III.
p.
283,
No. 14
;
Pl. VI.
17,
and to
specimens
in the Berlin
Collection
(Von
Saliet, Beschreibimg I.,
p. 175,
Nos.
3-5).
Amphipolis
(Macedonia).
5. Obv.
-
Head of
Apollo, three-quarter
face towards
1.,
laureate
;
in field
1.,
crab.
Rev .
-
A M4> IPO AIT EN enclosed in linear frame.
Race-torch : the whole in incuse
square.
-t. Size 1.
Weight
220
grains. [Pl.
XII.
3.]
2
Corrected
by
Imhoof-Blumer in Num.
Zeit., 1886, p.
234.
GREEK COINS ACQUIRED BY THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 251
Circ. b.c. 424
-
358. A fine tetradrachm on which the
sleepy,
Medusa-like character of the
Apollo
head is
espe-
cially
remarkable. The coin
closely
resembles one
already
in the British Museum
{Cat.
Macedonia
,
p.
44,
Amphi-
polis,
No.
4),
but is better
preserved.
Alexander the Great.
One hundred and
forty-seven
silver coins with the
types
of Alexander have been added to the collection
during
1888. Of these
many
are
specimens
or varieties not de-
scribed in Mller's Num. Alex, le Grand. A list of them
has been furnished to Dr. Imhoof- Blumer for
publication
in the new
Corpus
of Greek coins.
Thessalian Confederacy,
(b.c.
196
-
146.)
6. Obv.
-
[4>]IAOKPA
TOYZ.
Head of
Apollo r.,
laureate.
fev,
-
OEZZA A2IM.
The Thessalian Pallas Itonia
r.,
hurling spear
held in r.
;
in 1. shield.
Beneath,
riETPAIO;
above
[Ml ?]M.
M. Size -7.
Not in Brit. Mus.
Cat., Thessaly (cp. p.
5,
No.
60)
.3
7# obVt
-
IZAToPoY.
Head of Pallas
r.,
helmeted.
Rev%
-
OEZ ZAA2 N.
Rider on horse
trotting
r.
M. Size *8.
Not in Brit. Mus .
Cat., Thessaly
.4
Thessaly
(Time
of
Augustus).
8. Obv.- ZEBA
ZZA AUN.
Veiled head 1.
(J. Csesar).6
3
On the name
Philocrates,
see
Monceaux,
"
Fastes
pony-
miques
de la
ligue
Thess.,"
in Eev. Arch . Brd
ser.,
xii.
p.
817.
4
On
Isagoras,
see
Monceaux, op.
cit.
p.
dlb.
s
Possibly
the head of Livia.
252 NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE.
Rev.-
ANTirONOY ZTPATHTOY.
Female
figure (the nymph
Larisa
?) standing 1., wearing
chiton with
diplois,
hair tied in bunch behind

r. hand
raised, holding
ball
;
1. hand at side.
M, Size 1*1.
Not in Brit. Mus.
Cat., Thessaly.
Crannon
(Thessaly),
9. Obv.
-
Thessalian
horseman, wearing chlamys
and
pctasus,
on horse
galloping
1.
Rev.
-
[K]PAN.
Bull
butting
r.
; above,
trident r.
M, Size *6.
A
specimen
in the Brit. Mus.
Cat., Thessaly ,
p.
16,
No.
2,
is similar to
this,
but has the horseman
riding
r.
Larissa
(Thessaly).
10. Obv.
-
0ECCA AUN.
Herakles naked seated 1. on
rock, looking
back
;
1. arm
supported by
club
;
r.
hand
resting
on his head.
Rev.
-
AAPICA.
Nymph
Larisa, wearing
chiton,
stand-
ing
1.
;
r.
raised,
1. at side.
M. Size -6.
[Pl.
XII.
4.]
11. Similar
types,
with
inscriptions
OEXZ AA2N,
and
AAPI[Z]A.
M. Size *6.
After b.c. 146. For similar coins see Berliner
Blatter,
I.
1863,
pp.
138, 139,
Pl. V. 2
;
Zeit,
fr
Num.,
I.
p.
182
;
Head,
Hist. Num.
p.
255. These coins are not in the
Brit. Mus.
Catalogue , Thessaly
.
Melitaea
(Thessaly).
Circ. b.c. 850.
12. Obv.
-
Head of Zeus
L,
laureate.
Rev.
-
M E Bee
(Xittcl).
A I
M. Size *6.
Melitaea was not
represented
in the Brit . Mas .
Cat.,.
Thessaly.
This coin is similar to Prokesch-
Osten,
Inedita
,
1854,
PL
I.,
Fig.
34.
Mopsium
(Thessaly).
18. Obv.
-
Head of
Zeus, three-quarter face,
towards
r.,
laureate
;
on
r.,
thunderbolt.
Rev.
-
MO+EI 1N.
Mopsus, naked,
standing
r.
striking,
with sword held in r.
,
at
Centaur,
whom
he forces back on his haunches with 1. hand
grasping
his neck
;
Centaur
prepares
to hurl mis-
sile
(stone
or
hydria ?)
held in both hands.
M. Size -8.
[Pl.
XII.
5.]
b.c. 400
-
344.
Compare
Imhoof-Blumer and
Keller,
Tier-bilder
,
Pl. XI. 42
(in
the Imhoof-Blumer
collection)
;
Head's Historia Numorum
,
p.
257
(from
the Monatsber . (L
Beri . Akad. d..
JVss.,
1878) ;
Bulletin de Corr.
hellnique ,
V.
p.
294;
Pl. II. 7
(Muret).6
The
antagonist
of the
centaur is the
Lapith Mopsus,
from whom the town of
Mopsium
derived its name
(Strabo,
ix.
cap. 5, 22).
The
obverse head has been called
Mopsus,
but the thunder-
bolt beside it shows that Zeus is intended. The head is
treated in a
rich,
decorative
style
characteristic of other
Thessalian coins. The reverse
design
resembles in several
points
one of the finest Parthenon
metopes
in the British
Museum
(No. 6).
"
In this
metope
the
Lapith presses
for-
ward,
advancing
his left hand to seize the
rearing
centaur
by
the throat and
forcing
him on his haunches
;
the
right
arm of the
Lapith
is drawn back as if about to strike
;
his
right
hand,
now
wanting, probably
held a sword."
(New-
ton,
Guide to the
Elgin Room,
Part I.
metope
6
;
see also
Descript, of
Anc. Marbles in Brit .
Mus.y
vii. Pl. III.
;
8
See also
Pellerin,
Recueil
,
I. Pl.
XXVIII.
fig.
33.
Michaelis,
Der
Parthenon,
Pl.
III.,
vii.
;
Waldstein in
Journ. Hell
Stud.,
III.
p.
228
f.).
On the
metope
the
right
arm of the
Lapith
is
lowered,
and he is
represented
in
"
the attitude of forward
impulse."
On the coin the
Lapith
is
just
in the act of
striking
at his
antagonist.
On
the
metope
the centaur endeavours with one hand to
loosen the
grasp
of the
Lapith,
and with the other
(given
in
Carrey's drawing) grasps
the left hand of the
Lapith.
On the coin the centaur holds in his
upraised
hands a
missile which is a
huge
stone or
perhaps
a
hydria
such .as is
seen in a centaur's hand on the British Museum
metope
No. III.
{Descript.
Ane. Mar. vii. Pl.
7). Metope
11 in
the British Museum
( Descript
. Anc.
Marb.,
vii. Pl.
8)
is
also recalled
by
the
design
on our coin.
Pharsalus
(Thessaly).
14. Obv.
-
Head of Pallas
r.,
helmeted.
Rev.
-
<I>A
P
Horse's head r.
M. Size -45.
Not in Brit. Mus.
Cat., Thessaly. (Cp.
Leake,
Num.
Sell .
Sup., p.
140,
No.
1.)
It
belongs
to the
period
b.c.
400
-
344,
of which there are silver coins with similar
types [Cat.
Thessaly, p.
44,
No.
18).
Pherae
(Thessaly).
15. Obv.
-
Female head
(Hecate?)
r., wearing
wreath
(of
laurel
?)
and
ear-ring.
Rev.- 4>EPAI ON.
Lion's head
fountain,
r.
;
water
issuing
from mouth.
iE. Size -6.
[Pl.
XII.
6.]
B.c. 450-400. Resembles the
specimen
in Brit. Mus .
Cat., Thessaly (p.
47,
No.
12,
Pl. X.
9),
but the head is
different.
Tricca
(Thessaly).
16. Obv.
-
Head of the
nymph
Tricca
r.,
wearing ear-ring
and necklace
;
hair rolled.
Rev.
-
TPIKKAI1N.
Naked warrior
(Podaleirius
or
Machaon
?) advancing r., wearing
helmet
;
in
r.,
sword;
in
1.,
shield.
M. Size *6.
[Pl.
XII.
7.]
b.c. 400
-
344. The
specimen
in Brit. Mus.
Cat.,
Thes-
saly ,
p.
52,
No.
16,
has similar
types.7
Same
(Cephallenia).
17. Obv.
-
Head of
Apollo 1.,
laureate.
Rev.
-
A.
Hound
Laelaps r.,
scenting.
M. Size *35.
Weight
10*4
grains. [Pl.
XII.
8.]
b.c. 431
-
370.
Cp.
Gardner,
Brit. Mus.
Catalogue ,
Pelo-
ponnesus ,
p.
90,
No. 2.
Messene.
18. Obv.
-
Head of Demeter
1., wearing corn-wreath,
ear-ring
and necklace.
Rev.
-
4%. Tripod.
jr.
Size -5.
Weight
14*7
grains. [PI.
XII.
9.]
b.c. 370
-
300. A
very well-preserved specimen
of the
coin described in
Gardner,
Brit Mus.
Cat.} Peloponnesus ,
p.
109,
Nos.
2,
3.
Las
(Laconia).
19. Obv.-
AOVCenT CeOVHPOC.
HeadofSepti-
mius Severus
r.,
laur.
Rev .
-
A A
CD N. Artemis
Dictynna
r.
;
in
1., bow;
r.,
drawing
arrow from
quiver ;
in
front,
dog ;
behind, stag (?).
M. Size *85.
7
Cp.
Bull, de Corr. hell. V.
p.
299
(Muret).
256 NUMISMATIC CHRONICLK.
Not in Brit . Mus. Cat
., Peloponnesus
.
Cp.
Leake,
iVww.
Europ.
Gr.,
p. 60,
and Imhoof and
Gardner,
Num.
Comm. on Pausanias
,
p.
65,
No. 4
;
PI.
0,
xxi.
Argos.
20.
O^.-OYHPOC
[AYrOYCTOC ?].
Bust of L.
Verus
r.,
laur.
Rev.
-
APf IHN.
Pallas
standing r., hurling spear
with r.
;
in
L,
shield.
iE. Size -75.
Not in Brit. Mus .
Cat., Peloponnesus.
For other
types
of Pallas at
Argos
see Imhoof and
Gardner,
Num. Comm.
on Pausanias
,
p.
39
;
p.
160.
Phigaleia
(Arcadia),
21. Obv.
-
IOVAI A AOMNA.
Bust of Julia Domna r.
Rev.
-
I A A UJ
[N ?]. Asklepios standing facing,
head 1.
;
in
r.,
snak -encircled staff.
M. Size *9.
Not in Brit. Mus.
Cat., Peloponnesus. Cp.
Mionnet,
Sup.
IY.
p.
289,
No. 94.
Cnossus
(Crete).
22. Obv.
-
The Minotaur
running
r.
;
1. hand
raised, holding
(stone ?).
eVt
-
Star of
eight rays
within linear
square;
the whole
in incuse
square.
M. Size *4.
Weight
14*4
grains.
Not in Brit . Mus.
Cat.,
Crete , &c.
Melos.
23. Obv.
-
Head of Pallas
r.,
helmeted.
Rev.- M AAI1N AEZI KPATHZ. Pomegranate ;
the whole in olive-wreath.
jr. Size '7.
Weight
59*1
grains. [Pl.
XII.
10.]
A rare drachm of the third
century b.c.,
not described
in the Brit. Mus . Cat.
,
Crete and
Aegean
Islands . Other
Melian silver coins with
magistrates'
names,
of the same
period,
are
given
in Head's Historia Numorum
, p.
415.
Cyzicus
(Mysia).
24. Obv.
-
Bearded male
figure (Orestes
at
Delphi ?) wearing
chlamys
which
hangs behind,
kneeling
1. beside
the
omphalos,
on which his left hand rests
;
in
r.,
naked
sword, upright ; beneath, tunny
1.
Rev.
-
Incuse
square
of four
square sinkings.
El. Size *7.
Weight
248*2
grains. [Pl.
XII.
11.]
A similar
specimen
is in Canon Greenwell's
collection,
and is described
by
him in his
Coinage oj Cyzicus ,
p.
87,
No.
72,
Pl.
III.,
23. A hecte with similar
types
is in the
British Museum.
25. Obv.
-
KV ZIKOC. Youthful male head r.
(Cyzicus)
;
beneath, serpent.
Rev.-
AZKAHniAAOV KVZIKHN2N NEOK.
Nemesis,
winged, wearing helmet,
chiton and
peplos, standing
1.
;
r. hand on
rudder;
at her
feet,
wheel.
M. Size *95.
Compare Mionnet,
tom. ii.
p. 534,
No, 140. The coin
is of the time of
Gallienus,
the same
magistrate's
name
occurring
on his coins
(Mion. Sup.
t. v.
p. 353,
Nos.
460,
461).
Lampsacus
(Mysia).
26. Obv.
-
Head of Zeus
1.,
laureate
; behind,
fulmen.
Rev.
-
Half sea-horse
r., winged,
in incuse
square.
W. Size *75.
Weight
130*5
grains.
[Pl.
XII.
12.]
VOL. IX. THIRD SERIES. L L
b.c. 412
-
350. An
unpublished
-
though
not
unique
-
stater. Another
specimen
with the head of Zeus is
figured
in the Historia Numorum
, Fig.
279. The careful treat-
ment of the hair recalls the Zeus heads on coins of Alex-
ander of
Epirus (Gardner, Types,
Pl. V.
37),
and of
Metapontum (lb.
Pl. V.
40),
but the head on this coin is
of a sterner
-
if less
pleasing
-
type.
27. Obv.
-
AV ANT1N6
(inscript,
partly obscure).
Bust
of Caracalla
r.,
laur.
Rev .
-
AAM^A KHN2N.
Cybele
seated on throne 1.
;
in
r., patera ;
before
her,
lion.
M. Size *8.
Compare
Mionnet,
Sup.
t. v.
p.
378,
No. 605.
Cebrenia
(Troas).
28. Obv.
-
Barn's head r.
Rev .
-
Lion's head r. within incuse
square.
iR. Size *45.
Weight
28*9
grains. [PL
XII.
18.]
29. Obv .
-
Ram's head 1.
Rev .
-
Gorgoneion
within incuse
square.
M. Size *45.
Weight
81*5
grains. [Pl.
XII.
14.]
Fifth
century,
b.c. A list of the coins of Cebrenia is
given by
Imhoof- Blumer in the Zeit.
f.
Num. III. 307 f.
(cf.
Monnaies
grecques , p, 261).
The lion's head reverse is
not there described. The
Gorgoneion
reverse is
given
in
Imhoof, op.
cit.
y p.
307,
No.
7,
and
by
Prof. P. Gardner
in Num.
Chron., 1886,
p.
255,
No.
10,
where several coins
of
Cebrenia, acquired by
the British Museum at the Whit-
tall sale in
1885,
are described.
Elaea
(Aeolis).
30. Obv.
-
Head of Pallas
r., wearing
crested helmet.
Rev .
-
Olive-wreath
;
in
centre, pellet.
M.
Size -35.
Weight
21
grains. [Pl.
XII.
15.]
Fifth
century
b.c. Similar to
Imhoof,
Monnaies
grecques ,
p.
273,
No. 228.
Methymna
(Lesbos).
31. Obv.-
AVKAIMA PAVPANTQNINOC.
Bust of
Caracalla
r.,
laur.
Rev .
-
M H V MNA I il N. Bust of Pallas
r.,
wearing
helmet and
aegis.
M. Size 1*35.
Ephesus
(Ionia).
32. Obv .
-
[E]
<l>.
Bee
;
border of dots.
Rev,
-
Incuse
square quartered by
two broad
bands,
on
one of
which, H PO TN HT.
M. Size *45.
Weight
25*4
grains.
33. Similar to No.
32,
but with
magistrate's name,
IMO .
-3t. Size *45.
Weight
26
grains.
34. Obv .
-
[E
<|>
off the
flan].
Bee
;
border of dots.
Rev.-[
E
K]ATOKA (on r.).
Forepart
of
stag
r.,
looking
back
; behind, palm-tree.
M. Size -9.
Weight
230*5
grains.
Nos. 32 and 33 are of the
period
b.c. 415
-
394,
and
No. 34 of the
period
b.c. 387
-
295.
They
are not de-
scribed in Head's Coins
of Ephesus (cp.
Pl. I. 20
;
p.
24,
and
PL II.
10.,
p. 37).
Lebedus
(Ionia).
35. Obv.
-
AAPIANOC C6BACTOC.
Head of Ha-
drian
r.,
laur.
Rev .
-
AB e AI1N.
Pallas
standing
1.
;
in
r.,
spear
;
1. on shield
;
before
her,
owl.
M. Size *8.
Phocaea
(Ionia).
b.c.
600(?)-
560.
86. Obv.- Head of seal 1.
Rev .
-
Incuse
square rudely quartered.
El. Size *25.
Weight
9*9
grains (-V
stater,
Phocaic
weight). [Pl.
XII.
16.]
87. Obv .
-
Head of seal r.
Eev.
-
Incuse
square rudely quartered.
El. Size *25.
Weight
9*4
grains. [PI.
XII. 17.
Caunus
(Caria).
38. Obv .
-
Youthful male head
r.,
diademed.
Rev.
-
K X. Cornucopia ;
in field
r.,
crux ansata
;
border of dots.
A I. Size *4.
Weight
14*1
grains. [Pl.
XII.
18.]
This coin was
presented by
Mr. J. Theodore
Bent, by
whom it was found in a
grave
on the site of Lissa or
Karya,
about ten miles distant from the
Lycian city
of
Lydae.8
The British Museum also
possesses
the
following
coins of
Caunns, acquired
in former
years
:
-
8
See J. T.
Bent,
in Journ. Hellenic
Stud., 1888, p.
85.
The
engraving
of this coin there
given
is
unsatisfactory.
a.
-
Types
and
inscription
same as No.
88,
but without crux
ansata and border of dots.
M. Size *45.
b. Obv .
-
Head of Pallas
r.,
helmeted.
Rev.
-
K X.
Cornucopia.
M . Size *65.
c. Obv.
-
Head of Pallas
r.,
helmeted.
Rev.
-
KTH ToZ. K X. Sword in sheath
; infield,
1.,
bucranium.
M. Size *4.
Weight
17*4
grains.
d.
-
Types
and
inscriptions
same as c
;
in field r. of
reverse,
caduceus.
M. Size *4.
Weight
13*6
grains.
e. Obv.
-
Head of Pallas
r.,
helmeted.
Rev.
-
4>A PoZ KX.
Sword in sheath
;
in field
r.,
bunch of
grapes.
JR. Size *5.
Weight
17*2
grains. (En-
graved
in
Waddington, Mlanges
de
Num.,
Pl. II. No.
3, p. 19,
No.
1.)
/.
Obv .
-
Youthful male head
r.,
hair
long (laureate?),
(Apollo ?).
Rev.
-
K
X*
Sword in sheath.
2E. Size *45. Purchased at Huber's
sale,
1862,
Lot 610.
(Cp.
a
specimen
in the
Waddington Collection, Waddington,
Mlanges ,
I. Pl. II. 4
; p. 19,
No.
3.)
Coins of Caunus of the
types
c, d,
e
, f
have been
pub-
lished
by
M.
Waddington [Mi.
de Num. I.
p.
19
; cp.
Head,
Hist. Num.
p. 522),
and are
by
him
assigned
to the
second
century
b.c. The silver coin No. 38 and the cor-
responding specimen
in
bronze,
a
,
are the earliest
money
of Caunus at
present
known,
and
belong
to the end of the
fourth or the
beginning
of the third
century
b.c. The
head on the obverse
appears
to be that of a
king,
and
bears most resemblance to Alexander the Great. The cor-
nucopia
on the reverse is a Ptolemaic
type,
and the coins
may
therefore
possibly belong
to the time of
Ptolemy
I.,
who took Caunus in b.c. 309
(Diod.
xx. 2
7).
9
The
bronze coin b
(apparently unpublished)
is of thick fabric
and of coarser
style
than the bronze coin a . It is
appa-
rently
the link between a and
c,
having
the
cornucopia)
of
a and the Pallas-head of c. The small bronze coins with
obv.
butting
bull
(or forepart
of
bull),
rev .
sphinx
seated
and the
inscription
K A or
(as generally read)
K
y,
pro-
bably belongs
to
Caryanda,
as
suggested by
Dr. Imhoof-
Blumer
(Num. Zeitschrift , 1884,
p.
269, 270).
A
specimen
in the French collection
appears
to Dr. Imhoof-Blumer to
K A
read
p y,
and this also seems to me to be the
reading
of
a similar
specimen
in the British Museum.10
Rhodes.
b.C. 400
-
804.
89. Obv .
-
Head of
Helios,
three-quarter
face r.
Rev .
-
POA ION. Rose with bud on r.
;
in field
1.,
barley-corn
and
4> ;
the whole in incuse
square.
JR. -95.
Weight
288*6
grains. [Pl.
XII.

WO
9
Professor Poole
points
out to
me, however,
that the cornu-
copia
does not occur with
certainty
on the Ptolemaic coins till
the
reign
of
Ptolemy
HI. The head on our coin is not that of
Ptolemy III.,
nor does it resemble that of
any
one of the
Ptolemies.
10
For an account of
Caunus,
see
Waddington,
Mi. d.
Num.,
I.
p.
17 ff.
; Collignon,
in Bull . Corr .
hell., 1877, p.
888 flf.
;
Smith,
Diet .
Geog .,
s.v. Caunus.
40. Obv.
-
Head of
Helios, three-quarter
face r.
Rev.
-
POAION.
Rose with bud on 1.
;
in field
r.,
human
eye
in
profile ;
in field
1., A : the whole
in incuse
square.
JR. *9.
Weight
288*8
grains.
Magydus
(Pamphilia).
41. Obv.
-
M'AVP'AN T2NINOC
*
CGB. Bust of
Caracalla
r., laur., wearing paludamentum
and
cuirass.
Rev .
-
MArV A61N.
Zeus
wearing
himation seated
r.
;
r. on
sceptre ;
in 1. thunderbolt.
M. Size 1-85.
On this
coin,
which is in a fair state of
preservation,
there
appears
to be no
date,
though
a date
usually
occurs
on the
money
of
Magydus (cp. Waddington, Voy
. en Asie-
mineure,
p. 91).
Conane
(Pisidia).
42. Obv.
-
<|>AVCT6IN[A?]
C6BACTH. BustofFaus-
tina
junior,
r.
Rev.
-
KONAN6 2N.
Dionysos naked,
standing
1.
;
in
r.,
kantharos
;
1. on
thyrsos ;
before
him, pan-
ther.
M. Size *9.
A similar reverse
type
occurs on a coin of Conane of
Philip junior (Mion., Sup.
t.
vii.,
p. 113,
No.
135).
Prostanna
(Pisidia).
43. Obv.
-
[TT]OAIC.
Female bust r.
(The City)
turreted
and
draped.
Rev.
-
TTPOCTAN N61N. Poseidon
wearing
hi-
mation
standing
1.
;
in
r.,
dolphin ;
1. on trident.
M. Size *75.
This
coin,
which is in
good preservation, probably
belongs
to the time of Faustina
junior,
to whose face the
features of the
City
on the obverse seem to be assimilated.
A
specimen
with the same
types
is at
Berlin,
and was for-
merly
in the Fox collection.11 Sestini
(
Lettere e dissert .
num. III.
p.
94
;
Pl. II.
Fig. 13)
described a coin with
similar
obverse,
and with reverse
"
Yenus stola ta ad s.
stans,
d.
globm,
s. hastam." This
description
is
repeated by
Mionnet,
Sup.
t. vii.
p.
121,
No.
156,
and
by
Head,
Hist.
Num.,
p.
591. The identical
specimen published by
Ses-
tini was
purchased
from him
by
Mr. Thomas
Burgon,12
and
is now in the British Museum. I am inclined to think
that its
type
is Poseidon
holding dolphin
and
trident,
as
on our
coin,
No.
43,
though
it
may possibly
be a female
figure wearing
the
peplos.
The
object
held in the
right
hand is not certain
;
the
top part
of the
object
held in the
left hand is off the flan.
Parlais
(Lyoaonia).
44. Ov.- A VTKAI C M A NTTOPAIA IMOCCGB.
Bust of Gordian
III.,
r.
laur., wearing paluda-
mentum and cuirass.
Rev .
-
il APA A6I1N. Beneath tree wolf
r.,
suck-
ling
Romulus and Remus.
M. Size 1*25.
The coins of Parlais hitherto
published (see
M. Wad-
dington's descriptions
in Rev. Num.
1883,
p.
58
f.) range
from M. Aurelius to
Sept.
Severus and J.
Domna,
and are
all Roman
colonial,
with Latin
inscriptions.
This coin is
11
Fox, Engravings of
Unedited
, &c., part
ii.
p. 21,
No.
123,
Plate YI.
fig.
123.
Rev.,
"
male
figure
"
holding
"
spear"
and
"
what seems a
dolphin."
12
Burgon's
MS. note in Brit. Mus.
interesting
both as
being
of a later
date,
and as
bearing
an
inscription
in Greek. The reverse
type,
it
may
be
noted,
is one often found on colonial coins.13
Mallus
(Cilicia),
b.c. 385
-
838.
45. Obv.
-
Head of bearded Herakles r.
;
round
neck,
lion's
skin : border of dots.
Rev .
-
MAA.
Head of bearded
Satrap
r.,
in Persian
tiara.
jr. Size *85. Wt. 158*8
grains. [Pl.
XII.
20.]
This and the
following
coin
(No. 46)
were not known
when Dr. Imhoof-Blumer
published
his valuable mono-
graph
on the
coinage
of Mallus
(
Annuaire de Num.
1883).
A
specimen
of this
coin,
somewhat less well
preserved,
is
in the Lbbecke
collection,
and is
published
in Zeit.
f.
Num
.,
xii.,
p.
333,
No. 1
;
Pl. XIII. 12.
46. Obv .
-
Bearded male head
r., wearing
ornamented taenia
;
behind
head,
fish : border of dots.
Rev.
-
MAA.
Demeter
standing
r., wearing
chiton with
diplois,
and
peplos ;
hair in
sphendone ;
in
r.,
torch;
in
1.,
ears of corn.
JR. Size -95. Wt. 163-8
grains. [Pl.
XII.
21.]
A similar
specimen
in inferior condition was
acquired
by
the British Museum in
1885,
and was
published
in the
Num.
Chron., 1886,
p.
263
;
Pl.
XI.,
19.
14
Another
speci-
men is in the collection of Mr.
Lbbecke,
who in
publish-
ing
it
{Zeit. f. Num., xii.,
p.
333,
No. 2
;
Pl. XIII.
13),
has
13
A coin of
Gallienus,
once
commonly supposed
to read
riAPAAIU)N, belongs
to
Adraa,
in Arabia Petraea
(Muret,
in Annuaire de Num.. iv.
p.
221
f.).
14
This
specimen
has a
barleycorn
in the field behind Dennter.
VOL. IX. THIRD SERIES. M M
described the
symbol
on the obverse as a club
,
though
our
well-preserved specimen,
No.
46,
shows that it is a fish.
Mr. Lbbecke describes the head as that of
Herakles,
but
it is not of a
distinctly
Heraklean character.
Soli
(Pompeiopolis).
47. 06v.-
AYTKIOY<HAI7TTTOC 6YCCGB TT.
Bust of
Philip II., r., radiate,
wearing paluda-
mentum,
and cuirass.
Rev.-
TTOMTTH I O TTOA I AT
(year
811
=
a.D. 245-
-
246).16 Helios, radiate,
standing
1.
;
r., raised;
in
1.,
torch and
chlamys.
iE. Size 1*2.
Cypbus. Evagoras
I.,
b.c. 410-374.
48. Obv.
-
Ev . Fa .
y
.
pa) (in Cypriote characters).
Head
of bearded Herakles
r.,
in lion's skin : border.
Rev.
-
Ba . crt . Ac . Fa) .
(in Cypriote characters),
and
EY A. Goat
lying
r.
; above,
barleycorn
:
border.
Exergue
formed
by
dotted line.
Size 1. Wt. 172
grains. [Pl.
XII.
22.]
A fine
specimen
of a
type
described
by
M. J. P. Six in
Revue
Num., 1883, p.
283,
No. 5.
Ancyra
(Galatia).
49. Obv.
-
ANT 2N 6 1 NOC AVrOVCTOC.
Bust of
Caracalla
r.,
laur.
; wearing paludamentum
and
cuirass.
Rev .
-
ANKV
(in exergue)
PAC.
Octastyle temple
on four
steps ;
in
pediment,
wreath
;
in
exergue,
anchor.
M. Size 1*15.
16
On the
Era,
see Imhoof-Blumer in
Zeit./.
Num. x.
p.
296.
CoMMAGENE. ANTIOCHUS
IV.,
A.D. 88 72.
50. Ob.- BAZIAE
. .
ANT]IOXOZ.
Bust of Anti-
ochus IV. r.
,
diademed. Countermarked with X ?
Bev .
-
AYKAON2N.
Scorpion
: the whole in wreath.
iE. Size 1*05.
Judaea. Half-Shekel. Year 3.
51. Similar to
Madden,
Coins
of
the Jews
, p. 68,
No. 6.
M. Size '7. Wt. 109*7
grains. [Pl.
XII.
23.]
Half-Shekel. Year 4.
52. Similar to
Madden,
Coins
of
the Jews
, p. 69,
No. 7.
M. Size -7. Wt. 108-4
grains. [PJ.
XII.
24.]
Warwick Wroth.
ACQUISITIONS
OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM
IN 1688.
Num. CrmSerJI/ Vd/ZII

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