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X.
GREEK
COINS
ACQUIRED
BY
THE
BRITISH
MUSEUM,
1911-1912.
(See
Plates
XII.,
XIII.)
From the
present
article
on
Greek coins
recently
acquired
by
the British
Museum,
I
have
omitted those
whichare about to be published, sooner or later, in
forthcoming
olumes
of
the
Catalogue.
As
it
is
the
practice
of the
Department
of
Coins
in
its
purchases
to
devote
special
attention
to
such
fields
as
are
not
covered
by
the
already
published
volumes of
the Cata-
logue,
this
limitation
means
that some
of the
more
interesting
cquisitions
of
the
years
1911 and
1912
do
not
appear
in
these
pages.
I
have
included
no
coins
of
Palestine,the volumedealing with which is now in the
press,
or
of
Cyrenaica,
of
which the
catalogue may
be
expected
fromMr. E.
S. Gr.
Robinson
in
a
few
years,
or
of the
Macedonian
kings,
of whose coins
large
numbers
have
been
recently
cquired.1
1
n
this
onnexion
may
mention
specially
he
generous
ifts
f
thirtyold
taters
f
Philip
I
and Alexander
y
Mrs.
.
E.
Deacon,
and
f
fifty
ilver
etradrachms
fAlexander
II from
heDamanhur
hoard yMr.E. T. Newell.VOL.
XIII.,
SERIES IV. T
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NUMISMATIC
HRONICLE.
POPULONIA
tRURIAE.
Obv.
Beardless
head
r.,
with
short
curly
hair;
tore
round
eck;
behind,
XXV.
Plain
inear
order.
Rev.
Plain.
jV.
11
mm.
Wt.
21*0
grs.
(1*36
grms.).
[PL
XII.
1.]
This
specimen
of
a
rare coin2 is said
to have come
from
Populonia.
Capua.
Obv Head
of
Zeus
r.,
laureate; below,
four
pellets;
border f
dots.
Rev.
Winged
hunderboltfour
ellets
border
f
dots.
-E.
33
mm.
7*
Wt.
353*0
rs.
22*90
rms.).
[Pl. XII. 2.] From heProwe Sale (Egger, ,
v.
1912),
ot
47.
Thurium.
Obv.
Head
of
Apollo
r.,
aureate,
with
ong
hair.
Rev.
[0]OYPI1N
in exergue).
Bull
butting
.
above,
Ml.
M.
21
mm.
^
Wt.
88*7
grs.
5*75
grms.).
[Pl.
XII.
3.]
From
the
Egger
Sale,
xxxix.
(15, i. 1912), ot56.
This
coin
is
apparently
from
he
same
dies
as
another
specimen
also
recently
sold
at Vienna
(Egger,
xli.,
18,
xi.
1912,
lot
74).
It
belongs
to
the
period
of
reduced
weight,
after 281
b.c.,3
but
the
style
of
the
Apollo
head is
unusually
fine for
the
time,
as
may
be
seen
by
comparing
it with the
careless
work
of
other
2
A.
Sambon,
onn.
nt.
talie, .38,
No.
4.
3Cp.Evans, orsemenfTarentump.228.
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specimens,
such
as that
previously
in
the
British
Museum.4
Caulonia.
Obv.
Nude
Apollo moving apidly
o
r.
(holding,
s
usual,
branch n
r.,
small
wingedfigure
n
].)
;
infield .stagonpedestal 1.bull'sheadfacing,
surrounded
y
olive
?)
branches,
hich
ppear
to
spring
rom stem.
Bev.
KA
AT AM
Stag
r
fillet
order.
M.
19*5
mm.
Wt.
102*6
rs.
6*65
rms.).
[Pl.
XII.
4.]
The
tree
with
branches
framing
he
bull's
head
on
the
obverse
is not noticed
by
Garrucci,
who
publishes
a
similar
specimen,
PI. cxi.
19. On
most Cauloniate
coinsApollo's position s that ofstandingor at themost
striding
here both
knees are
slightly
bent
as
on
B.
M.
C.,
No. 25.
Segesta.
Obv.
ZETEZTAIIB
(in exergue).
Quadriga
moving
slowly
o
r.,
driven
by
female
figure
the
four
horses ndicated
y
doubling
he
outlines
f
the
legs
of a
pair
the driver
olds
n
her
raised
r.
a bunch fthree arsofcorn.
Bev.
ETEZTAI
on
1.
upwards)
ON
(on
r.
downwards).
Nude
hunter
tanding
.
with
two
dogs
usual
type,
he
thyphallic
erm ff
he
flan).
M.
28*5 mm.
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NUMISMATIC
HRONICLE.
454-53
and 426
(?).
The
obverse
is
apparently
from
the
same
die
as
his
No.
3,
and
showsthat the
inscription
should be read
as
given
above,
and
not
without
the last
two etters.
Selinus.
Obv Leafof wildcelery.
Rev.
Incuse
square
divided
nto
ight
riangles
y
ines
crossing
n
the
centre.
M.
23
mm.
Wt.
135*3
grs.
(8*77
grins.).
[Pl.
XII.
6.]
This
didrachm is said
to
have
come from
small
hoard found
in
Malta.
The
rendering
of
the
leaf
is
unusual,
and
does
not
show
the
feathery
appearance
which is foundon other specimens,nor is the division
between
the
three
lobes carried out
distinctly.
But
there seems to
be no reason to doubt
the
genuineness
of
the
coin.
Syracuse.
The
fine
pecimen
of
the
well-known
medallion
illus-
trated
on Pl.
XII.
7,
was
generously presented
to
the
Museum
by
Mr.
Henry
Van
den
Bergh, through
the
National Art Collections Fund. It was purchased at
Vienna,
at
Egger's
sale of
the
Fenerly
Bey,
&c.,
Collections.6
The fact hat
t
least five
specimens
f
this
medallion,
struck
fter the fracture
f the
obverse
die,
exist,
shows
that the
Syracusans
were
not
offended
y
the
appearance
6
Kaial.
xli. ot
52.
7
(1)
Late
Collector,
otheby,
ay,
900,
ot
153;
2,
3)
Hirsch,
Katal.xxxii.ots316, 17 (4)theParis pecimen,ev.Num., 913,PI. . 174; 5) the oin erellustrated.
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produced
by
the fracture.
To a modern
eye
also,
accustomed
to the work
of
Bodin,
the
suggestion
of
a
mass
of
rock,
out
of
which the head
rises,
is
distinctly
attractive.
The reverse
die from
which this medallion was
struck
was also
used for
he
following
ieces
:
1-4. The fourmentioned above from he same broken
obversedie.
5-6.
The
Paris medallion and
that
from
the
Santa
Maria hoard
published by
Sir
Arthur
Evans.8
7.
The
specimen
in
the
British
Museum,
Sicily
No.
204.
8.
Hirsch,
Katalog
xxxii. lot
313.
9.
Du
Ohastel,
PI.
xvi.,
No.
143.
Its peculiarity ies in the double signature,KIMON, n
the
upper
edge
of
the
exergual
line
(of
which
practically
i'i
no
traces
survive
on
most
specimens),
and
M
in
the
fieldbelow
the
reins.
The die
is
otherwise
asily
identi-
fied
by
two
flaws a
small
one
between
the
sixth
and
seventh
hooves
(counting
from
the
left),
and a
crack
proceeding
downwards rom he
exergual
line
just
below
the
near
wheel
of the
chariot.9
Of
the
fivepieces
from
he same broken
obversedie,
the
Paris
specimen
No.
4 in
the above
list)
seems
to
be
the
earliest;
nearly
the
whole
of the
dolphin
behind
8
Syracusan
Medallions
p.
200,
nd
PI.
ii.
fig.
.
J
The
writer
r
the ext te
Jhoix
e
Monnaies
recques
u
Cabinet
e
France,
ow
ppearing
nthe
Revue
umismatique
1913,
pp.
2
.),
tates
hathis No.
173
s
from
he ame
everseie
as his
No.
174,
whichs from
hefractured
bverseie.
In his
llustration,
however,
can see no
trace f
thecharacteristic
law
etweenhe
horses'
ooves,
nd
the
flawn
the
xergue
eems o
differ
rom
hat
on
thenine
ther
oins.
ndeed,
he
reverse
ie f Paris
73
eems
to be the ame s thatwhichwas used forNo.202 n theBritish
Museum
both oins re lso rom
he ame bverse
ie.
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NUMISMATIC HRONICLE.
Arethusa'shead
is
still clear
of
the
flaw,
which
s,
how-
ever,
running
into
her
back
hair.
Then comes
the
Hirsch
specimen
(No.
2) ;
the flaw
has
spread
consider-
ably,
but
the
dolphin
is
still
discernible,
nd
would
be
plainer
f
it were
not
partly
offthe flan.
Between
the
three
other
pecimens
there
s little
to
choose.
It would
be interestingto find a medallion struck fromthis
obverse die
before the
fracture
began,
if
indeed
it
did
not break
at the
outset.
Acanthus.
Obv
Lion
r.,
bringing
own
bull
1.
dotted
exergual
line
border f
dots.
Rev. Mill-sail ncuse quare.
-31.
22*5
mm.
Wt.
256%5
rs.
(16-62
grms.).
[Pl.
XII.
8.]
From
the Taranto
hoard
Rev.
Num
,
1912,
p.
13,
No.
27,
PI. ii.
7).
The
greater
part
of the
exergue being
off he
flan,
t
is not
possible
to
say
whether
t contained the
acanthus-
flower. The
coin
differs from the
ordinary early
Acanthian
series
in
fabric,
being dumpy,
nstead
of
flat.
Mr.
Robinson
also
points
out
to me the difference
n the
treatment f the bull, as seen in the skin of the neck,
which
is
rendered
in
parallel
folds,
and
not
in
three
rows
of
curls
as
on
nearly
all
the other
Acanthian
tetradrachms.
In
fact,
in
this
respect
it
approaches
some
of
the
Thraco-Macedonian
oins
(e.g.
Head,
Guide
PI.
5,
Nos.
15,
17),
&c. M. Babelon
places
the
piece
at
the
head
of
the
Acanthian
series,
and that
certainly
seems to
be the
only
place
for
t.
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Thessaly.
From
a hoard
recently
iiscovered
near Larissa
the
Museum
acquired
75
double-victoriates
nd drachms
of
the Thessalian
League.
Among
the double-victoriates
are
the
following
n
which
the
magistrates'
names
may
be recorded s of nterest
Obv.
Head f
Zeus.
Rev.
Fighting
thena.
ZQZinATPOY
[A]AKETHZ
AAEZin[nOZ]
HPA NIKAT1P
AYKO(f>ANTOZ
?)
AM NANAPOY
AIKAIOZ NAZIMBPOTOZ
[EJYKOAOZ
NTirONOZ
KPATEPOtf>PONOZ
AMYNANAPOZ
KPATinnOY
NI
inriAITAZ nAYZANIAZI
MENEAHMOZ
EPEKPATHZ
EQTEPOZ
ZnZIBIOY
ZIMY
Damastium.
Obv. Head
of
Apollo
r.
laureate,
with
ong
hair.
Rev.
Tripod
with
ion's feet
on basis on
1.,
dagger,
blade
upwards
on
basis,
H
PA
KA
onr.
upwards,E AO; on 1.upwards, H
M. 27
mm.
^
Wt.
198*7
rs.
12*88
rms.).
[Pl.
XII.
9.]
From
he Prowe
Sale
(lot
841).
For
this
variety
of the
coinage
of
Damastium,
which
is
without the
ethnic,
see
Imhoof-Blumer,
.
f.
N.,
i.
p.
110.
The
magistrate's
name
KH
for
Kr/^ao^wvro)10
fixes t
to
Damastium rather
han
Pelagia.
10
/.
N.,xxi.
.
258.
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NUMISMATIC
HRONICLE.
Corinth.
Obv.
Pegasus
flying
.
below,
?
Rev.
Head
of
Athena
r.
in
Corinthian
elmet
behind,
ivy-leaf.
7R.
22
mm.
f
Wt. 131*6
rs.
8*53
grms.).
[Pl.
XII.
10.]
In
addition to
this
the two staters
rom
he
Egger
Sale,
xxxix.
(1912),
lots
289,
290,
are
now
in
the
British
Museum
(symbols,
vine
leaf
and
aphlaston).
The
former,
owever,
as no
?
, and,
as
Mr.
Robinson
points
out
to
me,
s
probably
Sicilian
[Pl.
XII.
11].
Obv.
MAVRANT
NINVCAVG
sic).
Bustof
M.
Aurelius
r.
laureate,
wearing
aludamentum
nd
cuirass
border
f
dots.
Rev.
CLI
COR
Palaemon
on
dolphin
o
r. border f
dots.
JE.
25
mm.
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This
appears
to
be
the
dentical coin
figured
n Imhoof
and
Gardner'sNumismatic
ommentary
Pl.
D. lxviii.
Nicaea.
Obv.
OYHMA
IME1NO
AV
Bust
ofMaximinus
.
laureate,wearing aludamentumndcuirass.
Bev.
NI KAI
EQ]N
Nicaea,
wearing
urreted
rown,
standing
r.,
holding
n
r.
kantharos,
esting
with
1.
on
filleted
hyrsos.
In
countermark,
figure
f
Nike
r.,
holding
wreath.
M.
26
mm.
^
Wt.
118*3
rs.
7*67
grms.).
[Pl.
XIII.
1.]
From
the
Leitner
Sale,
1911,
lot
85.
The
Recueil
gives
no
instance
of
this
type
under
Maxi-
minus
or
Maximus.
The staff
on
which the
goddess
rests
s
meant
for a
thyrsos,
lthough
ts head
is
hardly
visible.
Obv.
IBT
AAAOCAVI
sic)
Bust of
Trebonianus
Gallus
r., radiate,
wearing
aludamentum
nd
cuirass.
Bev.
NIKA
Hades-Sarapis
eated
1.,
1.
resting
n
sceptre,
xtended
.
pouring
ine rom
hiale
?)
at hisfeet,Kerberos.
iE.
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NUMISMATIC
HRONICLE.
Obv.
nOYAIOYAAEPIANOCCE
ust
of
Valerian
r.,
radiate,
wearing
aludamento
and
cuirass.
Rev.
NIKA
EON
Athena,
elmeted,
tanding
.,
hold-
ing
Nike
n
r.,
shield
nd
spear
n
1.
JE.
23 mm.
^
Wt.
89*9
grs.
5*83
grms.).
[PL
XIII.
5.]
From
he
Leitner
ale,
ibid
Obv. rnOVBAIKETNrAAAHNOCAVrustofGallienus
r.,
radiate,
wearing
aludamentum
nd cuirass.
Rev.
NI
KA
EON
Demeter
?)
seated
1.,
resting
with
1.
on
knotted
ceptre
r
torch,
holding
n
ex-
tended
.
ears of corn.
M.
26
mm.
^
Wt.
146*6
rs.
9*50
grms.).
Countermarked
on obv.
[PL
XIII.
6.]
JE.
25
mm.
f
Wt.
108
grs.
(7*00
grms.).
From same
dies
as
preceding.
Both
from he
Leitner
ale,
bid.
Compare
he
standing ype,
Recueil
Pl.
lxxxvii.
27.
Obv.
nOAIErNTAAAHNOCAYr
ust
of
Gallienus
r.,
radiate,
wearing
paludamentum
nd
cuirass.
In
countermark,
Rev.
NIKA EU
N
Nicaea
standing
o
front,
olding
in each
handextended
prize
rown,
nd
wear-
ing
another
n herhead.
JE.
24
mm.
^
Wt.
128*7
rs.
8*34
grms.).
[Pl.
XIII.
7.]
From the
Leitner
Sale,
ibid.
This reverse
ppears
o be
from he
same
die
as
that f
he oin f
Y
alerian,
ecueil
Pl.
xxxvii. .
On thetype,ee ImhoofBlumernNomismav.
p.
42 vi.
p.
2.
Obv.
KOPNCAA[Q]NINACEB
ust
of Salonina
r.
Rev.
NI[KA]I
AIN Table
with
urved
egs,
upporting
three
rize
rowns,
he
centre
ne
piled
up
with
six
balls,
he
others
ontaining
alm-branches
below
he table
riYGIA
CEYHPI
A
ATOY
CIA
In
countermark,
ead
of
an
Emperor
.
JE. 25
mm.
^
Wt.
88*8
grs.
5*75
grms.).
[Pl. XIII. 4.] From
the
Leitner
Sale,
ibid.
Thisreverse s from he samedie as thoseof
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the wo oins
f Grallienus
nd
Salonina,
Recueil,
852 and
863.
ATOYCIA
for
AYrOYCTIA)
hould
therefore
e
added
to
the
egend
f the
former,
andTIY0IA
to
that
of the
atter.
Cyzicus.
Obv.-AVKAIMAVPCeVHPOCANTONINOCCust of
Caracalla
r.,
with short
beard,
wearingpalu-
d mentum
nd
cuirass.
Rev.
CTPANOYM
ZQIAOV nd
in
exergue
KV2IKHNQN
I
NEOKOPQN
Imperial
galley
to
1.,
with
double
am,
keleustes
nd
rowers on
the
prow
is an uncertain
bject
resembling
n altar
on
the
poop,
wo tandards
nd
sty
is
?).
M.
35
mm.
fWt.
310*0
rs.
20*09
grms.).
[Pl.
XIII.
8.]
From
he
Leitner
ale,
bid.
Babelon
11
and
Kubitschek
12
have discussed
the
signi-
ficanceof
the
representation
f the
imperial
galley
on a
Cyzicene
medallion of Commodus
the
type
appears
to be connected
with a
visit
of
the
imperial
family
to
Cyzicus
in
summer
175. Similar
types
occur
on other
coins
of
Caracalla,13
and
the
galley
with standards
is,
indeed,
a common
Cyzicene
type
but whether
t
always
refers
o
an individual
visit
of
an
emperor
r
a
governor
is
a
question
that
requires
further onsideration.
Cara-
calla,
as
Hasluck
has
remarked,14
ay
well
have
visited
Cyzicus
in
214
A.D.
n
Rev.
Num.,
891,
p.
7
ff.
12
Num.
eit.,
911,
.
15.
13
Mionnet,
upp.,
.
p.
340,
Nos.
77-379.
14
Cyzicus,
.
189.
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268
NUMISMATIC HRONICLE.
Uncertain
of Ionia.
Obv.
Sphinx
with urled
wing
eated
JL,
.
foreleg
aised.
Bev.
Gorgoneion
n
deep
incuse
square;
outsidethe
square,
below,
a
small
rectangular
ncuse
m-
pression.
JR.
14*5
mm.
^ Wt.
49*1
grs. 3*18grms.).[Pl. XIII. 9.]
This
was
purchased
at
Smyrna,
nd is
clearly
Ionian
in
style.
The
Gorgoneion
is
not
dissimilar
from that
which
is
found
on the
later
silver
coins
attributed
to
Clazomenae.15
The
sphinx,
of
course,
suggests
Chios,
although
the
Chian
sphinx
seldom
raises its
foreleg.16
The
weight
of
the
coin
may
be
a Phoenician
or
a
Chian or
a
Samian
drachm
17
ts date
may
be
placed
in
the first
uarter
ofthe fifth
entury.
Ephesus.
The
following
magistrates'
names,
occurring
on
Ephesian
tetradrachms f
the
period
394-301
(accord-
ing
to
Head's
dating)
acquired
by
the Museum since
the
publication
of the
Catalogue
of
Ionia
may
be noted
as eitherunpublishedor confirmingrevious eadings
(1)
Bee with
curved
wings
BAOKIAEV
4>flKYA
(apparently
truck
over another
name
nding
n
PIM
15
.
M.
0.
:
Ionia
p.
14,
Nos.
5,
6,
l.
vi.
4,
5.
16
An
xception
s
the
lectrum
oin
n
Babelon,
rait
ii.PI. viii. .
For
phinxes
ith he
oreleg
aised
p.
he me
ook,
I.
xxviii.
1-13
(theast ssurelyycian).17 . M.C. Ionia
p.
xxxvii.
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GREEK
COINS
ACQUIRED
Y
THE
BRITISH
MUSEUM. 269
(2)
Bee
with
straight
wings
AIOTIMIAAZ(cp.
add.,
1518)
4>IAOAEn[Z]
I
OBIOZ
YAAKOZ
cp.Wadd.,
542).
Another
new
Ephesian
magistrate
s APIITONOMOI
on
a
bronze
coin
similar
to
B. M.
G
,
Nos. 58
ff.
Cnidus.
Obv.
Lion's
head
and
r.
foreleg
.
Rev.
Female
head
r.,
with
hair
rolled
behind,
n
deep
incuse
quare.
M. 0-75
mm.
^
Wt.
6*6
grs. 0*43grm.).
[Pl.
XIII.
10.]
A
charming
hemiobol of
about
400
b.c.,
and
pre-
sumably
to be classed with
Nos.
20-23 in
the
British
Museum
Catalogue period
412-400),
although
the
treat-
ment
of
the
obverse is
in
some
respects
closer
to
the
style
of
the
next
period.
Flaviopolis
in
Cilicia.
Obv.
IOVAIAMAMAIACGB
ust of
Mamaea
r.
Rev.
cj>AAOVIOr~IO
O
NET
and
vertically
n
centre
r
of field
P
The
Dioscuri,
nude,
leaning
on
N
spears,
oining
hands.
M.
23
mm.
X
Wt. 129-2
grs. (8-37 grm.).
[Pl.
XIII.
11.]
The
date
TNP
=
225-6
a.D.
occurs
on
another
coin
of
Mamaea18
and on
coins of
Se
v.
Alexander
and
Orbiana.19
18
Babelon,nv.Wadd.,297. 19Imhoof-Blumer,leinas.Mnzen i.
p.
445.
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NUMISMATIC HRONICLE.
The
type
of
the Dioscuri
is also
found
on a coin of
Trajan,20
ut
there
they
have
the
crescent
(for
Helen)
between
hem.21
Tarsus.
Obv. AVPANTQNINCust of Elagabalus ?)
r., aureate,
ndraped.
Rev.
TAPCOVTHCM
TPOnOAG
Wreath of demi-
ourgos,
withinwhich
AH
M
below,
TB.
JEi.26*5mm.
f
Wt.
107*0
rs.
6-93
grms.).
This
coin confirms he
reading
of
Waddington,
4643
;
but
the
features
seem
to
me
to
resemble
Elagabalus
rather
than
Caracalla,
to
which
emperor
M.
Babelon
assigns
the
Waddington specimen.
Both
Emperors
held
the
title
of
demiourgos
t Tarsus.22
Caesarea Cappadociae.
A
good
specimen
of
the bronze
coin of
Claudius
de-
scribed
by
Imhoof
(Monn.
grecques,
.
417,
No.
182)
was
acquired
in 1912. In
B M.
C.
Cilicia
(p.
31,
No.
4)
this
coin
was
attributed
doubtfully
to
Anazarbus,
in
ignoranceof Imhoof previous attribution o Caesarea.
It
is
interesting
now
to note that the
newly
acquired
coin
was
purchased
at
Anazarbus itself
by
the
person
who
sold
it
to the British
Museum.
20
Babelon,
oc.
it.,
284.
21
ee
B. M.C.
Lycaonia
&c.,
.
vin ote
cp.
J.
H.
8,,
xxxi.
.
62.
22
B.
M. C.:
Lycaonia
c,f .
xcviii;Wroth,
Num Chron
902,
p.
343.
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GREEK
COINS
ACQUIRED
Y
THE
BRITISH
MUSEUM.
271
Antiochus
I
op
Syria.
Obv.
Head
of
Athena
r.,
wearing
rested
Corinthian
helmet,
dorned
with
coiled
serpent
her hair
in
formal
urls.
Bev.
BAZIAEQZ
AN
TIOXOY
Nike
standing
1.,
carrying
wreath
and
standard
in
field
1.,
monogram,
N.
18*5
mm.
f
Wt.
132*8
rs. 8*61
grms.).
[Pl.
XIII.
12.]
The
four
gold
staters
of
Antiochus
I
in
the
British
Museum
which
bear
his
portrait
have
the
reverse
die
inverted
as
regards
the
obverse.
They
were
probably
struck
n
the
East,
where
that
arrangement
was
fashion-
able.23
The
present
stater,
with Alexandrine
types,
has both dies in the same position. Whether this
points
to a
Western
mint
I
cannot
say.
The
die-posi-
tions
of
the
Alexandrine
silver
of
the
same
reign
seem
to
follow no
fixed
rule.
Of the
tetradrachms n
the
British Museum
two are
f
one
^
;
of
the
drachms,
one
is
the other
f
;
and a half-drachm
s
Antiochus
IV
of
Syria.
Obv.
Head of Zeus
Osiris
r.,
laureate
the
wreath
s
decoratedn front ith he capofOsiris (?),24
and
its tie
is
treated
ike a
diadem,
with
ne
end
flying
ehind,
he
other
coming
ver
r.
shoulder border
f dots.
Bev
BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY
n
r.
downwards,
EOY
EflIOANOVZ
n
1. downwards.
Eagle
with
closed
wings tanding
.
on
thunderbolt.
JE.
36*5 mm.
^
Wt.
574*8
grs.
(37*25
grms..
[Pl.
XIII.
13.]
23
Macdonald,nCorolla umismaticap.187.24 ee
Gardner,
. M. C. Seleucid
ingsp.
38.
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272 NUMISMATIC
HRONICLE.
An
unusually
well-preserved
nd
patinated
specimen
of
a well-known
coin.
Attempts
have
been
made to
see
in
the head
of
Zeus
on the
tetradrachms
f this
Antiochus
a
reproduction
f
the features
of the
King.
As Babelon
remarks,25
ll
that
can be said
is
that
the
features
of the
god
are
intentionally
brought
into
a
certainresemblance o thoseof theKing. On the other
hand,
the
not
very
usual treatment
of
the tie
of
the
laurel-wreath eems
to
recall the
regal
diadem.
Seleucus
IV of
Syria.
Obv.
Head
of
King
r.,
diademed
border
f
dots.
Eev-
BAZIAEQZ
ZEAE
YKOY
Apollo
seated 1.
on
omphalos,
olding
rrow
n
r.,
resting
. n bow
aboveand in exergue,hunderboltsinfield .
H
1.
monogram,
]
nd
laurel-branch.
M
plated.
^
30 mm. Wt.
233*2
grs.
(15-11
grms.).
[Pl.
XIII.
14.]
The
tetradrachms
f Seleucus
IV
with
Apollo
on the
omphalos
as
reverse
type
fall
into
two
groups
in
the
one,
the
king's
diadem
falls
straight,
nd
the
border
s
of dots
(.
M.
0.
: Seleucid
Kings
p.
31,
Nos.
1,
2)
;
in the
other,
one
of
the
ties
of
the
diadem
flies backward
nd
upward,
while the othercomes forward ver the right
shoulder,
and
the
border
is
a
fillet.
In the
former
class
there
is
usually
a
symbol
behind
the
head
a
wreath
on
B.
M.
C.,
Nos.
1,
2,
and
on the
Bunbury
specimen26
now
in the
British
Museum,
and
perhaps
also
on at least
one
of the
Paris
specimens.27
In
regard
25
Bois
de
Syrie
p.
xcvi.
26
aleCatal.
i.
ot 84.
27Babelon,oisdeSyriep.62,No. 75, l.xi. 4 inthe llustrationI see racesf
omething
ehindhehead.
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COINS
ACQUIRED
Y
THE
BRITISH
MUSEUM.
273
to
the
diadem
and
border the
present
coin
belongs
to
the
former
lass,
but it has
no
symbol
on the obverse
for
this,
however,
ompensation
s
made
on
the
reverse
by
the
duplicated
thunderbolt
and
the laurel-branch.
So,
too,
on the coins
of the
second
class,
since
there
s
no room
for
a
symbol
on the
obverse,
wo
(wreath
and
palm-branch)are put together on the reverse. This
coin seems
to
be
transitional
etween the
two
classes.
A
few
days
after the above
was
written,
was shown
in
a
private
collection formed
n
Persia
a tetradrachm
of
Seleucus
IV,
with an obverse
of
the more
usual
kind,
and a reverse
exactly
similar to the
present
one.
But
the
coin
was
distinctly uspect,
being
either
truckfrom
false
dies
(of
which
the
reverse
may
have
been
made
from
ne
similar
to our
own)
or
else
a
very
fine
ast.
Armenia
Artavasdes
III
(?).
Obv.
Bust of
King
r.,
wearing
Armenian
iara,
dorned
with
a
globe
between
wo
eagles
behind,
small
Nike
flying
oldsout
a
wreath o crown
him.
Rev.
BAZ
-
above,
METAAoY downwards
on
1.,
[APT]AIAAo[Y]
elow.
On
r.,
the
King,
wear-
ing
trousers,
tanding
1.,
resting
with
1. on
sceptre,xtending. to city-goddess,hokneelsbefore im inthe field etween
hem,
M
M.
17
mm.
f
Wt.
47*3
grs.
(3*06
grms.).
[Pl.
XIII.
15.]
The
profile
of
the
portrait
on
this
coin
is
unfortu-
nately
lost,
so
that
it is
impossible
to
compare
it
with
the
portraits
on
coins attributed to
Artavasdes
I
and
III
;
but the
legend
corresponds
o
that
on
the
silver
denarius28
of the
latter
king
(l
being
a
mere
blunder
28B.M.C. Galatia,c., Lxiv. .
VOL.
XIII.,
SERIES
IV.
U
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274 NUMISMATIC HRONICLE.
for
Y
in
the
King's
name).
At
the
same
time
it is
not
impossible
that the
coin
may
have
been struck
by
his
father,
Artavasdes
II,29
the
opponent
of
Tigranes
III.
The
reverse
type
is
a
modification
f
one used
by
the
Parthian
kings
in
the first
entury
B.c.
thus,
on
coins
of
Orodes
I
the
city-goddess
kneels before the
seated
king,30 nd the same type occurs under Phraates IV.31
Our
coin
is
too
badly
executed for
us to see
whether
he
goddess
holds
anything
n
her hands.
Hispano-Carthaginian.
Obv.
Head of Heracles
1.,
aureate,
with
curly
eard
large
lub overr. shoulder
border f
dots.
Rev. Elephantwalking .,drivenwith a hookedgoad
by
a
rider
who
wears
long
cloak border
f
dots.
M.
26
mm.
^Wt.
227*4
grs.
14*74
grms.).
[Pl.
XIII.
16.]
This
coin
belongs
to
the
important
series of coins
issued
by
the
Barcids
in
Spain
(doubtless
from
the
mint
at
Carthago-Nova)
to
which due attention
was first
called
in
1863,
n
connexion
with
the
findof
Mazarron.32
Two specimensfrom hatfindweighed 14*83 and 14*75
grammes
respectively.
Ours
was found in
1910 at
Mogente,33
n
the
province
of
Valencia.
The
denomina-
29
t was
to
this
king
hat
Gardnerttributedhe
ilver enarius
just
mentioned.
30
B.
M.
C.
Parthia
p.
72,
Nos.
0, 1,
l.
xiv.
0,
1.
31
Ibid.,
101,
o.
11,
l.
xix.
.
32
obel
de
Zangroniz,
n Monatsber.
er
7c.
kad.
er
Wiss.,
863
(June),
p.
248
f.
cp.
Memorialumismatico
spaol,
v.
pp.
160
.,
177 .33 eeBoletine a B. Acad, e a HistoriaJune,910.
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GREEK COINS
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Y THE
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MUSEUM. 275
tion
is the
tetradrachm,
wo-thirds
f
the
hexadrachm
or
largest
coin
of
the
series,which,
ccording
to
Hultsch,
weighs
normally
23*39
grammes
34
he
normal
weight
f
these coins should therefore
e
15*59
grammes.
34
ee
Hultsch,
etrologie
,
.
425.
Gr.F. Hill.
u 2
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BRITISH
MUSEUM,
GREEK
ACQUISITIONS,
911-12
Num. Chron.
er.
IV. Vol. XIII. Pl. XII
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MUSEUM,
GREEK
ACQUISITIONS,
911-12
Num.
Chron. er.
IV. Vol.
XIII. Pl. XIII