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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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258

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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259

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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260

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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ACQUIRED

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261

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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262

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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COINS

ACQUIRED

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263

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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264

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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265

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.

24 mm.


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266

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


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.



15/25

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.



16/25

270


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.



17/25

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.



18/25

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.



19/25

GREEK

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



20/25

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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ACQUIRED

Y THE

BRITISH

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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