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XIII.

GREEK COINS ACQUIRED BY THE BRITISH MUSEUM

IN

1885.

(Pl.

XI.)

Few

more

mportant

ales have taken

place

in

recent

years

than that

of

1884,

at which

Mr. James

Whittall's

cabinet,

formed t

Smyrna,

was

dispersed.

The

British

Museum,

although

shortness

f funds

prevented

t from

buying

many

desirable

coins,

was

yet

able

in

consequence

of

that sale to

acquire

in

1885

many

mportant

dditions

to thenationalcabinet. It mayinterest he members f

the

Numismatic

ociety

to

possess

a list

of the more

m-

portant

of

these

acquisitions,

nd

photographic

llustra-

tionsof

a

few selected oins.

The

present

aper

will

not,

however,

mention he

most

important

lass

of

coins

comprised

n the sale

or

purchased

for the

British

Museum,

the electrum

coins

of

Asia

Minor these are

reserved

for

a second

paper

by

Mr.

Head.

Amongthe otherGreek coins acquired are the follow-

ing

Abdera

in

Thrace.

Obv.

Griffinith

ointed ing

rotting

.,in front,

tar.

i-EPIMANAPilNAKTOZ,

written

n

ncuse

and

M.

1. Wt. 199-5

grains.

(Pl.

XI,

1.)

The

trotting riffin

s

very

unusual

on

coins

of

Abdera.

VOL.VI.THIRD ERIES. L L



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250

NUMISMATIC

HRONICLE.

Aenus in Thrace.

1

Obv. Head of

Hermes

.,

n

round

ileus,

air

plaited.

Rev

AINI.

Goat

r.,

n

field

stragalos

all

in

incuse

square.

M.

*95.

Wt. 250.

2. As last

symbol,

rescent.

JR.

-9. Wt.

250.

8.

As

last

symbol,

ilenus-mask.

JR.

-95.

Wt. 258-5.

4.

Obv. Head

of Hermes

s

above.

Rev.

Al.

Caduceus

all

in

ncuse

quare.

JR.

-45.

Wt.

19-7.

(Pl.

XI,

2.)

5. As

last.

JR.

*4.

Wt. 18.

G.

Obv

Head of

Hermes

n

pileus

hair

hort.

Rev.

A N.

Goatr. in

front,

lub.

M.

'5.

Wt. 20-2.

(Pl.

XI,

8.)

7. As last

before

oat,

plant.

JR.

45.

Wt.

19*8.

8.

Obv

Head

of

Hermes,

hree-quarter

ace,

n

pileus.

Rev.-

Al

N

ION.

Goat

r.,

in

front

mphora;

beneath

astragalos.

JR.

-95.

Wt.

248.

(Pl.

XI,

4.)

9. As

last

before

oat,

growing

lant.

JR.

-95.

Wt. 282-3.

Of

these coins

Nos.

1,

6,

and

8

are

notable

for

their

style and perfect reservation. Nos. 4 and 5 are of a



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GREEKCOINS

ACQUIRED

Y THE BRITISH

MUSEUM.

251

type

new to the British.Museum

but a stater

with the

same

types

was

in

the

Fox collection

Fox,

Rare

Greek

Coins

No.

44),

purchased

rom

Mr.

Whittall and smaller

divisions

are

mentioned

by

Yon

Saliet in his

paper

on

the coins

of

Aenus,

Zeitschr.

.

Num.,

v. 177.

Cotys,

King

of Thrace.

Obv Bearded

ead

1.,

bare.

KO

Rev

Yy

Two-handled

up.

M.

-4.

Wt.

18-7.

Published

by

Imhoof,

Mon.

Gr.,

Pl. C.

5. A

similar

specimenn the BritishMuseumbearsthe egend KOTO

(Cat.

Thrace

p.

202).

Alexander

the Great.

Besides

ordinary

oins

of

Lysimachus

and

Alexander,

we

must

mention

few

important

ieces

of the

latter

king

of the

late

flat

ype,

which

seem

to be

new varieties.

It will be necessaryonly to mentionthe symbols nd

letters

n the

reverse.

1

Mesembria>

MEZAMBPI

M.

I

B.

Wt. 225-8.

2.

Teos.

y|_|

an(*

figure

f bearded

ionysus

.,

n

full

drapery

holds

kantharos

nd

ong hyrsos.

jr. I B. Wt.256-7. (Pl. XI, 5.)



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252

NUMISMATICHRONICLE.

8. Uncertain

ity.

EYIIPO

and bee.

JR.

1-2. Wt.

257*9.

The

figure

f the bearded

Dionysus

is new on coins

of

Alexander

very

probably

t

reproduces

sculptural ype

so

familiar

o the

people

of

Teoa

as to

be

regarded

s an

appropriate mblem orthecity.

Larissa

in

.Thessaly.

1.

Obv. Head of

Nymph acing,

airbound

with aenia on

shoulders

o

fasten er

dress wo

phinxes.

Rev.

AAPIZAI.

Horse

r.,

feeding

below,

Al.

JR. *75.

Wt.

91-4.

This coinhas alreadybeenpublished n thisJournalby

the

Rev.

W. Greenwell

1885,

PL

I, 5,

p.

7),

while tem-

porarily

n

the hands of

Messrs.

Rollin and

Feuardent.

2.

Obv

Head of

Nymph

acing.

Rev

Horse

r.,

feeding.

-8.

Wt.

92.

(Pl.

XI,

7.)

This

is for

beauty

and

preservation

ne of

the

most

perfect

oins n the BritishMuseum.

Magnetes

of

Thessaly.

Obv.

Head of

Artemis

. at

shoulder

ow

and

quiver.

MATNH

Rev

Forepart

f

galley

.

to

r.

^

A^aiv.)

JR.

*6.

Wt.

33.

See Imhoof,Mon. Gr.p. 132.



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8/19

254

NUMISMATIC

HRONICLE.

Gargara in Mysia.

Ob

.

Head

of

Apollo

.

Rev.

rAP.

Horse

r.,

galloping

all n incuse

quare.

JR.

-45.

Wt.

22-2.

(Pl.

XI,

8.)

These types ppeartobe newon silverofthiscity

Cebrenia

in Troas.

1.

Obv.

Ram's

head

1.

Rev

Quadripartite

ncuse

quare,

he

alternate

ections

deeper.

M.

-45. Wt.

29-3.

2.

Obv

Barn'shead

r.

Rev.

Quadripartite

ncuse

quare.

A

*4.

Wt.

16*5.

3.

Obv.

KEBRI

Ram'sheadr.

Rev.

As

last.

Ai.

-4.

Wt.

17.

4.

Obv. Ram'shead

r.

Rev. As

ast.

M.

-2.

Wt.

4-5.

5.

Obv.

KEBPHNI.

Two

rams'

heads

back to

back;

between,

loral

attern.

Rev. As

last.

Al.

-4.

Wt.

10-5.

6. Obv.

Ram's

head

r.

Rev. Two small

ncuse

quares

oined

t the

orner.

M. -1. Wt,10.



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GREEKCOINS

ACQUIRED

Y THE

BRITISH.

MUSEUM. 255

7. Obv.

Ram'shead

r.

Rev

Calf'shead

r.,

n incuse

quare.

M.

*4. Wt.

29*5.

8.

Obv. Ram's head 1.

Rev.-

Gorgoneion

n

ncuse

quare.

JR. -4. Wt. 26*8.

9.

Obv.

Ram'shead

1.

Rev. Kantliaros.

Al.

*25.

Wt.

8.

Several

of

these

varieties are

new,

or at least

do

not

appear

n

Dr.

Imhoof's

ist

of the

coinsof

Cebrenia

n

the

Zeitsclir.f.

Num.

y

i.

307.

The following, otpurchasedat the Whittall sale,but

already

n

the British

Museum,

do

not

appear

to

be

pub-

lished

10.

Obv. Ram's

head

1.

Rev.

Gorgoneion

n

ncuse

quare.

M.

*4.

Wt.

27-6.

11. Obv. Head ofApollo ., aur.

Rev.- Ram's

head

r.

M.

B.

Wt.

5*2,

,

3-4,

2*7.

Of

No.

11,

all

four

examples

were

brought

romAsia

by

Mr.

Newton.

They

are

in

poor

preservation,

nd

whatever

egend

they

may

have had has

disappeared

it

is not

mpossible

that

theymay belong

to

Lesbos

or some

other

place,

but the

types

are the same as

appear

on

copperof Cebrenia.



10/19

256

NUMISMATIC

HR0N1LE.

D

ARDANUSN

TROAS.

Among

the coins

of

Dardanus

acquired

are

two

in-

teresting

ieces

of the

reign

of

Geta.

One has a

repre-

sentation

of

Ganymedes

and

the

eagle.

The other

(Pl.

XI,

6)

is

a

duplicate

of the

coin

discussed

by

me at

p.

79

of

myTypes f

Greek oins

The

type

s

Aeneas

flying

from

Troy

with

one handhe eads

Ascanius,

n

the other

he

holds,

not as one

might xpect

his

father

Anchises,

ut

a

deity

eated

on

a chair.

On

both

the British

Museum

coins

this

nteresting

igure

s

clear. The

deity

s

seated

in

perfectly

igid

attitudewith hands

on

knees on a

high-

backed

seat

the

upper part appears

to

be

undraped,

ut

the knees

are covered with

drapery.

We

have

here

in

all

probability

copy

of some

archaic seated statue

pre-

served at Dardanus and said to have been rescued by

Aeneas

from

urning

lium.

Gergis

in

Troas.

Obv. Head

of

Sibyl,

acing,

aur.

Rev.

FER.

Winged

phinx

eated

.

M.

'35. Wt. 6*2.

(Pl.

XI,

9.)

This coinappearsto be new, n silver. That the types

at

Gergis

are a head

of the

Sibyl

and

a

sphinx

s

expressly

stated

by

Stephanus

f

Byzantium

.v.

Gergis.

Ilium in Troas.

The

only

silvercoins

of Ilium

mentioned

n

the

ist

in

Schliemams

lios

(p.

641)

are the tetradrachms

f flat

fabric.

But

a

hemidrachm

imilar to the

following

s

publishedbyFox (ii. PI. Ill, 47).



11/19

GREEK

COINS

ACQUIRED

Y

THE

BRITISH

MUSEUM.

257

Obv.

Head of

Athene

.,

n

Corinthian

elmet.

Rev.

IAl.

Athene

walking

o

1.,

polos

on

head,

holds

n

r.

spear

boundwith

illet

in

1.,

spindle

at herfeet

owl

1. and

ty.

M.

'55. Wt.

82.

(Pl.

XI,

11.)

Gambrium n Ionia.

I am not aware

that

any

silver

coins

of

Gambrium

ave

been hitherto

ublished

the

following

pecimen

s of

the

same

types

s the

ordinary

opper

-

Obv

Head

of

Apollo

.

aur.

Rev

r

AM.

Forepart

fbull

r.,

butting.

A

'4. Wt.

26.

(Pl.

XI,

10.)

This is a coinofthickfabric nd verygood style, truck

early

n

the fourth

entury

.c.

Heracleia

in Ionia.

Obv Head

of

Pallas

r.,

n crested

orinthian

elmet.

Rev

M.

-6. Wt.

88-2.

(Pl.

XI,

12.)

This piece seems to be contemporarywiththe large

tetradrachms

f Heracleia.

The standard

s

that

in

use

in

the

third

entury

t

Miletus

and

Ephesus

(Head,

Coin-

age

of

Ephesus,

eriod

VII).

Miletus

in

Ionia.

Obv

Head

of

Apollo

.,

aur.

Rev

NI.

MAIANAPIOZ.

Lion

1.

ooking

ack

t

star.

M. -9. Wt.

161*2.

A fine xampleof therare staters fMiletus.

vol.

v.

third

series.

m

m



12/19

258

NUMISMATICHRONICLE.

Samos.

I

regret

o

say

that

was

misinformed

s

to

the

weight

of

some of

the

coins of

Mr. WhittalTs

collection

pub-

lished n

my

Samos

Num,

Ckron

,

1882).

Pl.

I,

6,

p.

27,

weighs

not 39

grs.

but

32*7 Pl.

I, 7,

weighs

not

9

grains

but 4*4

and

the

variety

f

the same coin

(p.

27,

No.

4)

weighs

5*1. Thesecorrections

nfortunately

till further

increase

hedoubt

with

which

classed

the

coins

to Samos.

Ceramus

in

Caria.

1.

Obv. Head of

City

.,

wearing

urreted

rown.

Rev

KE.

Caduceus

all

in

wreath.

m.

-65.

2.

Similar.

m.

-5.

3. Obv Head of

Artemis

,

aur.

quiver

t

shoulder.

Rev.-

KE.

Sceptre

beside

t,

bipennis.

iE.

*5.

A coin

resembling

No.

3

is

stated

by

Dr.

Friedlnder

to

have been

procured

in

Caria

by

Schnborn

j

Beri.

Bltter

iii.

13).

The

attribution f

1 and

2,

which

seem

to

be

unpublished,

s

more

dubious.

They

must,

how-

ever,

belong

to

the Asiatic

Coast,

and

as

Cebrenia,

Celen-

deris, and Ceretapedid notstrikecoins at thisparticular

time,

the second

century

.c.,

Ceramus is

the most

pro-

bable attribution.

Chersonesus

in

Caria.

Obv

Head

of

ion

r.,

mouth

pen.

Rev

+EP.

Head

and

neck f

bull

r. all n

ncuse

quare.

JR.

-4.

Wt. 18-5.

(Pl.

XI,

18.)

Statersof thistypewerefirst ttributed o theCarian



13/19

GREEK

COINS

ACQUIRED

Y THE BRITISHMUSEUM.259

Chersonesus

by

M.

Six

(

Zeitschr

f.

Num

iii.,

p.

345).

The

present

mall

coin,

being

from

collection

ormed t

Smyrna,

would

confirm

his

attribution

f

it

needed

con-

firmation.

Cnidus

? in Caria.

1. Obv. Forepartf ionwith penmouth o1.

Rev

Square

ncuse

ivided

iagonally

y

band.

jr.

*8. Wt.

164-8.

Published

by

the

Rev.

W.

Greenwell,

Num. Ghron

,

1885

(Pl.

I,

10,

p.

10).

The

attribution o

Cnidus,

how-

ever,

s far from ertain

Lycia

has a

claim

quite

as

good.

2.

Obv

KNIAI2N.

Head of

Aphrodite

.,

hair n

sphen-

done

behind,

row

f

hip.

Rev Z Y ] N. YoungHerakleskneeling.,strangling

serpents.

jr.

-9.

Wt. 164*8.

(Pl.

XI,

15.)

This is

a coin

of the well-known

alliance

formed

y

several

citiesof

Asia after

he

victory

f

Conon

at

Cnidus

in b.c. 394.

(See

Waddington,

Mlanges

e Num

ii.

p.

8.

PL

II,

No.

4).

The

present

example

differs

rom

that

figured

y

Mr.Waddington

n the

position

f

the

prow.

Lycia.

1. Obv.

Dolphin

.

below,

ouble

ine

of

dots.

ReVt

KO.

Triquetra,

f

which

one

prong

ends n

a

griffin's

ead.

jr.

-8.

Wt.

147*8.

(Pl.

XI,

16.)

2

Obv. Shell

murex).

Rev.-

M

EX.

Young

male

head

facing

Apollo

),

wears

chlamys.

JR. -35. Wt.8. (Pl. XI, 14.)



14/19

260

NUMISMATIC

HRONICLE.

These

are

nteresting

arieties

f

the

Koprlle

and Mithra-

pata

classes

respectively.

The

triquetra

combined

with

cocks'

heads and

serpents'

heads is

already

known but

the

combination

with the

griffin's

ead I

believe

to be

new,

and the form

certainly

ends to confirm

he

theory

as

to the solar

meaning

of

the

triquetra,

he

griffin

eing

specially sacred to the solar Apollo. These coins are

mentioned

n

M. Six's

lists in the

Revue

Numismatique

f

this

year,

p.

168,

No.

160,

and

p.

423,

No.

246

;

but as

M. Six had

only

the

Whittall

Sale

Catalogue

to

go

by,

his

descriptions

re

not

quite

correct.

Pinara in

Lycia.

Obv. Head

of

Apollo

.,

aur.

Rev.- ni. Lyre all inshallowncuse quare.

M.

*65.

Wt.

29-4.

This coin

of

the

Lycian

League

type

seemsto

be

unpub-

lished. Mr. Warren

(

Federal

Coinage

p.

39)

remarks

that

all

the six

principal

cities

of

the

League

except

Pinara,

have

left

League

coins

no

doubt

some

specimen

of

Pinara

will be

hereafter

iscovered.

This

prophecy

s

now fulfilled.

Syria : Antiochus I.

Obv.

Head of

Seleucus

.,

r. diad.

with

orn f

bull.

Rev*

T*I0X0Y

seated

1. on

om-

phalos,

naked,

olds

n

r.

hand

bow

1. rests

n

omphalos

in

field

2C-

JR,

1-15.

Wt.

261*5.

(PL

XI,

17.)

This

coin bears a fine

portrait

of

Seleucus.

Similar

pieces are published by Imhoof {Mon. Gr, . 423), who



15/19


16/19

262

NUMISMATIC

HRONICLE.

Antiochus VII. Euergetes.

1.

Obv.

Head

ofthe

King

r.,

diad.

BAZIAEX1Z

Rev

ANTIOXOY

Oriental

eity

Sardanapalus)

.

EYEPrET[OY

on hornedion

r.

hand

aised,

n 1.

bipennis.

M. *7. Wt. 64.

A tetradrachm

f Antiochus

VII

of

this

type

is

pub-

lished

in the

Catalogue

of

Seleucidae

and a

drachm

of

Demetrius

I.

The

present

oin is

remarkably

lear in

details cf.

mhoof,

Mon.

Gr.y

l.

II,

14.

2.

Obv

Head

of

he

King

r.,

diad.

Rev

Same

inscr.

Tyche

eated 1.

on

throne

upported

bywingedmonster,

olds

ceptre nd cornuco-piae inex.twomonograms.

rn.

-75.

Wt.

63-2.

This

is

a

drachm

with

the

type

of

Demetrius

,

a

type

new

to

the

coinage

of Antiochus

VII.

Barce

in

Cyrenaica.

0')Vm

KAI.

Head

ofZeus Ammon .

Rev. Three tems fsilphiumpringingrom necentre.

M.

-45. Wt.

15.

A

trihemiobol

f

Attic

standard not n

Mller.

Cyrene

in

Cyrenaica.

1. Obv Lion's

head

facing;

bove

t

silphium

eed.

Rev. Head

and

neck f

griffin

r

serpent

.

in

ncuse.

M. '6. Wt.61*3.



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GREEK

COINS

ACQUIRED

Y

THE

BRITISHMUSEUM.

263

2.

Obv.

Silphium

eed.

Rev

Female

head,

.,

probably

f

Cyrene

in

incuse.

M

-4.

Wt.

31-8.

These

two

coins are

published

by

the

Rev.

W. Green-

well

in

tlie

Num.

Chron

for1885

(Pl.

1,

13,

14).

Euesperis in Cyrenaica.

Obv

E

VEZ.

Head

of

Zeus Ammon.

in

ncuse

quare.

Rev

Silphium

lant.

M.

-65.

Wt.

47-3.

M.

*55.

Wt.

19'7.

I

add

descriptions

f

three oins

purchased

n 1885

from

other

ources

Mallus in Cilicia.

Obv

Bearded

ead

of

Herakles

.,

bound

with aenia.

Rev.

MA.

Demeter

.,

clad

n

ong

chiton

nd

scarf,

air

in

sphendone

holds

n r.

hand

torch,

n 1. ear

of

corn;

to

1.

barleycorn.

M.

*9.

Wt.

160.

(PL

XI,

19.)

See Zeitschr.

.

Num.

xii. PI.

XIII, 13,

p.

333,

where

is

published

a

similar

coin

from

the

collection

f

Herr

Loebbecke.

Uncertain of Asia.

Obv.

Archaic

head

of

Aphrodite

1.

hair

in formal

urls,

wears

arring.

Rev

Square

ncuse

of

irregular

orm beside

t,

a

second

incuse.

M.

*8.

Wt.

153-1.

(PL

XI,

20.)

This

coin,

which

was

purchased

of

Mr.

Lawson,

of

Smyrna,

s

interesting

s

being

probably

he earliest

coin

in existencebearingas type a human head. It follows



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264

NUMISMATICHRONICLE.

the Persian

standard,

nd

was

in

all

probability

minted

at some

city

on

the southcoast of Asia Minor. One

would

feel inclined to

suggest

Cnidus,

but that all the

early

coins

which

can

be

given

with

certainty

o Cnidus

follow

the

Aeginetan

standard.

The coins

published

by

the Rev.

W.

Greenwell,

Num. Chron

1885

(Pl.

1, 10,

11),

follow

thePersian standard,but theirattribution o Cnidus is

doubtful.

Egypt : Ptolemy

II.

Obv

Head

of

Ptolemy

.,

di d. and

wearing

gis.

Rev

nTOAEMAIOY BAZIAE2Z.

Eagle

1.,

wings

closed,

n thunderboltto

1.

W,

to

r. wheel

n

countermark.

M.

1-8.

Wt.

482-7.

See

Feuardent,

Demetrio

Coll.

(Pl.

II,

No.

102).

This

rare

octadrachm,

pparently

truck at

Miletus

by

Ptolemy

I,

is

the

only

coin

of

that

denomination n

the

British

Museum.

Percy

Gardner.



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GREEK

COINS

ACQUIRED

BY

THE BRIT

MUS

I N

1865

Num

Ckrm SerHlMff KS

greek coins acquired by the british museum in 1885 / [percy gardner]

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