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THENUMISMATIC CHRONICLE,

ANT)JOURNAL

OFTHENUMISMATIC SOCIETY.

EDITEDYSIR JOHNEVANS, K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., Sc.D., Treas.R.S.,CORRESPONDANTB INSTITUTE RANCE,BARCLAYV. HEAD, D.C.L., Ph.D.,KEEPERP OINS,RITI8ITTSETTM,RMBKRF HEMPERIALERMANARCHAEOLOGICALNSTITUTE,ANDHERBERT A. GRUEBER, F.S.A.ASSISTANT-EEPERF OINS,RITISHUSKUM.

THIRD SERIES.- YOL. XIV.

Factumbiitmonumentaanent.Ov. ast.LONDONBERNARD QUARITCH, 15, PICCADILLY.PARIS: MM.ROLLINET FEUARDENT, LACELOUVOIS,No.4.1894.

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I.GREEK COINS ACQUIRED BY THE BRITISH MUSEUMIN 1898.

(See Plate .)During the year 1893 (Januaryto December) the De-partment fCoinsand Medals in theBritishMuseumhasacquired403 coins ofthe Greekclass,4 of whichare goldand electrum,118 silver, and 281 bronze. These coinshave been acquired mainly by purchase,but some aregiftsdue to the kindnessof Mr. W. C. Boyd, Major-General M. G. Clerk,the ate SirAlexanderCunningham,K.C.I.E., Sir JohnEvans, K,C.B., Mr. H. 0. O'Hagan,Mr. H. Montagu, F.S.A., ProfessorW. M. FlindersPetrie,the ate M. W. H. Waddington, nd Dr. HermannWeber.Before proceedingto describe ome of thenoteworthyspecimens mongthese cquisitions, t maybe interestingto show in a tabular form heprogress f the nationalcollectionn the Greek seriesduringthe last sevenyears,thatbeingtheperiodduringwhich have had the plea-sure of publishingthe series of papers entitled, GreekCoinsacquired by theBritish Museum."1

1 Important reek cquisitionsftheDepartmentfCoinsand Medalsduring heyears1887, 1888, 1889, 1890,1891,VOL.XIV.THIRD ERIES. B



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2 NUMISMATICHRONICLE.Greek Coinsacquired1887 1898.

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GREEKCOINSACQUIREDY THE BRITISHMUSEUM. 3markable lso for ts unusuallyfine xecution, nd for hedignifiedreatment f the head. L. Mllersupposesthebee to be the mint-markfMeliteea n Thessaly.3

Alexanderthe Great.2. Obv. Head ofyoungHerakles ., n lion's skin borderofdots.Rev. AAEZANAPoY Zeuswearing imationeated1.onthrone inr.,eagle 1.on sceptre infield1.,bee.M. Size 1. Wt. 266*4grs.A rare varietyof Alexander's tetradrachms, iththehead of Zeus to the eft, nstead of, s usual,to theright.The coin is of unusuallygood style, nd has the samemint-marks thecoin ofPhilip just described.Hebrytelmis r HebryzelmisKing op the Odrys-e,b.c. 386-5).8. Obv Male head 1., bearded ?) and laureate ?) ;(Zeus?) border.

Rev. Fore-partf lion r. headfacing;r.fore-legisible circularncuse.M. Size *75. [Pl. I. 2.]This uniquecoin is of considerablenterest nd import-ance. The king, Hebrytelmis (or Hebryzelmis),wasquite unknowntill the year 1889, when Lolling pub-lishedan inscriptionfound on the Acropolisof Athens,consisting f a decree ofthe Athenians onferringarioushonours pon Hebrytelmis,4 King of theOdrysse."This3 Num. 'Alex,No. 505.4 " Fr die Schreibungesnamensmit dem piritusspermacht olling enAnklangn den NamendesFlussesHebros

(Maridza) n dessenThal sich die Stammsitze er Odrysenbefanden,elten." Hermesxxvi., . 456.



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4 NUMISMATICHRONICLE.inscription an be fixed to the year b.c. 386 5. Nocoinsbearingthenameof this ruler in fullhave hithertocome to light, though M. Svoronos has recognised hemoney f Hebrytelmis n certainbronzecoins inscribedEBPY.In theinscriptionublished byLolling (AeKnovv. 203 ff.), nd re-publishedwith comments yA. Hck{Hermes, xvi., 1891, p. 453 ff.), he nameof the kingoccurs in thegenitive Epvre'fiLbosline11), and in theaccusative*J'_pvje]'fii[_v~]line 5), eE/3pT[eA]/xii/line18). On our new coin the inscription whichis quiteplain) gives thegenitive n io,not o?, and the king'sname as ^Kpv^eXfiiSyot EpvreKiu?.The reverse ypebearsa resemblance o the reverses fthe bronze money f Pausanias, King of Macedn, ndthe circular ncuseof the reverse is a peculiarity oundon some bronze coins of the Macedoniankings of thefourth entury. Corinth?).4. Obv. M ESS AL El NA AVGVSTI Bust of Messa-linar. border fdots double-struck).ita;.- OCTAVIA BRITANNICVS ANTONIAThreefigurestanding in centre,ritannicus

on 1., Octavia; on r., Antoniaholding ornu-copias border fdots double-struck).M. Size 1. Wt.103-3grs. [Pl. I. 3.]This remarkableand unique specimenwas acquiredduring the past year froma London coin-dealer. Itsprovenance s unknown,but there seems no reason todoubt its genuineness. It bears the portrait f Valeria6 In theEphemeris rch1890,p. 159 cf.B. V. Head inNum.Chron.891,p. 110.



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GREEKCOINSACQUIREDY THE BRITISHMUSEUM. 5Messalina,wife f theEmperorClaudius,and thefiguresof Octavia,Britannicus, nd Antonia, the three hildrenof Claudius. The inscriptions re in Latin,but,as Mr.Head has well observed, thestyle, heweight which isthatoftwodenarii, and the circumstancehatno Romancoins of Messalina are known to have been issued,mustinduce us to assign it not to Rome itself,but to theRomanprovince f Asia, or to someRomancolonia. Mr.Head is in favour f attributingt to Corinth, f whichcitythere xistsa bronzecoin withtheeffigiesnd names(in Latin) of Messalina and her husband (see Cohen,Md. imp i. p. 268).Our coin is of considerable nterestfor iconography,though t has unfortunatelyuffered rom oublestrikingon the reverse,6nd the scaling off of the surfacehasslightly ffected he nose and eye on the obverse. Theportrait f Messalinaoccurson a fewGreek mperial oins.Ofthesethe mostpleasing is a bronzecoinof Nica, inBithynia (Cohen,Md imp.,p. 268 ; Lenormant,TrsordeNum,Emp. rom., l. XIY. 5 ; Brit. Mus. Cat.,Pontus&c., p. 154,No. 14). The coiffures preciselythe sameas on ourcoin, thoughthe expression s of less sternatype.7

The portrait n our coinalso bears considerable esem-blance to the head on a cameo supposed by Bernoulli[Rmischekonographie,i. p. 358, d.) to be of Messalina.Bernoullipublishes hiscameo from castwithout now-6 TheC of he nscriptionCTAVIA hasfromhis ausebecome early bliterated.7 TheNicasaportraitesemblesheportraitfMessalina nCretan oins B.M . Cat.,Cretep. 2, Nos.9 11 Pl. I. 6), butinthe atter ase thehair s rolled.AheadofMessalina ccurs

alsoon coinsofEphesus,Bernoulli,m. konog.i.,p. 857Pl. XXXIY. 14.



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6 NUMISMATICHRONICLE.ing the whereabouts f the original,but it is evidentlythecameo n theBritishMuseumdescribed n Mr. A. H.Smith'sCatalogue f EngravedGems underNo. 1,595,as" Messalina? 99 The head on our coin mayalso be com-pared with the two portrait ameos ofMessalina in theCabinet des Mdailles, Paris, published in Bernoulli,op. cit ii., p. 358 a = Lenormant,Trsor, Emp. rom.,Pl.XI Y. 6 ; Bernoulli,op. cit ii., p. 358 b.

Locri Opuntii.5. Obv. Head of Persephone . wearing orn-wreath,ar-ring ndnecklace.Rev. OPONTI1N Ajax, naked,fighting ., seenfrom ehind wearshelmet,ndholds n right,spear in left, hieldornamented ithGorgoneion?) andpierced yanotherpear.M. Size -8. Wt.90*8grs. [Pl. I. 4.]

A veryrare Eginetic drachm f the periodb.c. 369-338. A similar pecimenwas in the Photiadescollection(Lot 344, Pl. II. 344). The reverse epresents he LesserAjax, leader of the Locrian contingentat Troy, andrenownedforhis swiftness f foot and skill with thespear: h9 iceicaaTOYlaveWfjuaKal9AyaovsThis-representationiffers romthatordinarily ound onthecoinsof Locris. The hero s hereseen from ehindattacking with a spearan antagonistwhose presence sonly ndicated n the coinbytheend of his spear,whichhas pierced the shieldof Ajax.10 On other oins of the8 Horn.I. , II. 580.9 Dr. Imhoof-lumerZ. /. N., vu., p. 15) comparesheattitudef hehero Pheraimon) on bronze oins ofMessana

=zB. M. Cat. icily p. 108,No. 81.10A similarype ccurs n rare coins fthe Locrians nder



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GREEK COINSACQUIRED Y THE BRITISHMUSEUM. 7Locrians Brit.Mus. Cat., CentralGreece Pl. I.) Ajax isin a differentttitude, nd fightswith a short sword,while a spear sometimesbroken lies on the ground.The ornamenton the shield is not quite distinct,butappearsto be the Gorgoneion, somewhat trangedevicefor hero whohad conspicuouslyncurredtheenmity fthegoddessAthena. Elis.6. Obv. F A Eagle flying.devouringamb; infield, .,countermark.Rev F A Thunderbolt ithwide-spread ings bor-derofdots whole nincuse quare.M. 1. Wt.178*5. [Pl. I. 5.]

Circ.b.c. 450 (P). In my" Greek CoinsacquiredbytheBritishMuseum in 1891 " ( Num. Chron, 1892, p. 13) Ihave noted a good many nstances f the curious inter-change of dies on Elian didrachms. The types theredescribed s dies L and K 11beara resemblance o thoseof the coin now beforeus, but in thepresentcase theobverse type is to the right,not to the left, and thereverse lso is varied. To fit n withmy ist,the obverseand reversedies on this didrachmmightbe denominatedL* and K*.7. Obv. Head ofZeus1. laureate.Rev. F A Eagle withclosedwings tanding . ser-pent ising p nfront.M. -7. Wt.42-3. [PL I. 6.]

thename fEpicnemidiisee Imhoof-Blumern Z. f. 2V., ii.,p. 14,No. 3,Pl. I. 9 (Cab. de Luynes) and a specimenn thePhotiades ale Catalogue,ot 351,now n theBritishMuseum(acquired 890).11See photographn Num.Chron.,890,Pl. XIX. 10; p.320,No. 17.



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8 NUMISMATICHRONICUS.A veryrare hemi-drachmot described n Gardner'sElis (Cp. the obverse f the didrachm,Gardner,CatPelop. Elis, No. 73, Pl. XIII. 2, b.c. 370- 362= Head,Hist Num.,p. 355, fig.234, b.c. 365 322.)

Pheneus Aecadia).8. Obv.-Head of Demeter . wearing orn- reath,arringandnecklace behind, o.Rev E NE 1N Hermes wearingpetasos, andchlamys astenedoundneckand coveringefthand,running . in r., caduceus on his leftarmyoungArkas eated, isright and tretchedtowards hehead ofHermes,which s turnedround ohim betweenegsofHermes, atera.M Size -95. Wt.185-7grs. [Pl. I. 7.]Circ.b.c. 362. Demeter nd Hermesare both knownas important ivinities fPheneus,12nd thereverse ypehas been recognised as representingHermes carryingArkas,the childof Callisto, to thenymphMaia.13 Im-hoof nd Gardner {Num. Comm. n Fans., p. 97) are ofopinion hatthe reversedesignwas a group" invented ythedie-sinker,nd notthecopyof any sculpturalwork."The general affinityf the type to theHermesgroupof

Praxiteleshas,however, ftenbeenremarkede.g. A. H.Smith n Journ.Hell. Stud., II., p. 82). Thepresent oinis unpublished,nd differsn severalpointsfrom he otherdidrachmsof Pheneus. For example Brit Mus. Cat.,Peloponnesus, . 194,No. 13, Pl. XXXYI. 7 ; Lambros,Peloponnesos,. 136,Pl. XYI. 8, in theLoebbeckeCollec-tion Gardner,Types,p. 157, Pl. VIII., No. 41 and No.31 fromMionnes casts; Berlin Museum,Das Knigl.12mhoofndGardner, um.Comm.nPaus.,pp.97,98.13Head,Hist Num., . 879.



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GREEKCOINSACQUIREDY THE BRITISHMUSEUM. 9MnzkabinetPl. II. No, 153=Imhoof and Gardner,NumComm. n Paus , T. v. (rev). On this finedidrachm hehead is turned o theleft nsteadoftheright, nd in thisrespect, nd in the form, f the earring,resembles hedrachms f Pheneus,thereverses fwhich showHermesseatedon rocks Brit.Mus. Cat., Pelop., Pl. XXXVI. 8 ;Lambros, op. cit., Pl. XVI. No. 9). The word APKAZdoes notappearnear thechild, nd the chlamys s fast-enedround heneck,and not merely hrown verthe eftshoulder.14Behind the head appear the ettersPO, aninscription hichshould perhapsbe explainedas thatofa magistrate,nd notof an artist.

CydoniaCrete).9. Obv Head of nymphor maenad ., wearing arring,necklace,ndwreath fvine-leavesnd grapeshMn'behind,NEYANTOMn'behind,gpQgj

Bev. KYA1M Naked malefigureKydonorApollo)standing., tringingow; borderfdots.M. Size 1-1. Wt.178-6.grs. [Pl. I. 8.]The BritishMuseum hithertopossessedno specimen fthisdidrachm,which is knownfrom everal other xam-ples (see Svoronos,Num. dela Crtep. 100,No. 3), and isspecially nteresting rom thesignature f the engraver,Neuantos.1514The BerlindidrachmDas Knigl.Mnzk, Pl. II., No.158),thoughenerallyesemblingheother idrachms,asthechlamysastened,s onourdidrachm.15OnNeuantos,eeWroth, CretanCoins (Num.Chron,1884),Cydonia,ndCat Cretec., pp.xxiii., xiv.VOL.XIV. THIRD SERIES. C



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10 NUMISMATICHRONICLE.Lappa (Crete).10. Obv. Femaleheadr. Artemis) ; hair olled.Rev Bull'sheadfacing right orn ent nder.M. Size -8. Wt.86*4grs. [PL I. 9.]

Onlyfour ther pecimens f this rare drachm struckb.c. 350 300?) are enumerated n M. Svoronos'sNum.de la Crete nc, p. 211, No. 1, Pl. XIX. 30. The femalehead is ofgoodstyle, nd probably epresentshegoddessArtemis. On other oinsofLappa Apollo appears.AdramyteumMysia).11. Obv. Head ofyoung ionysos .,wreathed ithvy.AAPA

Rev. withinvywreath.M M. Size -5. Wt.23-4grs. [Pl. I. 10.]The ivy-wreath n the reverse ecalls the reversesofthe cistophori, nd the present coin hithertounpub-lished appears in fact to be in value one-eighthof acistophorusf theseries issued in theprovinceof Asia,circ. b.c. 133 67. (See Brit. Mus Cat, Mysia,p. 3.)The ivy-wreathurtherecalls the reversesof the silvercoinsofMithradates heGreat Eupator), Brit.Mus. Cat.Pontus, Pl. Y III. and Pl. IX.), whilethe Diony os-headof the obverse n somedegreeresembles hat on bronzecoins struckbythe Pontic kingat Amisus Cat., Pontus,Pl. III., Nos. 7, 8, 9).

LampsacusMysia).12. Obv. Youthful ead L (Eros) wreathedwithmyrtlewing ttachedo neck.



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GREEKCOINSACQUIREDY THE BRITISHMUSEUM. 1ReVt Fore-partfwinged orse traces f ncuse quare.N. Size -7. Wt.130-5grs. [Pl. I. 11.]

This fine tater f Lampsacus is unique,and presentsremarkable ypeon the obverse. The wreath ppears tobe of myrtle,nd Mr. Head is no doubtright16in de-scribingthe type as Eros. The head cannotbe said toshow Praxitelean nfluence,nd theconceptions perhapsoriginal. I feel a strongconvictionthat it is by theengraverwhomade the Lampsacenegold staterwiththeActseon ead. In describinghe BritishMuseum pecimenof that stater Num. Chron, 1893, p. 9, No. 16, Pl. I.16), I called attention o theaffinitiesn treatmenthatthe Actseonhead presentswith the head of the femaleSatyr on anotherLampsacene stater {Brit. Mus. Cat.,My ia, Pl. XIX. 2), and it is curiousto observe hat onour new" Eros " stater a lock of hair fallson thecheekjust as it does in thecase of the Satyrcoin. This is themorenoteworthyecause,though hestrayedock ofhaircompletes aturally he wild and dishevelledappearanceof the Satyr,yet it is not so obviously uitable fortheEros. The Eros,Actaeon nd female Satyr, re, then,believe, ll the workof a singleengraver,whose produc-tions remarkedby peculiarfreshnessnd strength.PergammMysia).13. Obv.-AVT . K . r . MC . KVI N . TPAIANOC. A6 KIOC. Bust of TrajanDeciusr., aur.,wearingaludamentumndcuirass.Rev.-e ni . C . KOM .< > TAV Kf NOC . 06OTTPrAMHN2N TTPl . T . NEl TheEmperor,wearing uirass and paludamentum,

16Parliamentaryeturn, ritishMuseum,894.



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12 NUMISMATICHRONICLE.standing.,holding atera ver ightedltar; inhis lefthand,spear behindhim, ionysos nshorthitontanding. rowningimwithwreathheld nright,ndholdingn efthyrsosntwinedbytaenia. On1.,before heEmperor,tatue fgoddess wearing hitonwithdiplois, eil,andkalathos) tandingacing eachhand,with illetsuspendedromt,holds short orch).J&. Size 1*65.

On another oinof Pergamm Brit. Mus Cat.,Mysiayp. 161, No. 343) Trajan Decius is likewise crownedbyDionysos, nd the same goddess appears as tlie reversetypeof a Pergamene oinofSeverusAlexander,describedin Imhoof-Blumer'sGriechische nzenp. 618, No. 184,pl. Yii. il. eeo is an abbreviation f the word06OAOFOV that ppears n other oins fPergamm.17Eckhel (. oct num vet. iv. 217) explained OeoXyoasone "qui explicandae eidivinaeoperam mpendit,"moreespecially heinterpretationf oracles. He referred o apassage in Lucian's Alexander19, and to Plutarch,BeBefectu rac.xv. : nXeiarov / XrjOelaiafxapTCivovGivo Ae'(f)wi OeXyoi.18Subsequentnumismatic ritershaverepeatedEckhel'sexplanation,butwithout oticing, o faras I am aware,that the OeoXyos s not infrequently entioned n in-scriptionsfAsia Minorof theimperialage : e.g. Corpusinscr.grc.yNos. 3148, 3199, 3200, 3348, 3803. In aninscription f Ephesus (a.D. 104), commented on by17Mion.Sup v., p. 467, No. 1140,Elagabalus,Alexanderstrategos Mion. i., p. 617,No. 659, Herennius truscus,Glycon trategos cf.Mion.Sup.v.,p. 472, No. 1160. Seealso B M CatalogueMysia p. 157, No. 832,withGO,and b. No. 331,with [6OAO ?].lhe passage ontinues vo/jll^ovtcvraWaworeto (>ivt


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GREEKCOINSACQUIREDY THE R1TISHMUSEUM.13Canon Hicks {Brit.Mus Inscr.,Uphesos,No. cccclxxxi.,lines 191, 192, p. 87, p. 138), OeoXyoirementioned,togetherwith bfxvwtol,s functionariesttachedto thetemple f Artemisat Ephesus. Canon Hicks translatesvfivboi choristers or " choir-men,"nd supposes hattheywere singersof hymns n praiseof Artemis,while" the 6eo'6yoi were a kind of hierophantswhorecitedthesacred egendsof thegoddess." Fromother nscrip-tions it would appear that the 6e'6yo was especiallyconnectedwith thecelebration f mysteries.19 he officewas held by women as well as by men C /. G., No.3199). QeoXoyoi nd bjivwloi re alsomentionedogether(C /. 6r.,No. 3148) at Smyrna,wheretheywere ap-pointed by Hadrian to increase the dignityof theAugusteum.20A notice that more immediatelyoncernsour coin ofPergamm s themention, n an imperial inscription fNysa in Caria {Bull. Corr.hell, ix., pp. 125, 126), of aOeoXoyov awvrwv evTlepy[ci'fiw. On the Pergamenecoinsthe title 6e'yo is borne bypersons f thenameof Alexander nd Glycon,whowerestrategin thereignsofElagabalus and Trajan Decius, respectively.

MyrinaEolis).14. Obv Head of Apollo of Grynium. wearing aurel-wreath ith ndsfallingehind.Rev MYPINAI1N Apollo fGrynium,nhimationwhich eaves upper imbsbare,standing. inright, atera in left, aurelbranch,o whichtwofillets re attached before im, mphalosand amphora; in field .,fy| whole n laurelwreath.M. Size -7. Wt.58-5grs. [Pl. I. 12.]19See a I. G. 8199,8200,3803, 20Hicks, p.cit., . 138.



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14 NUMISMATICHRONICLE.15. Obv. SimilaroNo. 14 countermark,unch fgrapes.Rev. SimilaroNo.14,but n field ., PI*M. Size *85. Wt.58*2grs.The drachms of Myrina are well known to be very-much rarer than thecorrespondingetradrachms f the

same period (second centuryB.c.). The monograms nNo. 15 appear also on one of the tetradrachms, speci-men of which is in the British Museum. The counter-mark on No. 15 may possiblyhave been impressedbythe -ZEolianTemnus, f whichtowna bunch of grapeswas thetype.Ephesus (Ionia).16. Obv Bust ofArtemis.,draped,wearing tephanendnecklace bow ndquiver tshoulder.Rev E Statueof EphesianArtemis, ith fillethangingrom achhand on1., ripod onr.,B.N. Size -8. Wt. 130*6. rs. [PI. I. 18.]

One of the rare gold staters ssued b.c. 87 84, atthe time when, under the auspices of MithradatesEupator, Ephesufcnd other cities of the Province ofAsia revoltedfromRome. This coinagewas not repre-sented n the Brit Mus. Cat., Ionia but several speci-mens are described n Mr. Head's Ephesus,p. 69. Ourcoin is similarto one from he Dupr Collection Head,op. cit. p. 69, No. 3, Pl. Y. 4).Phog^ea Ionia).

17. Obv. Seal (0^) r. beneath, (orO ?).ReVmTwoshallowncuse quares fdifferentizes.El. Size *85. Wt. 254'9. [Pl. I. 14.]



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16 NUMISMATICHRONICLE.Titiopolis (Isauria).

19. tf^.-AVT[OK ?]AIAAV [K?]0[M] Bust ofCommodus.,draped slightlyearded.Bev.- TITIO TTOAeiTWN ETOVCr Tychestanding. n distylehrineinright,udderinleft, ornucopiae.2E. Size 1*2.The existence of Titiopolis was only known fromliteraryources fthefourth entury.D. (and ater),untilLongprierRev. Num. 1838,p. 422 ; cp. Ramsay,Hist.Geog.y. 366) published ts earliestcoin a bronzepieceof Hadrian, with the type of Zeus seated. M. Wad-dington{Bev. Num 1883, p. 37 f.) subsequently ub-

lishedanother oinofthecity,withthe headsof Caracallaand Geta and the typeof Dionysosstanding. The coinabove describedtends to fill the gap in the coinagebetweenthe reigns of Hadrian and SeptimiusSeverus.Somedetailsofthe obverse re obscure,butthe egendofthe reverse s quite distinct. The coin must be datedfrom n era beginning in the reign of Commodus,orthreeyearsbefore he commencementfhisreign, houghsuchan era does not seem to be known o us from thersources. The coin of Hadrian mentioned bove is un-dated,butthe coinof Caracalla and Geta bears, ccordingto M. Waddington, helettersCI. No doubt this is adate, but thedate CI (= 210), ifreckonedfrom nyerabeginningn,or ust previous o,thereignofCommodus,wouldofcoursegive an impossible ate forCaracalla andGeta. I can onlysuppose, herefore,hat the lettersCIare incorrectlyead,especially s M. Waddington ddedtohis readingofC I the words lettresdouteuses."



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GREEKCOINSACQUIRED Y THE BRITISHMUSEUM.17Barce (Cyrenaica).20. Obv. Silphium.Rev. BAP Kam's head1. wholen ncuse quare.M. Size -5. Wt.52-1grs. [Pl. I. 15.]

A veryrare drachm f Phoenicianweight,probably fthefirsthalf of the fifthentury .c. It was purchasedbytheBritishMuseum ofMM. Rollin and Feuardent, ywhom t was acquiredfrom he collection f Mr. EdwardWigan, the well-known ollector. It is apparently heidentical pecimen ublished n theSupplmentoMllemsNum. de Fane. Afrique 1874, p. 13, Pl. I., No. 290a(reverse nly).23 Mller gives the legend as BAP[K]A,but thesecondA appears to me to be onlyan imperfec-tion in the surface f the coin. Another imilardrachm(with the reversetype to r.), acquired by the BritishMuseum n 1881,has the nscription AP.Warwick Wroth.

23Mllerdescribeshe coins s "chez Bollinet Feuardent(Cat.de a Coll.deNorthwickNo. 1594)."

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