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XI.

GREEK

COINS

ACQUIRED

BY THE

BRITISH

MUSEUM

IN 1929.

[See

Plates

XIX-XXI]

The

acquisitions

of

this

year

have

been

well

up

to

the

average

in

interest and

in

importance.

As

usual,

I have

profitedby

consultation with

Mr.

Robinson

in

drawing

up

the

following

notes. Omitted are such

coins

as are

likely

soon

to be

published

in

the Museum

Catalogues

of

N.

Africa and

Spain

;

as

also

the

important

coins

from

the Delta

Find

(already

de-

scribed

by

Mr.

Robinson in this

volume

of the

Num.

Chron.y

p. 93-106),

from the Warren

Find

of Taren-

tines

(thoroughly

examined

by

Mr.

Vlasto, ibid.,

pp.

107-163),

and

the coins

of

Ephesus

and

the

Carian

Dynasts from a hoard said to have been found at

Makri,

about which Mr.

Robinson

has an

article in

preparation.

The

acquisition

of the

Doguel

Collection

has

greatly

strengthened

he

series

of the

Greek

mints of

S. Russia

and

of the

S.

Coast

of the

Euxine.

The coins

acquired

are for

he

most

part

ratheruseful

n

completing

series

than

individually

interesting

but a few of

the rarer

or

better

preserved specimens

will

be

mentioned

in

theirproperplaces.

NUMISM.

HRON.,

OL,

,

ERIES

.

{J



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286

G. F.

HILL.

Temesa or

Terina.

1.

Obv.

Tripod-lebes

on

r.,

crab

on

1.,

OS?

downwards,

over

3T

partly

rased

n

the die.

Border

f

dots

on raisedband.

Rev.

Tripod-lebes

ncuse

on

r.,

crab,

on

1.

?PO

up-

wards incuse

border f

radiating

ashes.

M 27 mm. Wt. 7-90grm. 121-9gm.). [Pl. XIX.]

B.M.

Quarterly

iv,

p.

101,

Pl.

LVIb.

1.

From

a

small

hoard of S. Italian incuse

coins,

formerly

in the

possession

of

the late E.

P.

Warren

of

Lewes. A second

specimen,

rom he

same

dies

and from

he same

source,

s in the

collection f

Dr.

A.

H.

Lloyd.

A

third,

rom

he

same

obverse

die,

in the

McClean

Collection

Grose,

p.

195,

no.

1647,

PL

52.

4).

Mr. Grose

reads

the letters

under the

present

ob-

verse inscriptionas 3M, and also a signin theexergue,

which

is

however,

as Dr.

Lloyd, having

re-examined

the

coin,

agrees,

probably

a

mere accidental

mark;

he describes

the coin

as

restruck over

Metapontum.

But

the

identity

of

the

three

obverses shows that this

is a case not

of

overstriking,

ut

of a

corrected

die.

Also

the

first etter s

clearly

T

not

M.

The.

die was

therefore

originally

cut for

a

place

Te ...

. near

Croton,

and

this can

only

have

been

Temesa

or Terina.

Ignoring

what

is

obviously

unauthentic,1

we

may

consider

the

following

coins

which

have

been

pub-

lished

in

connexion

with

the

early

history

of

Temesa

or

Terina

(a)

Obv

Tripod-lebes;

on 1.

upwards,

?PO

Border

of

dots on

raisedband.

1

Prosperoarisio,aHoraMagnaeGraeciae umismata1683,

Tab.

xi.9

cp.

Eckhel,

octrina

i,

p.

182.



5/23

GREEKCOINS

ACQUIRED

BY

THE

BRITISH

MUSEUM.

87

Rev.

Helmet,

restless,

nd border

f

radiating

ashes,

all incuse.

M

Stater.

Berlin.

7-94

grm.

Cp.

Garrucci,

viii.

27

;

Babelon,

Trait

170

(frmGarrucci).

(b)

Obv.

T I*

Helmet.

Rev

Tripod

between

pair

of

greaves.

Paris2056. 19 mm.

Jameson

64.

18-5mm. 7-88

grm.

See

Mionnet,

.

204,903

;

Supp.

.

351,

1074,

Pl.

XI.

5.

The

Paris

specimen

has

an accidental

damage

in

the

field

behind

the

crest of

the helmet. This

defect

was

taken

by

Becker,

or rather

by

his

assistant

Zindel,2

for

an annulet

or

omicron,

and

as

such

it

appears

in

the

wonderfully

accurate

forgery

which

he

made

in

1827-8. Close examination of the Becker-Zindel

production

shows

other

minute

deviations

from

the

model,

but,

in the

circumstances

it is

not

surprising

that

some

have

supposed

all

the staters of

this

type

to

be

false.

(c)

Obv

Tripod.

Rev

Helmet.

M

Italic

stater,

f

dumpy

abric.

This has been

frequently

described,frommoreor less

imperfect

pecimens,

.g.

:

(a)

B.M.C.

Temesa,

no.

1

(no

inscriptions

given).

(

Jameson,

no.

441

;

described

as

reading

on

tripod

side

?PO

on

1.,

IE

or

r.,

and

on

helmet

side

?PO

retrograde

again.

This

tripod

side

is

from

the

same die

as

(y)

a

specimen acquired

by

the

British

Museum

in 188.2

and

two

specimens

(5,

e,

7-99

and

7-77

grm.)

at Berlin.

These

between

them

2

Hill,

Beckerhe

ounterfeiter

i,

no. 14.

u

2



6/23


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GREEKCOINS

ACQUIRED

BY THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

289

(g)

Obv

Tripod-lebes.

No

inscr.

Border f

dots.

Rev.

Corinthian

elmet

.

Border

of dots.

Sixth

?).

Paris,

no.

748.

Garrucci

maintains that the abbreviation

TE

on

coins

of

Croton

stands for

Terina,

since

Temesa

is

abbreviated TEM.

The helmet

on the later

double-

relief

tripod-helmet

coins

cannot,

he

says,

represent

Temesa,

because

one

finds

?PO

inscribed

against

it,

where

one would

expect

the

initials of Temesa.

As

to

this,

it

may

be observed

that the Greeks

were

illogical

in

such

matters,

s is

proved

by

the

sixths

of

Sybaris

and

Poseidonia,

where we find

Zu

on

the

Poseidon

side and

TToa

on

the

Bull

side.3

With

regard

to

the

variety (a)

Garrucci

mentions

Minervini's suggestion that the helmet represents

Temesa,

objecting

at

the

same

time that

the

helmet

on

the coin inscribed

TEM

is

crested.

The

ancient authorities

on Terina

are

collected

by

Regling,

at

the

beginning

of

his

monograph

on

that

place.

We know

nothing

of

its

history

before the

second

half of the fifth

entury,

xcept

that

the

well-

known

coinage begins

about

480.

Regling

rejects

the

attribution

to

Terina

of

the coins with

which we

are concerned in favour of Temesa (Terina p. 32 and

p.

69

note

1

c)

;

in that

time,

he

says,

Terina

did

not

exist

or

was

not

yet

independent.

Finally

Babelon

in his

Traite

assumes

that

Te

represents

Terina,

and

does

not consider the

claims

of Temesa

at all. The

portion

of his

work,

however,

n

which the

double-type

coins would

have

appeared,

was

unfinished

t his death and has

not

yet

been

published.

3

Hill,

Hist.Gk.Coins

p.

51.



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290

G. F.

HILL.

The

question

cannot

be

regarded

as

settled,

but the

probability

seems

to me

to be

greatly

n

favour of

the

attribution

of

these

coins to

Temesa,

standing

not

so

much

in

alliance

with as

in

subjection

to

Croton,

t

the

mint

of which

city

the

dies

were

doubtless

made.

Tyra.

2. Obv.

Head

of

young

Heracles

r.,

n

lion-skin.

Bev.

TYP

A

abovebull

standing

.

on

club.

M

f

18-5mm.

2-75

grm.

42-5

grn.).

[Pl. XIX.]

From

the

Doguel

Collection.

Olbia.

3.

Obv.

Head

of Demeter

.,

wreathed

with

corn.

Bev

Sea-eagle

1. on

dolphin

behind

eagle's

tail, bow

incase;

above

MO XI

;

below

OABIO

Incuse

circle.

M

J

21 mm.

8-58

grm.

131-6

grn.).

[Pl. XIX.]

From

the

Doguel

Collection.

4. Obv.

Head

of

Demeter

1. as

City-goddess,

earing

tur-

reted

crown

wreathed

with

corn hair

n

long

loose

ocks,

nd

earring.

Bev.

Archer

kneeling

.

shooting quiver

t

waist on

r. downwards 15TPA ; inscr. n exergue ff

the flan.

M

I

18 mm.

5-02

grm.

77-4

grn.).

[PL

XIX.]

From

the

Doguel

Collection.

Cp.

Burachkov,

l.

VII.

152.

5.

Obv.

Head

of

Borysthenes

earded

nd

horned,

.

Bev.

Battle-axe

nd

gory

os.

On

r.

upwards OABIO,

on

1.

upwards

E

M

->

25

mm.

11-24

grm.

173-5

grn.).

[PL

XIX.]

FromtheDoguelCollection.



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GREEK

COINS

ACQUIRED

BY THE BRITISH

MUSEUM.

291

6.

Obv.

Head of

young

Heracles

r.

wearing

ion- kin.

Bev.

Club,

horizontal; bove,

OABIO

;

below,

EIHBA

Concave

field.

mm.

Wt.

7-73

grm.

119-3

grn.).

[Pl.

XIX.]

From the

Doguel

Collection.

Cp.

Bur. IV. 42.

7.

Obv

Bust of

Apollo

r.,

aureate

in

front,

ow

inscr.

[0]ABI0n0

AE

Bev.

Eagle standing

.

on

dolphin

on

r.

XAA

M

f

25-5mm.

Wt. 9-19

grm. 141-8

rn.)

[Pl.

XIX.]

From the

Doguel

Collection.

Cp.

Bur. vii.

169.

8.

Obv

Bust

of

Apollo

r.

laureate

below,

dolphin

?)

in

front,

ow

behind,

X(?)

an(*

>

inscr.

OOABIOnOAITU)N

Bev

Eagle

standing

1.

on

thunderbolt;

nscr.,

on

r.

}

niCICCTPA,

in

exergue

YOT,

on

1.

YO

AAAAK

Border

f

dots.

M

j

32

mm. 15-42

grm.

238-0

grn.).

[Pl.

XIX.]

From the

Doguel

Collection.

Cp.

Bur.

viii. 173.

Inensimeus.

9.

Obv

Head

of

king

r.,

bearded and

diademed

behind,

^

;

inscr.

JBACIAE2CINICME1C

Border

of

dots.

Bev.

Head

of

City

.,

wearing

urreted

rown,

wreathed

inscr.O OABIonOAEITElN

XC

Ai drachm

,

19 mm. Wt. 8-36

grm. (51-8

grn.).

[Pl.

XIX.]

From the

DoguelCollection.Cp. Bur. ix. 212.



10/23

292

G.

F.

HILL.

Chebsonesus

Taubica.

10.

Obv.

Head

of

Artemis

?)

1.,

above

a

fish.

Border of

dots.

Rev

Club,

horizontal;

above,

XEP

Border

of

dots;

incuse

ircle.

M

obol

9 mm.

047

grm.

7-2

grn.).

[Pl. XIX.]

FromtheDoguelCollection.

11.

Obv.

Female head

1.,

hair

bound

with

fillet nd taken

up

at back

n

sling.

Rev

Fish

and club

horizontally

below XEP

M

j

16

mm. 3-97

grm.

61-2

grn.).

[Pl.

XIX.]

From

the

Doguel

Collection.

Cp.

the silver

oin,

Bur. xiv.

25.

12.

Obv.

Artemis eated

r.,

sighting

n

arrow;

before

er,

a

stagstanding.

Rev

Bull 1. with

oweredhead

and

raised

1.

foreleg,

n

club;

above,

XEP

M

f

22

mm.

9-76

grm.

150-6

grn.).

[Pl.

XIX.]

From

the

Doguel

Collection.

Cp.

Bur.

xiv. 36.

13. Obv.

Head

of

ion r.

Rev

XEP and

three

ellets

between

he six

spokes

of

a wheel.

M 12 mm. Wt. 1-50grm. 231 grn.). [Pl. XIX.]

From

the

Doguel

Collection.

Variety

f Bur. xv.

71.

Mende.

14-15.

The staters f

Mende with the

sun-disk

nd

four-

palmettes

everses ave

o

often

een

published,4

that t

is not

necessary

o

describe n

detail he

4

These

ctual

pecimens

re

illustratedn

B.

M.

Quarterlyiv,3,1929, . 50,Pl.VI. 1,and V.4,1930, . 102, l. LVI .2.



11/23

GREEKCOINS

ACQUIRED

BY

THE

BRITISH MUSEUM.

293

admirable

specimens

which the Museum

has

acquired.

That

with the

sun-disk

Pl.

XX.

14]

is of the dies described

y

Noe

5

underno.

86

;

that

with he

palmettes

Pl.

XX.

15]

is

no.

82.

The former

has been

presented y

Mr.

C.

S.

Gulbenkian,

he

atter

y

Mr.

Stephen

ourtauld.

Thanks to

the

generosity

f

these

gentlemen,

to whom

the

National

Collection

lready

wed

so much, he series of typesofMende though

not of course

n

all

the

varieties)

s

now

com-

pletely epresented

n

the

Museum.

Athens.

16-23.

The

generous

gift

by

the

Rev.

Edgar Rogers

of

all

such of

his

bronze coins of Athens

as the

Museum

requires,

as enabled us to add

many

fine

pecimens

o

our

already

ich eries. I

illus-

trate

only

few

specimens

which

seem to

give

a

better dea of the

type

than

those

figured

y

Svoronos n hisTrsor Ofthe variousAthena

types,

Pl. XX. 16

corresponds

o

Svoronos

PL

85.

27

;

Pl.

XX.

17

to Svor. PI. 86.

82 ff.

PL XX.

18

to

Svor.

PL

88.

6-7. Pl.

XX.

19,

corresponding

o

Svor.

PL 90.

5,

with

owl,

olive-tree

nd

vase,

shows

clearly

he branch

under he

nscription

n

the

xergue.

Pl.

XX.

20

is a

good specimen

of the Farnese

Hercules

(Svor.

Pl.

95.

3);

Pl. XX.

21

of the

Theseus

and Minotaur

Svor.

Pl.

96.

1

f.)

and Pl.

XX.

22

of the

bucranium

Svor.

Pl.

99.

1

if.).

The

Acropolis Pl.

XX.

23

;

cp.

Svor.,

Pl.

98.

32

f.)

is especially nterestings showingthe great

altar

of

Athene Polias to

the

left

east)

of

the

Parthenon a feature

which,

believe,

has

not

been

noticed

n

any

other

pecimen

f this oin.

Neocaesabea

Ponti.

24.

Obv.

Head of

Tiberius

r.,

bare

behind,

TIBEPION

;

in

front,

llegible nscription,pparently

IBER

confused

by recutting

ther

letters

?

CEBA)

over

the

word.

5Num.Notesnd

Monographs

no.27.



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294

G.

F.

HILL.

Rev. Thunderbolt

pright

inscr.

O

NEOKV ICAPEIC

M

1

15

mm.

Wt.

3-32

grm.

51-3

grn.).

[Pl.

XX.]

From

the

Doguel

Collection.

There can be

little

doubt

about

the attribution

of

this coin

to

Cabeira-Neocaesarea,

and

none

about the

identification f

the

head

on

the

obverse. It therefore

fillsa gap in the historyofthe place.6 It is said that

Pythodoris

(8

b.c. to

A.D.

22-3?)

resided at

Cabeira,

and

gave

it

the

name

of

Sebaste;

and it

has

been

suggested

that the

coins of

Pythodoris

and

Polemon II

were struck there.

This

coin

makes it

clear

that in

the

time

of

Tiberius

the

place

had

received

the

name

of Neocaesarea.

Hitherto

the first

mention

of the

place

under that

name was to

be

found in

literature

in Pliny (vi. 2), and on coins under Trajan. The

inscription

on this

coin

is

in

the

honorific

form

Ti(3piov

NeoKCCiCTCcpes

T^aav).

Colophon.

25.

Obv.

Head

of

Apollo

r.,

with

long

hair,

aureate,

ne

end of

the

tie

of

the

wreath

turned

up

and

ending

n

a

fringe.

Rev

Apollo

as

Kitharoidos,

tandingr.,

1.

resting

n

kithara, . holding ustralbranchwithfillets

behind,

downwards,

KOAOilNlflN

All

in

lau

rei-

wreath.

M

Attic

tetradrachm 34

mm.

Wt. 15-75

grm.

(243*1

grn.).

From

Aleppo

Pl.

XX].

B.M.

Quarterly

iv.

2,

p.

35.

This

rare

coin was

previously

known

only

from the

poorly

preserved

specimen

at

Paris.7

It

belongs,

of

6

Seethe ummaryntheRecueil. i (2d.ed.),p. 116.7 Babelon,nventaire

addington

489.



13/23

GREEK

COINS

ACQUIRED

BY

THE

BRITISH MUSEUM.

295

course,

to

the

period

following

190

b.c.,

and the

nearest

parallel

is

perhaps

to

be found

in

the

Apollo

tetradrachms

of

Myrina

of the

same

period.

For

some

time

before

188

b.c.

Colophon

had

been under

Pergamene

rule.

In 189 the

Colophonians,

or at

any

rate those of them

who inhabited

Notion,

were

de-

clared freeby the Romans.8 It is to this period of

freedom

that the

coinage

belongs.

Cnidus.

26.

Obv.

nfant

Heracles,

kneeling

r.,

on

exergual

ine,

struggling

with

two

serpents

inscr.

above,

Y on

r.,

N in

exergue.

Bev.

Head of

Aphrodite

.,

hair rolled and taken

up

in

sling

behind

wears

arring

nd

necklace

in

front fneck,small prow inscr.on r. down-

wards and

on

1.

upwards

[K]N[I]

AI1N

Incuse

square.

M

->

21

mm. Tridrachm.

11-40

grm. 175-9

rn.).

[Pl. XXI.]

From

the

same

dies

as

the

Berlin

specimen,

Z./.A7.,

XXV.

210,

PI. VII.

4;

from

same obv. die

as

B.M.C.

Caria

,

Cnidus,

no.

27,

Pl. XIV. 9.

For the

latest

discussion

of

the

group

of

coins,

ssued

by various cities in alliance against Sparta after 394

b.c.,

see

Num Citron

1928,

pp.

10-11.

The

obverse

shows one

detail

which

has

not been

noticed

before,

and that is

a

straight

line,

like the

letter

I,

radiating

outwards,

ust

under

the

neck

of

the

serpent

which Heracles

grasps

with

his left hand.

It

is

faintly

visible

in

the

photograph

of

the

Berlin

specimen.

It

has

nothing

to

do

with

the letter

N,

8 See BrchnernP.W.K.,U.E.s.v.

Kolophon

col. 1118.



14/23

296

G.

F.

HILL.

which the other

specimens,

of which

the lower

part

is

preserved,

shows to

be

in

the

exergue.

I

cannot

explain

it.

27.

Obv.

Busts

of

Caracalla

laureate,

wearing

cuirass

and

paludamentum)

.

and

Plautilla

1.,

confronted;

inscr.

O

AY*. MAYP*ANT

1N6INOC

and

u

TTAAYTIAAA Border f dots.

Rev.

The

Aphrodite

f

Praxiteles inscr. n 1.

upwards

KNIAI

,

on

r.

downwards

1N

Border

f

dots.

iE

t

82

mm.

18-98

grm.

215-8

grn.).

[Pl. XXI.]

From

the

same dies as

the Paris

specimen,

which,

however,

has

been tooled.9

The new

specimen,

though

slightly

worn,

s

otherwise

fortunately

uite unspgiled.10

Rhodes.

28.

Obv.

Head

of

Helios

facing, lightly

nclined

o

r.

Bev.

Rose with bud on

1.

above,

[P]OA

ION;

be-

tween

bud

and

rose,

;

in

field

.

phiale

with

umbilicus.

Incuse

square.

M

f

26-5mm. 14-99

grm.

281-8

grn.).

Formerly

n

the Balthasar

Coll.

(Olmtitz).

Presented

by

G.

F. Hill.

[Pl.

XXI.]

One

of

the series

of

fine

Rhodian tetradrachms

dating

from

about

400 to

333

b.c. The same

symbol,placed

with

the letter

4>

on

the

left,

while the bud is on

the

right,

s found on the

specimen

from

the

Pozzi

sale

(no. 2682).

9

See

Baumeister,

enkmler

ii, p.

1402.

The

tooling

s

most

severe

n the

drapery

nd

vase

but

the

whole

f

the

urface

as

apparently

eenworked

ver.

10

On

the whole

ubject,

ee Chr.

Blinkenberg,

en

knidisTce

Afroditeesp. pp.

32f.

This

excellent

monograph

ught

o

be

translatedntoa languagemorecommonlynderstoodhanDanish.



15/23

GREEK

COINS

ACQUIRED

BY

THE

BRITISH MUSEUM.

297

29.

Obv.

Head

of

Helios

radiate,

facing, lightly

nclined

to

r.

Bev.

Rose,

with

bud

on

r.,

and P

O

at sides

of stalk

above

~

ITAII1N

;

in field

1.,

Asklepios

standing

r.,

resting

with 1. on

serpent-staif.

Border

f

arge

dots.

M

f

28

mm.

1347

grm.

207-9

grn.).

[Pl.

XXI.]

30.

Another,

generally

imilar,

but instead

of

Asklepios

omphalos

ntwined

y serpent.

M

f

26-5

mm.

13-40

grm. 206-8

grn.).

[Pl.

XXI.]

31.

Another,

with

APIZTOBOYAOZ and

thunderbolt.

M

t

27

nim.

13-60

grm.

209-9

grn.).

[Pl.

XXI

]

These three

tetradrachms,

f

the

period

304-166

b.c.,

come

from

a

hoard,

of

which details are

not

known.

As

regards

Aristoboulos

he is known from

didrachms

(B.M.O.,

no.

137,

symbol

ear

of

corn),

and

also

(unless

this

is

another

man

of

the

same

name)

as

striking

imitations

of

Alexander the

Great and

Lysimachus.

Of

Stasion

there

is

a

didrachm with

symbol

bow-

in-case

and club

(B.M.C.

149

and

Naville,

iv.

914)

and

a drachm

with

symbol

bow and

club crossed

(ibid.

182,

183), as well as an Alexandrine tetradrachm. Since

these Rhodian

imitationsof

Alexander and

Lysimachus

hardly begin

before

190

b.c.,

it would

seem

that

the

ordinary

Rhodian

tetradrachms

struck

by

the

magis-

trates Aristoboulos

and

Stasion must

belong

to the

end

of the

period

to

which this

class

is

assigned

by

Head.

Ameinias,

on the other

hand,

of whom

there

were

worn

coins

in the

hoard,

probably

belongs

to the

earlier

part

of

the

period

he did

not strike

mitations

ofAlexander or Lysimachus.



16/23

298

G.

F. HILL.

Syria.

Demetrius I.

32.

Obv.

Head

of Demetrius

.,

diademed.

Wreath

border.

Rev

[B]

AZ I

AE[1Z]

on

r.

downwards,

HM

HTPI*Y

on

1.

downwards.

Tyche

seated

].,

holding

shortwand

n

r.,

cornucopiae

n

1.

back

support

of the seat

in

form f

a

winged

tritoness in

field

.,

monogram

and

forepart

f

hound

1.,

withpricked ars.

M

f

28

mm.

Wt. 16-25

grm.

250*8

grn.).

From

Glendining's

ale,

1

xi.

1928,

ot

229.

[Pl.

XXI.]

The

symbol

s

probably

the

same

creature

whose

head

forms he reverse

of the

remarkable bronze

coin

pub-

lished

in Num

Chron

1917,

p.

25,

Pl.

III. 6

(cp.

Babelon,

Eois

de

Syrie

Pl.

XVI.

13).

Persis.

33,

34. Two

important

oins from

he

Aliotte

de

la

Fue

Collection

have,

thanks

once

more

to

Mr.

Gul-

benkian,

ome to

enrich our

series

of

Persis.

The first

33,

Pl.

XXI)

is a

fine

drachmof

Bagadat

1

11

;

the

second

34,

Pl.

XXI)

a tetra-

drachm

of

Autophradates

.12

As

they

have

been

fuJly iscussed,

nd

the

former

llustrated,

by

Aliotte de la

Fue

himself,

do no

more

than llustrate hem

here.

Alexandria.

Antinous.

35.

Obv

ANTINOOV

on

1.

upwards,

HPGl)[OC]

on

r.

downwards.

Bust

of

Antinotis

r.,

wearing

hemhem

rown,

houlders

draped.

Border

of

dots.

11

Aliotte e

la

Fue,

Numismatique

e

la

Fersiden

Corolla

Num., . 79, 1,

Pl. III:

B.M.C.

Arabia

c.,

p.

clxiv;

Sale

Catai.,

lot

1472.

12

Aliotte

e

la

Fuye, p cit., . 87,no. 20 Sale Catal., ot1474.



17/23

GREEK

COINS

ACQUIRED

Y THE

BRITISH

MUSEUM

299

Rev. Antinos as

Hermes

riding

r.,

nude

but

for

chlamys

over

shoulders and

breast,

carrying

caduceus n

r.

arm

before

horse's breast

L

;

below,

0 Plain

border.

M

I

23

mm.

Wt. 9-23

grm.

142-4

gr.).

From

the

Peckitt

Sale,

S.W.H.,

21

ii.

29,

lot

284.

Cp.

Dattari

2083

?).

Not illustrated.

With this, in the same lot, were purchased three

other coins

of

Antinous

one also

of

year

19,

28

mm.,

bust

to

r.,

rider

with

chlamys

fluttering

on

rev.;

the

others,

with

bust to

1.,

of

year

21,

f

28-5 mm. and

'

24

mm.

respectively,

both

with

fluttering

chlamys.

Of these

three,

the

first

eems to

correspond,

n

spite

of its smaller

size,

to

Dattari

nos.

2081-2

;

the

second

to

his

no.

2090,

and

the

third to his

2091,

although

the

date

is

differentlyrranged.

Axum.

Ella

Gabaz,

Negus.

36.

Obv.

o

+

mAAAT

ABASMT Bust

r.,

with

ow

crown,

r.

hand

holding

ear

of corn

which

goes

up

in

front

f

face,

while

a

second ear

rises

behind,

the two

meeting

t

the

top.

Thick inner

nd

outercircles.

Rev.

Q

+

BA

+


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