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III.GREEK COINS ACQUIRED BY THE BRITISH MUSEUMIN 1888.During the year 1888 (Jan. Dec.) the Department fCoins in the British Museum has acquired, chieflybypurchase, 551coins of the Greek class, 10 of which regold and elect.rum,17 in silver, nd 228 in bronze. Adescriptionfnoteworthypecimens mong these acqui-sitions s given n thefollowing ages.MetapontumLucania).

1. Obv. Tripod.Rev. M [E]. Corn-grain.M. Size *5.Of theperiodcire.b.c. 350 272. It is not describedin the Brit.Mus Cat., taly nor nGarrucci'sMonete ellItalia antica. HipponiumBruttii).2. Obv. Head of Rhen ?) r., horned,bare in front

P [E2N].Iev. E I P 1 [NIE1N] Clubboundwith illet.iE. Size -45. [Pl. XII. 1.]1 This totaldoesnot, of course,nclude he coinsof theCunninghamollectionBactrian,ndian,&c.),purchasedyaspecialParliamentaryrantduringhe past year. Thisveryimportantcquisition illprobablye dealtwith eparatelynafutureumber ftheNumismatichronicle.TheGreek cqui-sitions f theDepartmentfCoinsduring887weredescribedby thepresentwritern the Numismatichronicleor1888,pp.1-21.VOL. X.THIRDSERTES. K K



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250 NUMISMATICHRONICLE,Cire b.c. 330 325. Not in Brit. Mus. Cat , ItalyA similarspecimen s published by Dr. Imhoof-Blumer(Monnaies recquesp. 8, No. 33 ; Pl. A, 8). The nameof the river- od (whichis not elsewherementioned) swrongly eadbyGarrucciMon.delVt., p.167,Nos.14,15)as AIPE1N.2 Panticapaeum.8. Obv. Head ofPanr.,beardless.Rev PANTI (in'exergue). ionseated ., ooking.thewholenslightircularncuse.jR. Size *65. Weight 7*9grains. [Pl.XII. 2.]Fourthcentury .c. Not describedn Brit Mus. Cat.,TauricChersonese&c. It is similar o a specimen iguredin Burachkov,Cat. ofCoinsofOlbia &c., Pl. XX. Fig. 82.

Makonea Thrace).4. Obv Forepartfprancingorse . borderfdots.Rev. Incuse quare, uartered.M. Size *5. Weight 7*6grains.Circ.b.c.500 450. This hemidrachms notdescribedin Brit Mus. Cat.,Tauric Chers. It is similar o a speci-men describedbyDr. Imhoof-Blumer,eit f. Num., II.p. 283,No. 14 ; Pl. VI. 17,and tospecimensn the BerlinCollectionVon Saliet,Beschreibimg., p. 175,Nos. 3-5).

AmphipolisMacedonia).5. Obv. Head ofApollo,three-quarterace towards1.,laureate infield .,crab.Rev A M4> PO AIT EN enclosedn inear rame.Race-torchthewholen ncuse quare.-t. Size 1. Weight20grains. [Pl.XII. 3.]2 Correctedy mhoof-BlumernNum.Zeit.,1886,p. 234.



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GREEKCOINSACQUIREDY THE BRITISHMUSEUM. 51Circ.b.c. 424 358. A finetetradrachmn whichthesleepy,Medusa-likecharacter f theApollohead is espe-ciallyremarkable. The coincloselyresembles nealreadyin the British Museum Cat. Macedonia p. 44, Amphi-polis,No. 4), but is better reserved.

Alexander the Great.Onehundred nd forty-sevenilver oinswith thetypesof Alexanderhave been added to the collectionduring1888. Of thesemanyare specimensor varietiesnotde-scribed n Mller'sNum.Alex, e Grand. A list of themhas beenfurnishedo Dr. Imhoof- lumerforpublicationin thenewCorpus fGreek coins.Thessalian Confederacy, b.c.196 146.)6. Obv. [4>]IAOKPA TOYZ. Head of Apollo r.,laureate.fev, OEZZA A2IM. The Thessalianallas tonia .,hurlingpearheld n r. in1. shield. Beneath,riETPAIO; above Ml ?]M.M. Size -7.

Not in Brit. Mus. Cat., Thessalycp. p. 5, No. 60) 37# bVt IZAToPoY. Head ofPallasr.,helmeted.

Rev%OEZ ZAA2 N. Rider nhorse rotting.M. Size *8.Not in Brit. Mus Cat., Thessaly4

Thessaly (Time fAugustus).8. Obv.-ZEBA ZZA AUN. Veiled head 1.(J.Csesar).63 OnthenamePhilocrates,ee Monceaux, Fastes pony-miques e la ligueThess., nEev.ArchBrd er.,xii.p. 817.4 On sagoras, eeMonceaux,p.cit.p. dlb.s PossiblyheheadofLivia.



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252 NUMISMATICHRONICLE.Rev.-ANTirONOY ZTPATHTOY. Femalefigurethenymph arisa?) standing.,wearingchitonwithdiplois, airtied n bunch ehindr.hand aised, oldingall 1. hand t side.M, Size 1*1.Not in Brit.Mus. Cat., Thessaly.

CrannonThessaly),9. Obv. Thessalianorseman,earinghlamysndpctasus,onhorse alloping.Rev. [K]PAN. Bullbutting. above, rident.M, Size *6.A specimenn theBrit. Mus. Cat., Thessalyp. 16,No. 2,is similar o this,buthas thehorseman idingr.

Larissa (Thessaly).10. Obv. 0ECCA AUN. Heraklesnakedseated1. onrock,ooking ack 1. rm upportedyclub r.hand estingnhishead.Rev. AAPICA. Nympharisa,wearinghiton,tand-ing1. r.raised, . at side.M. Size -6. [Pl. XII. 4.]11. Similarypes,withnscriptionsEXZ AA2N, andAAPI[Z]A.M. Size *6.

Afterb.c. 146. For similar oins see BerlinerBlatter,I. 1863,pp. 138, 139,Pl. V. 2 ; Zeit, rNum., . p. 182Head, Hist. Num. p. 255. These coins are not in theBrit.Mus. CatalogueThessalyMelitaea (Thessaly). Circ.b.c. 850.12. Obv. Head ofZeusL, laureate.Rev. M E Bee (Xittcl).

A I M. Size *6.



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GREEKCOINSACQUIREDY THE BRITISHMUSEUM. 53Melitaea was not representedn the Brit Mas Cat.,.Thessaly. This coin is similar o Prokesch- sten, nedita1854, PL I., Fig. 34.

MopsiumThessaly).18. Obv. Head of Zeus, three-quarterace,towardsr.,laureate onr.,thunderbolt.Rev. MO+EI 1N. Mopsus,naked, standing .striking,ith word eld nr. atCentaur, homhe forces ack on his hauncheswith1. handgraspingisneck Centaurreparesohurlmis-sile stone rhydria) held nbothhands.M. Size -8. [Pl. XII. 5.]b.c. 400 344. Compare mhoof-Blumernd Keller,Tier-bilderPl. XI. 42 (in the Imhoof-Blumerollection)Head's HistoriaNumorump. 257 (from heMonatsber(LBeri Akad. d.. JVss., 878) ; Bulletinde Corr.hellniqueV. p. 294; Pl. II. 7 (Muret).6 The antagonistof thecentaur s the Lapith Mopsus, fromwhomthe town ofMopsiumderived tsname Strabo, x. cap. 5, 22). Theobversehead has been called Mopsus,but the thunder-bolt beside it shows that Zeus is intended. The head istreated n a rich,decorativestylecharacteristicf otherThessaliancoins. The reverse esign resemblesn severalpointsone of the finest arthenonmetopesn theBritishMuseum No. 6). In thismetope heLapithpresses or-ward, dvancinghis lefthandto seize therearing entaurbythethroat nd forcing im on hishaunches therightarmoftheLapith is drawnback as ifaboutto strike hisrighthand,nowwanting, robably eld a sword. (New-ton,Guideto theElgin Room,Part I. metope ; see alsoDescript, of Anc. Marbles n Brit Mus.yvii. Pl. III. ;

8See alsoPellerin, ecueilI. Pl. XXVIII. fig. 3.



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254 NUMISMATICHRONICLE.Michaelis,Der Parthenon, l. III., vii. Waldstein inJourn.Hell Stud., III. p. 228 f.). On the metopetheright rmoftheLapith is lowered, nd he is representedin the attitudeof forwardmpulse. On the coin theLapith is just in the actofstriking t his antagonist.Onthe metopethe centaur endeavourswith one hand toloosenthegraspof theLapith,andwiththe other givenin Carrey'sdrawing)grasps the left hand of theLapith.On the coin the centaurholds in his upraisedhands amissilewhich s a hugestoneorperhaps hydria uch as sseen n a centaur'shand on the British MuseummetopeNo. III. {Descript. ne. Mar.vii. Pl. 7). Metope 11 inthe British Museum Descript Anc. Marb.,vii. Pl. 8) isalso recalledbythedesignon ourcoin.

Pharsalus (Thessaly).14. Obv. Headof Pallasr.,helmeted.Rev. AP Horse'sheadr.M. Size -45.Not in Brit. Mus. Cat., Thessaly. (Cp. Leake, Num.Sell . Sup., p. 140,No. 1.) It belongsto the period b.c.400 344, of which there are silver coins with similar

types Cat. Thessaly, . 44, No. 18).Pherae (Thessaly).15. Obv. Femalehead (Hecate?) r., wearingwreath oflaurel ) andear-ring.Rev.-4>EPAI ON. Lion's head fountain,. waterissuing rommouth.iE. Size -6. [Pl.XII. 6.]B.c.450-400. Resemblesthe specimen n Brit.MusCat., Thessalyp. 47, No. 12, Pl. X. 9), but the head isdifferent.



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GREEKCOINSACQUIREDY THE BRITISHMUSEUM. 55Tricca (Thessaly).16. Obv. Head ofthe nymph riccar., wearing ar-ringandnecklace hairrolled.Rev. TPIKKAI1N. Naked warriorPodaleirius rMachaon ) advancing.,wearing elmet inr.,sword; n1., hield.

M. Size *6. [Pl.XII. 7.]b.c. 400 344. The specimenn Brit.Mus. Cat.,Thes-saly p. 52, No. 16, has similar ypes.7Same Cephallenia).17. Obv. HeadofApollo ., aureate.Rev. A. HoundLaelapsr.,scenting.M. Size *35. Weight 0*4grains. [Pl.XII. 8.]

b.c.431 370. Cp. Gardner, rit.Mus.CataloguePelo-ponnesusp. 90, No. 2. Messene.18. Obv. Head ofDemeter .,wearingorn-wreath,ar-ringandnecklace.Rev. 4%. Tripod.jr. Size -5. Weight4*7 rains. PI.XII. 9.]b.c. 370 300. A verywell-preservedpecimen f thecoin described n Gardner,Brit Mus. Cat.} Peloponnesusp. 109,Nos. 2, 3. Las (Laconia).19. Obv.-AOVCenT CeOVHPOC. HeadofSepti-mius everus ., aur.Rev A A CD N. Artemis ictynna . in 1., bow;r.,drawingrrow rom uiver in front, ogbehind,tag ?).M. Size *85.7Cp.Bull,deCorr. ell.V. p. 299 (Muret).



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GREEKCOINSACQUIREDY THE BRITISHMUSEUM. 57A rare drachm f the third entury .c., not describedin the Brit. Mus Cat. Crete ndAegean slands OtherMelian silvercoins withmagistrates'names,of the sameperiod, re given n Head's HistoriaNumorump. 415.

Cyzicus Mysia).24. Obv. BeardedmalefigureOrestestDelphi ) wearingchlamys hichhangsbehind, neeling.besidetheomphalos, n whichhis efthand rests inr.,naked word, prightbeneath,unny.Rev. Incuse quare ffourquare inkings.El. Size*7.Weight48*2 rains. Pl.XII.11.]A similar pecimen s in Canon Greenwell's ollection,

and is describedbyhim in his Coinage j Cyzicusp. 87,No. 72, Pl. III., 23. A hectewith similar ypes s in theBritishMuseum.25. Obv. KV ZIKOC. Youthful aleheadr. (Cyzicus)beneath,erpent.Rev.-AZKAHniAAOV KVZIKHN2N NEOK.Nemesis,winged,wearinghelmet, hiton ndpeplos, tanding . r. handon rudder; t herfeet,wheel.

M. Size *95.CompareMionnet,tom. i. p. 534, No, 140. The coinis of the time of Gallienus, he same magistrate'snameoccurring n his coins (Mion.Sup. t. v. p. 353, Nos. 460,461). LampsacusMysia).26. Obv. Head ofZeus1., aureate behind,ulmen.Rev. Half ea-horse.,winged,n ncuse quare.W. Size *75. Weight 30*5grains. [Pl. XII. 12.]VOL. X. THIRD ERIES. L L



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258 NUMISMATICHRONICLE.b.c. 412 350. An unpublished thoughnotuniquestater. Another pecimenwith the headof Zeus is figuredin the HistoriaNumorumFig. 279. The careful reat-mentof the hairrecallstheZeus headson coins of Alex-ander of Epirus (Gardner, Types, Pl. V. 37), and of

Metapontumlb. Pl. V. 40), butthe head on this coin isofa sterner if esspleasing type.27. Obv. AV ANT1N6 (inscript,artlybscure).BustofCaracalla ., aur.Rev AAM^A KHN2N. Cybeleeated n hrone.inr.,patera before er, ion.M. Size *8.CompareMionnet, up. t. v. p. 378, No. 605.

Cebrenia Troas).28. Obv. Barn'sheadr.Rev Lion's headr. withinncuse quare.iR. Size *45. Weight8*9grains. PL XII. 18.]29. Obv Ram'shead1.Rev Gorgoneionithinncuse quare.M. Size *45. Weight 1*5grains.[Pl. XII. 14.]Fifthcentury, .c. A list of the coins of Cebrenia sgivenby Imhoof- lumer n the Zeit.f. Num.III. 307 f.(cf.Monnaies recquesp, 261). The lion's head reverse snottheredescribed. The Gorgoneion everse s given nImhoof,op. cit. p. 307,No. 7, and by Prof. P. Gardnerin Num. Chron., 886,p. 255, No. 10,where everal oinsofCebrenia, cquiredbythe BritishMuseum t theWhit-

tall sale in 1885,are described.



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GREEKCOINSACQUIREDY THE BRITISHMUSEUM.59Elaea (Aeolis).30. Obv. Head ofPallasr.,wearingrested elmet.Rev Olive-wreathincentre,ellet.M. Size -35. Weight1 grains. [Pl.XII. 15.]

Fifthcentury .c. Similar o mhoof,Monnaies recquesp. 273, No. 228.MethymnaLesbos).31. Obv.-AVKAIMA PAVPANTQNINOC. BustofCaracalla ., aur.Rev M H V MNA I il N. BustofPallasr.,wearing elmet ndaegis.M. Size 1*35.Ephesus (Ionia).32. Obv [E] . Bee borderfdots.Rev, Incuse quare uartered y twobroad ands, noneofwhich,HPO TN HT.M. Size *45. Weight5*4grains.

33. SimilaroNo. 32,butwithmagistrate'same, IMO .-3t. Size *45. Weight 6 grains.34. Obv [E ffheflan]. Bee borderfdots.

Rev.-[ E K]ATOKA (on r.). Forepart f stag r.,looking ack behind, alm-tree.M. Size -9. Weight30*5 rains.Nos. 32 and 33 are of the period b.c. 415 394, andNo. 34 of the periodb.c. 387 295. They are not de-scribedn Head's Coins fEphesuscp.Pl. I. 20 ; p. 24,and

PL II. 10.,p. 37).



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260 NUMISMATICHRONICLE.Lebedus (Ionia).35. Obv. AAPIANOC C6BACTOC. Head ofHa-drian ., aur.Rev AB e AI1N. Pallas standing . in r.,spear 1. onshield before er, wl.M. Size *8.Phocaea (Ionia).b.c. 600(?)- 560.86. Obv.-Headof eal1.Rev Incuse quare udelyuartered.El. Size *25. Weight*9grains-Vtater,Phocaicweight). [Pl. XII. 16.]

87. Obv Headof ealr.Eev. Incuse quare udely uartered.El. Size *25. Weight *4 grains. [PI.XII. 17.

Caunus Caria).38. Obv Youthful aleheadr.,diademed.Rev. K X. Cornucopia in fieldr., crux ansataborder fdots.A . Size *4. Weight4*1 rains. Pl.XII.18.]This coinwas presentedby Mr. J. TheodoreBent,bywhom t was found n a grave on the site of Lissa orKarya,about ten miles distantfrom he Lycian city ofLydae.8 TheBritishMuseum lso possesses hefollowingcoinsofCaunns, cquired n former ears8 See J. T. Bent, n Journ.Hellenic tud., 1888, p. 85.Theengravingf his oin here ivensunsatisfactory.



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GREEKCOINSACQUIREDY THE BRITISHMUSEUM. 61a.- Types nd nscriptioname sNo. 88,butwithoutruxansata ndborderfdots.M. Size *45.b. Obv Head ofPallasr.,helmeted.Rev. K X. Cornucopia.

M Size *65.c. Obv. HeadofPallasr.,helmeted.Rev. KTH ToZ. K X. Swordn sheath infield,1.,bucranium.M. Size *4. Weight7*4 rains.d. Types nd nscriptionsame s c infield .ofreverse,caduceus.M. Size *4. Weight3*6grains.e. Obv. HeadofPallasr.,helmeted.Rev. 4>A PoZ KX. Sword n sheath in field .,bunch fgrapes.JR. Size *5. Weight17*2grains. (En-graved n Waddington, langesdeNum., l. II. No. 3,p. 19,No. 1.)/. Obv Youthfulmale head r., hair long (laureate?),(Apollo ).

Rev. K X* Swordnsheath.2E. Size *45. Purchasedt Huber's ale,1862,Lot610. (Cp. a specimenntheWaddington ollection,Waddington,MlangesI. Pl. II. 4 ; p. 19,No. 3.)Coins of Caunus of thetypes ,d,e f have been pub-lished by M. Waddington Mi. de Num. I. p. 19 ; cp.Head, Hist. Num.p. 522), andarebyhimassigned o thesecondcentury .c. The silver coinNo. 38 and the cor-responding pecimenn bronze, are the earliestmoney



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262 NUMISMATICHRONICLE.ofCaunusat presentknown, nd belongto the end ofthefourth r the beginningof the thirdcentury .c. Thehead on the obverseappears to be that of a king, andbearsmost esemblance o Alexander heGreat. The cor-nucopia on the reverse s a Ptolemaictype, nd thecoinsmaytherefore ossiblybelong to the time f Ptolemy .,who took Caunus in b.c. 309 (Diod. xx. 27).9 Thebronzecoinb (apparently npublished) s of thick fabricand of coarserstylethanthe bronzecoin a It is appa-rentlyhelink between and c,havingthecornucopia)fa and thePallas-headof c. The small bronze oinswithobv.buttingbull (or forepart f bull),rev sphinx seatedand the inscriptionK A or (as generally ead) K y, pro-bably belongsto Caryanda, s suggestedby Dr. Imhoof-Blumer Num.Zeitschrift1884,p. 269, 270). A specimenin the Frenchcollection ppearsto Dr. Imhoof-BlumeroK Aread p y, and thisalso seemstome to be the readingofa similar pecimenn the BritishMuseum.10

Rhodes.b.C.400 804.89. Obv HeadofHelios, hree-quarterace .Rev POA ION. Rose withbud onr. infield .,barley-cornnd4> thewholen ncuse quare.JR. -95. Weight 88*6 rains. [Pl.XII.WO9 Professoroolepoints ut tome,however,hat he ornu-copiadoesnot occurwith ertaintynthePtolemaicoinstillthereign fPtolemy I. Theheadon our oin is not hatofPtolemyII., nor does it resemble hatof any one ofthePtolemies.10Foran account fCaunus,eeWaddington,i.d.Num.,I. p. 17 ff. Collignon,n Bull Corr hell., 877,p. 888flf.Smith, iet Geog, s.v. Caunus.



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GREEKCOINSACQUIREDY THE BRITISHMUSEUM. 6340. Obv. Head ofHelios, hree-quarterace .Rev. POAION. Rose withbud on 1. in field .,humanye in profile in field .,A : thewholein ncuse quare.JR. *9. Weight 88*8grains.

MagydusPamphilia).41. Obv. M'AVP'AN T2NINOC *CGB. BustofCaracallar., laur.,wearingpaludamentumndcuirass.Rev- MArV A61N. Zeuswearing imationeatedr. r. onsceptre in1.thunderbolt.M. Size 1-85.

On this coin,which is in a fairstateof preservation,thereappears to be no date,though date usuallyoccursonthemoney fMagydus cp. Waddington,Voy enAsie-mineure,. 91). Conane Pisidia).42. Obv. AVCT6IN[A?] C6BACTH. BustofFaus-tinaunior, .Rev. KONAN6 2N. Dionysos aked, tanding.inr.,kantharos1.onthyrsosbefore im, an-ther. M. Size *9.A similarreversetype occurson a coin of ConaneofPhilip unior Mion., Sup. t. vii.,p. 113,No. 135).

Prostanna Pisidia).43. Obv. [TT]OAIC. Female ust . (TheCity) urretedanddraped.Rev. TTPOCTAN N61N. Poseidonwearing i-mationtanding. inr.,dolphin 1.ontrident.M. Size *75.



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264 NUMISMATICHRONICLE.This coin, which is in good preservation, robablybelongs o thetimeof Faustina junior,towhoseface thefeatures ftheCityon the obverse eem to be assimilated.A specimenwiththesametypes s atBerlin, nd was for-merlyn the Fox collection.11Sestini (Lettere dissertnum. II. p. 94 ; Pl. II. Fig. 13) described coin withsimilar bverse,ndwith everse Yenus stola a ad s. stans,d. globm, . hastam. This descriptions repeatedbyMionnet, up. t. vii. p. 121, No. 156, and byHead, Hist.Num.,p. 591. The identicalspecimen ublishedbySes-tiniwaspurchased rom imbyMr.ThomasBurgon,12ndis now n the British Museum. I am inclined to thinkthat ts type is Poseidonholdingdolphin nd trident,son our coin,No. 43, though t maypossibly e a female

figurewearingthepeplos. The objectheld in the righthand s not certain thetoppartof theobjectheldin thelefthand s off he flan.Parlais (Lyoaonia).44. Ov.-A VTKAI C MA NTTOPAIA IMOCCGB.Bust ofGordian II., r. laur.,wearing aluda-mentumndcuirass.Rev il APA A6I1N. Beneath reewolf .,suck-lingRomulusndRemus.M. Size1*25.

The coins of Parlais hitherto ublished see M. Wad-dington'sdescriptionsn Rev.Num. 1883,p. 58 f.)rangefromM. Aureliusto Sept. Severus and J. Domna,and areall Romancolonial,withLatin inscriptions. This coin s11Fox,EngravingsfUnedited&c.,part i. p. 21,No. 123,PlateYI. fig. 23. Rev., malefigureholding spear andwhat eems dolphin.12Burgon'sMS. note nBrit.Mus.



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GREEKCOINSACQUIREDY THE BRITISHMUSEUM. 65interestingoth as beingof a laterdate, nd as bearinganinscriptionn Greek. The reverse ype, t maybe noted,is one often ound n colonial oins.13

Mallus (Cilicia), b.c. 385 838.45. Obv. HeadofbeardedHerakles . roundneck,ion'sskin borderfdots.Rev MAA. Head of bearded atrapr., in Persiantiara.jr. Size *85. Wt.158*8 rains. Pl. XII. 20.]This and the following oin (No. 46) were not knownwhenDr. Imhoof-Blumer ublishedhis valuable mono-graphon thecoinage ofMallus (Annuaire eNum. 1883).A specimen f thiscoin,somewhat ess wellpreserved,sin theLbbeckecollection,nd ispublishednZeit. .Num,xii., p. 333, No. 1 ; Pl. XIII. 12.46. Obv Beardedmaleheadr.,wearingrnamentedaeniabehind ead,fish borderfdots.Rev. MAA. Demetertanding.,wearinghiton ithdiplois, nd peplos hair in sphendone in r.,torch; n1.,earsof orn.JR. Size -95. Wt.163-8grains. Pl.XII. 21.]A similarspecimen n inferior onditionwas acquiredby theBritishMuseum n 1885, and was publishedn theNum.Chron., 886,p. 263 ; Pl. XI., 19.14 Another peci-men s in thecollection f Mr. Lbbecke,who n publish-ingit {Zeit. . Num.,xii.,p. 333,No. 2 ; Pl. XIII. 13), has13A coin of Gallienus, nce commonlyupposed o readriAPAAIU)N, belongs oAdraa,nArabiaPetraeaMuret,inAnnuaireeNum.. v.p. 221f.).14 hisspecimenasa barleycornnthe ieldehind ennter.VOL. X. THIRDSERIES. MM



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266 NUMISMATICHRONICLE.described hesymbol n theobverseas a club though urwell-preservedpecimen,No. 46, showsthat it is a fish.Mr. Lbbecke describes he head as that of Herakles,butit is notof a distinctly eraklean character.

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GREEKCOINSACQUIREDY THE BRITISHMUSEUM. 67CoMMAGENE.NTIOCHUSV., A.D. 8 72.50. Ob.- BAZIAE . . ANT]IOXOZ. Bust of Anti-ochusV. r. diademed. ountermarkedithX?Bev AYKAON2N. Scorpionthewholenwreath.iE. Size 1*05.

Judaea. Half-Shekel. Year 3.51. SimilaroMadden, oins ftheJewsp. 68,No. 6.M. Size 7. Wt. 109*7 rains. [Pl.XII. 23.]Half-Shekel. Year 4.52. SimilaroMadden, oins ftheJewsp. 69,No.7.M. Size -7. Wt. 108-4grains. [PJ.XII. 24.]Warwick Wroth.



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