Greek coins acquired by the British Museum in 1892

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NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE.

i.GREEKCOINSACQUIREDBYTHEBRITISH MUSEUM

IN 1892.

(SeePlate .)During the year 1892 (Jan. Dec.)the DepartmentofCoins and Medals in the British Museum has acquired457coinsof the Greekclass, 10 of whichare gold and

electrum, 9 silver, nd 348 bronze. These coinshavebeenacquiredmainlyby purchase,but some aregifts ueto the kindness of Major-GeneralM. G. Clerk,Mr. W.Loring,1Mr. H. Montagu,F.S.A., Dr. HermannWeber,andMr. F. Weekes.

A description f noteworthy pecimensamongtheseacquisitionss givenin the following ages.2

Dicaea(Macedonia).1. Obv. Cockr. behind, isccontainingstar the un )infront, olute border f dots.

Rev Octopuswithin hallowncusequare.iR. Size*7.Weight6*4grains. Pl.1.1.]

1Two bronzeoins fMegalopolis,nArcadia,ndoneM ofParium.2 Important reek cquisitionsf the Departmentf CoinsandMedalsduringheyears 887,1888,1889,1890,and1891

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A variety f the rare coin in the Six collection,pub-lished in Imhoof-Blumer'sMonnaiesgrecquesp. 72,No.49,Pl. C, 14. Thereverse loselyresemblesthat of thecoinsofEretria ssued from irc. b.c.480 445.3

MendeMacedonia).2. Obv. Assstanding. border fdots.

Rev. Crow. incuse quare.M. Size*45.Weight0*4rains. Pl. . 2.]

3. Obv. Fore-partf ssr. border f dots.Rev. [m] E N Kantharos incusequare.

M. Size *3.Weight *3grains.[Pl. . 3.]4. Obv. Head ofss1. border f dots.

Rev. Kantharosincuse quare.M. Size*2. Weight *1grains. [Pl.I. 4.]

Thirteen coins of Mende were described in theBrit, Mus. Cat., Macedonia1879). The collection nowconsists of 28 specimens. Six coins acquiredby theMuseum in 1891weredescribed n the Num.Chron for1892,p. 6, andseveralothershave beenpurchased ince.

Nos.2, 3, 4, nowdescribed,elongto the period b.c. 450- 424 of the coinage. The types, s on other coins ofMende,relate to Dionysosand Silenos. No. 3 is the

will efound escribedvmentheNvm. hron.or 888,pp.1-21; 1889,pp.249-267; 1890,pp.311-329; cf.1891,p.116;1891,pp.117 134; 1892,pp.1 21. Inpreparinghepresent aper, have hadthe advantage f consultinghesection n Remarkableoins, written yMr.BarclayHeadfor heReport n the BritishMuseumnnually resentedotheHouse ofCommons.

3Head,Cat.Central reecep. 121.



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same asNo.7 of the Brit. Mus Cat.y Mende, withtheimportant xception f the nscription.4

Alexanderthe Great (Macedn).5. Obv. Head ofyoungHerakles., n lion's skin borderofdots.

Rev. AAEZANAPoY Eagle1.(onthunderbolt):in field .,ear of corn.M. Size *5.Weight 2 2 grains. PI. . 5.]

A rare half-drachm f Alexander'sfirst oinage.5

DemetriusPoliorcetesKingof Macedn,.c. 306 283).6. Obv-Head of Demetrius.,wearing iademnd bull'shorn.

Rev. BAIAEl[ ] Eider, wearing petasos,[A]HMHTPloY clilamys,ndchiton,nd

holding pear n restwith .hand, alloping.onhorse beneath orse, E.N. Size*75.Weight 31grains.Pl. . 6.]

A good specimenof the rare stater of Demetrius.Other staters re in the French,6Berlin,7nd Hirsch8collections,nd one in the BritishMuseumspublishedn

Head's Guide otheCoinsof the AncientsIV. B, 15; PI.XXXI. 15.

4For other oins of Mendesee Imhoof-Blumer,onnaiesgrecquesp. 82f. Yon S.illet'sBeschreibungii.,p.99f. sevenspecimens);Head,Hist.Num.,p. 187 Num.Chron, 1890,D. 2.5 With hesymbol omparemhoof-Blumer,onngr.t p.118,No.22.6Mionnet,lanchesPI.LXX.8.7Friedlndernd YonSaliet,DasKniglicheiinzkabinetNo.384.

8Annuairee a Soc.num.rani;.1881,p. -41, l. I. 16.



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Abdera Thrace).7. Obv ABAH(insmall etters eneath ho ype).Griffin,with ointedwing, earing.

Rev. HPA rOPH Head ofyoungHermes.inpetasos whole n incusequare.

M. Size*9.Weight

90*3rains. Pl.

.7.]Ailunpublishedetradrachmf Egineticweight truck

at Abderaduring the period b.c.430 408. A head ofHermes occurson a silver coin of Abdera,described nYon SallesBeschreibungi. p. 107,No. 72; Pl. IV. 39(cf. Brit. Mus. Cat.,Taur. Chers., . 71,No.41); and afigure f Hermesis the typeof other coins of this city.ThenameHPATOPAZ is found n coinsofRhodes.9

Thasos.8. Obv. Headof youngDionysos.,wearing andacross

forehead,nd vy- reath.Rev. OAZI2N Herakles,naked, tanding . in r.,

club lion's kin ver eft rm.M. Size*75.Weight8*8rains. Pl. . 8.]

A fine pecimenf the rare drachm f the ast issue ofThasianmoney,10truck after B.c. 146.11 The tetra-

drachmsof this issue are abundant, nd are usuallyofcoarsework. Ourdrachm esembleshe better-executedtetradrachms,uchas,for nstance, hecoinphotographedin the Beschreibung,., Pl. VII. 67. The head ofDionysoson the drachmsbears a remarkable,but, per-haps,fortuitous, esemblanceothe headof that divinity

9Mion.,up.vi.,590., 10Cf.the specimensn the Berlin MuseumVon ballet,

Beschreibung.,p.294,Nos.108,109).11Cf.Head,Hist.Aum., . 229.



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GREEKCOINSACQUIREDY THEBRITISHMUSEUM.5

on bronze coins of Amisus12struck in the time ofMithradates upator (b.c.121 63).

Athens.9. Obv. Head ofAthenar., wearing lose-fittingrestedhelmet dornedwith live-leaves.

Rev. 3 A O Owlfacing, ings losed;wholenwreathofolive.N. Size*4.Weight 3*3grains. Pl.I. 9.]

A quarter stater of Athens. The British Museumpossesseshree pecimensf the stater, but until nowhadno examplesof the smaller denominations,which,how-ever, re well represented n the cabinets f Berlin13ndParis. The Frenchquarter-staterBabelon, Les mon-naiesd'or d'Athnes, in Revuedes tudes recques1889,p. 135)is a variety f that nowpublished.

Accordingto Mr. Head {Cat.Attica p. xxviii.) theissueof this seriesof goldcoins tookplaceabout b.c.393,under the administration f Conon. Dr. J. P. SixandM.Babelon,in hisablepaperjust referred o,showgoodreasonsfor ssigningthe issue to the yearb.c.407,whenthe Atheniansmadeextraordinaryfforts o increase heirfleet, nd even melteddown intocoin the

goldimagesof

Nikein the Parthenon.

Aegina.10. Obv.Twodolphinsnoppositeirections.

Rev. Incusequaredivided ybands ntofive ompart-ments.iR. Size*5.Weight 9*5rains. Pl. . 12.1

12Wroth,

at ontmPl.III., Nos.8,9.13Z. /. N. v., p. 3.



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CnossusCrete).(Seeinfra, nderRhodes,No.18.)

Cerasus(Pontus).12. Obv. AVTKMAVCeOVAAeZANAPOC. Bust

of SeverusAlexander., aur.,wearing alucl

-mentumndcuirass.

Ilev.- K6PACOV NTIWN; inex.,(6)TPZB (year162),Herakles tanding acing;nr., club; in1., ion's kin rude tyle).

iE. Size 1*15.The coinsof Cerasus are datedfrom n era beginning:n

in a.D. 64 (Imhoof,Griecli Mnzen p. 559). 162, thedateonthis specimen,orresponds,herefore, o a.D.226.

The reversetype is a rude copy of a coin of CerasusstruckunderElagabalus{Brit.Mus Cat.,Pontus p. 26;PL Y. 2).

SinopePaphlagonia).13. Obv. Head ofSinope1. hair in sphendonewearingnecklace ndearring ith riple endant before

head, plustre border fdots.Rev Sea-eagle.ondolphin.

M. Size*8. Weight 4grains. [PI.1.14.]14. Anotherpecimen,imilar, ut with nscriptionncom-plete.

M. Size*7. Weight 6*7grains.The name of the Satrap on drachms of this class

hitherto f great rarity has been variouslyread. ByM. Waddingtonand M. Six, Abdemon?); by M. Th.Reinach, Abdammu,r Abdcimmonby M.Babelon{Rev.Num. 1892, p. 175),Abrocomuthe Abrocmas ofXenophonandIsocrates). The well-preservedpecimen,



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No. 13, now acquiredfor the British Museum,showsclearlythe letters given above,letters alreadywell ex-plained by Mr. Head, writing n the Num. Chron.for1892,p. 253,as those of the name Abdsasan.Ourphoto-graph will interest those who have already read Mr.Head's noteon the coin.

CyzicusMysia).15. Obv.-Owl,wings losed,tanding .ontunny; oneachsideof wl, star.

Rev Incusesquare f mill-sailattern, otted.El. Size*4.Weight1*2grains. Pl. . 13.]

A unique hecte,belongingto the last period of theelectrumcoinageof Cyzicus,circ. B.c.400 350, as is

shownby the dotted incusesquare,and by the resem-blanceof the obversetypeto the owlon coinsof Athensstruck between B.c.430(orlater) andb.c.322. (Head,Cat Attica Pl. V, VI.)

The owl is not found on any other Cyzicenecoin.Apparently t was suggestedas a type by the Atheniancoins,though t is difficult o explainthe additionofthestars. Possiblythey re only ntended s ornaments,ndweremeant to fill the spacethat was occupiedon theAtheniancoinsby the olive-branchnd crescent ehindthe owlandbythe nscriptionn front f t. Thecrescentmayhavesuggested hestar. 7

17Thetypesof a leadtesseran the Margaritisollectionmaybecomparedith his oin

Obv HelmetedeadofAthena. behind,tar.fieVmTwo-handledasebetweenwoowls abovethe

headof eachowlis a star. (Rev.Num.%886,p. 23,No.35,Pl.IV. 3.)



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LampsacusMysia).16. Obv Youngmalehead1.,with tag'shorn Actaeon).

Rev. Fore-partf wingedhorse .withinncusequare,ofwhich nly light races revisible.N. Size*7.Weight30*5rains, PI.1.16.]

An excellent xampleof this scarcestater,which s alsorepresentedn the collectionsof Mr. Greenwelland Mr.Loebbecke.8 A younghead of Actaeon occurson elec-trum coinsof CyzicusGreenwell,Ct/zicus,o. 24,Pl. I.25, 26; Babelonin Rev. Num.1892,p. 108,Pl. IV. 3),but is of decidedlyearlier style. A figureof a youngActaeon, ttackedby his hounds, s seen ona red-figuredvase (date, circ. b.c. 400), reproducedn Monumentixi.PL XLII. The treatment s much esspleasingthan onthe coin. Actaeonhasanimal's ears andtwohorns tand-ing upright on his head. The fine head on our coinpresents everal affinitiesn treatment ith the head of afemalesatyr with pointed ear, represented n anotherLampsacenestater Wroth, Brit. Mus Cat, Mysia,p. 80,No. 24, Pl. XIX. 2), a head which(as I have alreadyremarked, p. cit. p. xxvii.)has something f the feel-

ingthat

inspiredthe famous

youthful atyrof Praxi-

teles.19A comparison f the coinssuggests hesupposi-tion that the two heads were engraved by the sameartist.

1Sn my Cat Mysiap. xxiii.,No.17,andp.xxvi., sug-gestedhat he tater escribedyDr.J. P. SixinNum. hron.y1888,p. Ill, No.20,as bearing he head of AlexanderheGreat,might ossiblye a stater f heActaeonype. Dr. Sixhassincekindlynformed e thathisNo.20 is a distinctoin

frommyNo.17with hehead ofActaeon.19Baumeister,enkmlerart. Praxiteles, ig.1,548.VOL.XIII.THIRDERIES. C



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An Alexandrinetetradrachmof the Rhodian mint,forming variety of those describedby Mller{Num.(fAlex.,Nos. 1154 1167). Mller'scoins are of hisClassY I. (after eirc.b.c. 200), but this specimens ofearlierstyle, and appearsto belongto ClassV., b.c. 250- 200. The chief nterest f our specimenies,however,in its havingbeenutilised for currency n Crete. TheLondon coin-dealerfrom whom the British Museumobtained t was informed hat it was found in Creteand, apart from, his information, e should have nohesitationn connectingt with hat island,on accountofits bearing,as a countermark, he labyrinth, he well-knowntype of the Cretancityof Cnossus.21Beforethistetradrachm ameto light, there was alreadysomeevi-

dence that Rhodian coins were in usein Crete,as onespecimenf a Cnossiancoin,assigned bymeto the periodb.c. 350-220 {Cat.Crete p. 21, No. 30, Pl. Y. 16) isrestruck n a drachm f Rhodes.2

Pharnabazus,atrap of Dascylion.19. Obv. AP[NABA. BeardedmaleheadPharnabazus)

r., wearingPersianhead-dress,wo flaps owhich retiedoverhischin.

Rev. Prow1. the upperdeckadornedwithgriffin.on either ide, dolphin ownwardsbeneath,tunny . circularncuse.

iR. Size1.Weight26*5rains. Pl.1.11.]A variety of this coin, n poorcondition, as beenfor

someyears in the British Museum,23ut the admirable

21For otherAlexandrineoinssupposedbyMllerobearthemint-marksf Cretanities, eeNum.d'Alex, p.227f.22Svoronos,

um.de aCrete, . 88,

No.175.23Head,Brit.Mus.Cat.,onia,p.325,No.12 PLXXXI.5.



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preservationf this new specimenenderst a mostvalu-ableacquisition.Anotherwell-knownxampleofthecoinis in the French collectionDe Luynes,Num.desSatrap>p. 4 ; Pl. I. 5). Another pecimen,n the BerlinMuseum,photographedn Imhoof-Blumer'sortrtkpfePl. III.No.2,presents n interesting ortrait whichseems,how-ever, somewhatwanting in strength (Das KniglicheMnzkabinetto. 813).

That the portrait s that of Pharnabazushimself, ndnot, s some writers avemaintained,n idealisedffigy fthe King of Persia, may now be regardedas certain,especiallyince the publication f M.Babelon'svaluablemonograph n Satrapalcoinage.24It seemsclearalso2othat the issuing of money by Pharnabazusand other

satrapswas not a

privilegeinherent n their

ordinarygovernmentalunctions,ut an exceptionalnd occasionalincident f their position s military ommanders. '

Dr. J. P. Six hassuggested26hatthe stater f Pharna-bazus now under considerationwas issuedby Cononnb.c. 395for hepayment f his fleet,whichwasblockadedin the portofCaunusin Caria,by Pharax, n 396 andwasdeliveredn 395byPharnabazus,whocametoConon'saidandsuppliedhimwithmoney.27 hehead ofPharnabazus,

accordingto this theory,merelyappears, herefore,s amarkofConon'sgratitude. Onthe other hand,the tunnyonthe reverseof the coins,suggests hat the mint-placewas Cyzicus,nd M. Babelonhas wellpointedout28 noccasionwhenthe coinscould have beenstruck t that

24Revueum. or 892,p.461.25Babelon,p.cit., . 282.26Aum.Chron, 1890, . 256 cf.Head,Cat. onia.,p. lvi.27Head, op.

cit.p.

lvi.28Babelon,p.cit. pp.442 444.



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city. About b.c. 410,Pharnabazus,n conjunctionwiththe Spartanadmiral,Mindarus, e-conquered yzicusfromthe Athenians, nd Xenophonexpressly tates Hellen i.24 26),that, after he captureof the cit}T,harnabazusdistributed onsiderableums of moneyto the officers fthe fleet, nd gavetwo months'payto the men.

Briula (Lydia).20. Obv. AVKTIAIAIOC ANT2N6INOC. Head of

Antoninusiusr., bare.liev. BPIOY A6IT2N. Dionysos,wearing ima-tion ver ower imbs, tanding.,resting .armon column in his r., kantharos in his 1.,

thyrsos before im, anther.-ZE.Size*95.

Zeus,Kybele,and Heliosoccuronother oinsofBriula.Dionysoss found n a coinof M. Aurelius n the BritishMuseumcf. Mion.,Sup vii.,p. 331,No.79).

CilbianiSuperioresLydia).21. Obv. AOMITIAC6 BACTH. Bust ofDomitia.

Rev. KIABIANCON TtON ANU). Statueof Ar-temis fEphesus.29

JE. Size*85.

The statueof the EphesianArtemis ppearsonothercoinsof the Kilbiani,who, as Dr. Imhoof-Blumerhasremarked, elongedto the convcntusf Epliesus.30

Daldis(Lydia).22. Obv. AVKAITAIAIOC ANTN6INOC. Head

ofAntoninusPius ., aur.29With he

type. mhoofin um.

eit..1888,p. 7, No.3.30Cf.Ramsay,Hist.Geotjp. 118.



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Rev. AAAAI AN2N.Dionysos,wearing imationover ower imbs, tanding .,resting .armoncolumn;n his r. hand,kantharos; n his 1.,thyrsos before im, anther.

M. Size1.Thetypesof obverse nd reverse loselyresemblehose

ofthe coinofBriula describedbove,No. 20.AmoriumPhryoia).

28. Obv.-AVT. K.M. AVP. C60V (H) ANT1NINOCAV. BustofCaracalla., aur.

Rev AMOPIAN N. Herakles,aked,tanding.before-ree of the Hesperides)inr., club in1.,apple lion's kin n 1.arm.

Size 1*85.

Heraklesis represented n other coins of Amoriumalreadypublished[e.g.Imhoof,Mon.gr. p. 393,No.58.Caracalla cf.Mion. Amorium).

Attuda (Phrygia.).24. Obv. AVKAIAC6 TTCeVHPOCTTe AVKAI

ANT1N6I NOCAcerrreT ackai.BustofSept. everus . behindt,bust f Cara-caliar. bust f Geta1.facing ustofSeverus.

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Lycia.The following are Lyciancoinswereunknown t the

time of the publication f Dr. J. P. Six's learned mono-graph MonnaiesLyciennes (Rev.Num 1886). I ar-rangethemunderthe headingsproposedby Dr. Six.

Perlis.(LycianDynast, irc. .c.480.)

25. Obv.Twodolphinswimming. and1. beneath,oar'shead.Rev P P A. Triskelis border f dots whole n

incusequare.M. Size*45.Weight7.4grains.Pl.1.15.]

The typesof this trihemi-obol re the sameas thoseofthe stater f Perlis in the British MuseumandWad-dington ollectionsSix,op.cit., p. 160,112,112bis.,PLX. 5).

Spintaza.(DynastfTelmissos,irc. .c. 410 405.)32

26. Obv. Femalehead1. hairboundwith ord nd tied nbunch ehind.

Rev. SrPTfIt>. Tetraskelisborder f dotswhole nincusequare.M. Size*8.Weight539grains. Pl.1.17.]

A staterof this type was previouslyunknown. Twocoins of a smallerdenomination,earinga femalehead,are publishedb' Fellows. One ofthese Fellows,Pl. I.7), in the British Museum,s badly representedn Fel-lows' engraving, nd the archaiccharacter f the headis

32Six,op.cit.p. 162.



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not made clear. Thetypeofthe head on our stater andof the head on the smallercoins seemsto be that of theperiod b.c. 480 470, and, unless t can be maintainedthat the treatment s not really rchaic,butonlyan inten-tional mitation f the archaic style, t will be impossibleto assignthesecoins to a rulerwho livedsolate as b.c.410- 405.

Teththiveibis.(LycianDynast,irc b.c.405 895.)

27. Obv Femalehead1. hairboundwith ordand tied nbunch ehind.33

Rev T^XXEF^EBE. Tetraskelis; order f dots;wholen ncusequare.M. Size *8.Weight 51*6rains.

(PresentedyDr.HermannWeber.)The head on this rare stater is of the same archaic

character s that on the stater of Spintaza, just des-cribed. There s the samedifficultyhereforen assigningthe cointo the dateb.c.405 395.

Zomus?).(Circ.b.c.394-390).

28. Obv. Lion'sscalp beneath, P B.Rev.-I Y m. Triskeliscircularncuse.

M. Size1. Weight 49*8grains.This coin differs romthe specimenspublishedby Dr.

33Theobversef this pecimensworn, ut have omparedit withthe impressionf a similar oinof Teththiveibis*in a foreign ealer'spossession.Withbothspecimens,om-

parethe coin

formerlyn the vanoff ollectionescribedy

Six,op.cit.p. 164,No.130.



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Six (op.cit.p. 423,No. 247; Pl. X. 14) in having aninscription n the obverse.

Lystra Lycaonia).29. Obv.-IMPE AVGV2TI. Head ofAugustus., aur.;

behind,ornucopia.Rev COLIVLFEI(sic)GEM Colonistuiding lough[L]VSTRA drawn.by wohumpedoxen inhis 1.hand tafforvexillum).

M. Size1.80. Obv FAVSTINA AVG. BustofFaustina,un.,r.

Rev. COLIVL LVSTRA.Tyche f Lystra,wearingturreted ead-dress, eil, and peplos,seated,facing,n rock ponwhichher1.hand ests inher r. hand ears of corn beneathher feet,river-godwimming.

M. Size*8.Themoney f Lystra s rare and until astyeardidnot

exist n the BritishMuseum. Coinsof Lystra werefirstpublishedin 1883, when M. WaddingtonescribedcoinofAugustus,imilar oour No.29,from hespecimenin his own collection.34n his Monnaiesrecques1883)Dr. Imhoof-Blumeralso described(p. 347) coins ofTrajan ?) andM. Aurelius. By means of thesecoins t

wasfirst scertained hatLystra wasa Romancolonia85Thesite of Lystra,whichhadlongremained ncertain,hasnowbeenfixed t KhatynSeraithrough hediscoveryby Prof.Sterrett,36 f Roman inscriptions,f whichthe

34RevNum., 883,pp.57,58. Mr.Loebbeckeasa speci-men fthe oin Z.f. N,9vol.xvii., . 14,No.1).35 It wasone of hemilitaryoloniesfAugustus,robablyfoundednb.c. 6. (Ramsay, ist. Geog, p. 398.)36Papers fAmericanchoolf Class.Studies tAthensvol.

iii.,uWolfe

Expedition,'p.142f. cf.

Ramsay,ist.

Geog,p.382.VOL.XIII. THIRD ERIES. D



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following7llustrates helegendon the coins,especiallyour No.29:- DIVVMAVG(ustum)COL(onia) IVL(ia)FELIXGEMINALVSTRACONSECRAVITD(ecreto)D(ecurionum).

No. 30 was procured n SouthernAsiaMinorby Prof.W. M.Ramsayand Mr. Hogarth. A specimens alsoin the Loebbeckecollection.38A similar reverse typeoccurs t the Lycaoniantownof Barata.39

From the very interesting ncident related in theActsof theApostleschap,xiv.),we learnthat the peopleof Ly8trawereworshippersf Zeus ; andthe ApostlesBarnabas and Paul were, according to the writerof the Acts, identified y the Lycaoniansas Zeus(Aa)and HermesEpfxjv).The commentatorsaveusuallyassumedthat

the divinitiesn

questionare Greek

gods.It seems ome,however,more likelythat n this coloniathe Roman gods Jupiter and Mercuriusare intended.Paul was called Hermes becausehe was the chiefspeaker, like the Mercuriusof Horace, OcLI. x. 1,

MercurifacundeneposAtlantis/' Accordingo Ovid,Jupiter nd Mercurius n the guise of mortals,visitedPhrygia and the dwelling-placeof Baucisand Phile-mon, n company

Jupiter ue, peciemortali,umquearenteYenitAtlantiadesositisaduciferlis.Milledomosdiere,ocumequiemqueetentesMilledomoslausere erae tamen narecepitParvaquidem, tipulist canna ecta alustri.Ov.Met viii.626.

37Sterrett,p.cit p. 142,No.242.38Z. f. N.f vol.xvii., . 14, No.2,PI. II.4.3*Waddington,ev Num.,888,p.42,No.6. Aspecimenofthe oinhasbeenacquired

orthe BritishMuseumduring1892.



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Savatra(Lycaonia).81. Obv.-AVT KAI AAP. ANTjQNINOC.Bustof

Antoninusius.r., aur.,wearingaludamentumandcuirass.Rev. CAOVATPenN. A hena, earing eplosnd

helmet,tanding.,extending.handoverthy-miaterionlaced

beforeher;

in her 1. hand,spear behind er, hield.

iE. Size*3.This coin,which s one of the specimenscollectedby

RamsayandHogarth nAsia Minorseeunder Lystra ),was unknown t the time of the publication f M.Wad-dington's ist of the coins ofSavatra(Rev.Num.1883,p.61). A figure f Athenaoccurs,however, n other oinsof the place (Rev.Num.ib.Nos. 2 and6)

TaviumGalati ).32. Obv. IOVAIA C6BACTH. BustofJuliaDomna .

Rev.-LETPO TA OVIAN1N. Hygieian1., ndAsklepiosn r,, standing acing ne anotherbetweenhem, elesphoros.40

M Size1*1.

TYANACappadocia).Imperial.(TimeofTrajan )53. Obv Turretedemaleeadr. (theTyche f the City).

RevTVAN euj N. Perseustanding. in1.,harpa;r. handoutstretched.41

iE. Size*65. Thick abric.

40OnCoinsof Tavium,ee Head,Hist.Nump.631 onthe site NefezKeui,Ramsay,Hist. Geotj.of Asia Minorp. 243 and Sterrett, apersof Americanchoolat Athensvol. i.p. 310, Wolfexpedition.41

Cf. similaroinn Mion.

up.,vol.vii.

p. 712,No.

311,wronglyescribed.



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Aradus Phoenicia).84. Obv Headof Tycheof Aradus .,veiled nd turre edborder fdots.

Rev APAAII1N., Nikestanding ., holding n r.aplustre,n 1.palm-branch;n fieldL, STTP(year186= b.c.73), and MZ; wholeinwreath f aurel.M. Size 1*05.Wt. 229*9grains.

35.Similar;in field 1. of reverse SP (year 193=b.c.66),A andMZ.

M. Size11. Wt.280*8grains.36. Similar;jifield . of reverseSP (year194= b.c.65),

-andAZ.M. Size 1*05.Wt.228*7grains.

These coins belongto the abundant issue of datedtetradrachms hat took place at Aradus betweentheyears b.c. 136 and b.c. 46, 2at a time when the cityenjoyedmuch commercialprosperity. Nos. 34and 36have cometo light sincethe publicationf M. Babelon'selaborate monographon the numismatics of Aradus(Rev.Num.1891,pp. 414 416),and bear dates that donot occurin his list. No. 35 is a variety f the coinspublished y Babelon.

Warwick Wroth.42Head,Hist.Num., . 667. Thesecoins re dated romhe

eraofAradus, hich eginsn b.c.259.



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Greek coins acquired by the British Museum in 1892