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96 PERIOD VI. B. B.C. 91-74, of Bithynia (cf. YII. A. 3). Mostis may have ruled in Thrace about the year B.C. 100. The date on this coin (year 38) cannot be referred with certainty to any era, and is probably a regnal year. -Plate 54. 9. Macedonia. Perseus, B.C. 179-168. JR. Obv. Head of king; beneath, lOlAOY. Bev. BAZIAEOZ nEPZEOZ. Eagle on thunderbolt ; the whole in oak-wreath. Wt. 259-5 grs. This is a remarkable portrait of the last Greek king of Macedon. Zoilus, whose name occurs frequently on Macedonian coins of this period struck at diiferent mints, was probably superintendent of the whole coinage of the kingdom. 10. Macedonia. B.C. 158-146. M. 06v. Head of Artemis, in the centre ofa Macedonian shield. Hev. MAKEAONflN nPQTHZ. Club. The whole in oak-wreath. Wt. 261-5 grs. The right of coining silver was conferred by the Eoman senate on Macedonia, at that time divided into four regions, in B.C. 158. This is a coin of the first region. 11. Macedonia. M. Similar, but MA KEAONHN only, on reverse. Wt. 257-8 grs. 12. Macedonia. M, Similar, but in addition, LEG(atus), and a hand holding an olive-branch. Wt. 258-7 grs. The execution of these two coins, which were issued after Macedonia was made a Eoman province, in B.C. 146, is more careful than that of the preceding coins of the regions. 13. Thessaly. M. Obv. Head of Zeus. Eev. ©EZZAAON. Thessalian Athena Itonis, in fighting attitude. Magistrates' names, ct)|AOK. EniKPA. Wt. 96-7 grs. The Thessalian Confederacy, formed under Roman auspices after the battle of Cynoscephalae, in B.C. 196, lasted till B.C. 146. 14. ^nianes. JR. Obv. Head of Athena, star on helmet. Magistrate's name, EXEMEN • • • Hev. AINIANON. Slinger, fighting in retreat ; behind him, two spears. Wt. 37 grs. 15. iEnianes. JR. 06tJ. Head of Athena, helmet adorned with horses as on Athenian tetradrachms. Bev. AINIANON. Slinger and spears. Magistrate's name, ©EPZinnOZ. In field, palm. Wt. 113 grs. These coins were probably struck after the separation of the ^Enianes from the iEtolian League, in B.C. 168.
B.C. 190-100. 97 Plate 55. 16, 17. Epirus. j51. O&u. Head of Dodonaean Zeus ; two monograms. Rev. AriEIPOTAN. Eagle, on thunderbolt; the whole in oak wreath. Wts. 78 grs. and 74 grs. A comparison of these two coins, identical in type, shows how rapidly art degenerated during the second century B.C. No. 16 may be of the end of the third century ; No. 17 is of the middle of the second. 18. Cassope. M. Obv. Head of Zeus. Bev. KAZZOnAlON. Eagle, on thunderbolt ; the whole in oak-wreath. Wt. 72-8 grs. Compare with this coin V. B. 11, which is earlier in style. 19. Corcyra. M. Obv. Head of young Dionysus. Bev. Pegasus; beneath, two monograms. Wt. 77*5 grs. Corcyra, which fell into the hands of the Romans B.C. 229, and was by them made a free state, may have begun to coin money of this type soon after that date ; but the style of this piece is certainly later than B.C. 200. Cf. Maronea and Thasos, VI. B. 5 and 6. 20. Acarnania. JR. 06u. AKAPNANHN. Head of Apollo. Bev. Artemis, carrying torch. In field, anchor. Magistrate's name, eYHN. The whole in wreath. Wt. 113-5 grs. This is one of the latest coins of the Acarnanian League ; the Seleucid anchor on the reverse may indicate the year of its issue, b.c. 191, when the inland cities of Acarnania, under Clytus, the strategus of the league, admitted Antiochus III. into the city of Medeon. 21. Leucas. JR. Obv. Statue of goddess, on base, holding aplustre ; the whole in wreath. Bev. AEYKAAION YnEPBAAAflN. Prow of galley. Wt. 118-5 grs. The goddess on these coins is identified by Prof. E. Curtius with Aphrodite ^Eneias, who had a sanctuary near the town of Leucas, overlooking the canal through which vessels passed between the island and the mainland. This is the coinage of Leucas, probably struck after its eeparation from the Acarnanian League, b.c. 167. 22. Boeotia. JR. Obv. Head of Zeus. Bev. BOmTflN. Nike, holding wreath and trident. In field, name of magistrate. Wt. 76-9 grs. This is the last coinage of the Boeotian League, which was dissolved by the Romans in B.C. 146. • H -
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