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108 PERIOD VII. A. 5. Pergamus. M. CistopllOrue. Similar ; but between serpents, a legionary aquila. Q . M ETELLVS . PIVS . SCI PIO IMPER, and monogram of Pergamus. VVt. 187 gi's. In B.C. 48, the year of the battle of Pharsalus, the province of Asia was without a regular governor, but Q. Csecilius Metellus ruled it as imperator. The names of the Greek municipal magistrates finally disappear from the coinage under his rule. 6. Cibyra. M. Obv. Helmeted male head. Hev. KIBYPATQN. Armed horseman, with couched spear, galloping. Magistrate's name, and bee. Wt. 188 grs. Cibyra was the chief of a confederacy of four cities governed by a tyrant. The last of these tyrants, Moagetes, was put down by Murena, in B.C. 84, and Cibyra was then attached to Phrygia. The weight of this coin is that of the cistophorus, and it seems probable that it was struck previous to B.C. 84. 7. Galatia, &c. Amvntas, B.C. 36-25. M. Obv. Head of Athena. i2
B.C. 100-1. 109 14. Antioch (?). Cleopatra VI. and AntoniuB. M. Obv. BAZIAIZZA KAEOnATPA 0EA NEOTEPA. Bust of Cleopatra, diademed. Bev. ANTON IOC AYTOKPATOP TPITON TPION ANAPON. "Antonius Imperator for the third time, triumvir." Portrait of M. Antonius. Wt. 221 grs. This is the celebrated Cleopatra; she reigned B.C. 52-30. 15. Sidon. JR. Obv. Head of citv, veiled and turreted. Bev. ZlAQNinN THZ lEPAZ KAI AZYAOY. Eagle, on rudder. Wt. 211 grs. Date, year 81 of the third era of Sidon, which commenced B.C. 111. This coin was therefore struck B.C. 31. The right of asylum was possessed by many Asiatic cities. The titles I EPA and AZYAOZ first occur on the coins of Sidon under Cleopatra and Antiochus YIII., B.C. 121. 16. Tyre. Similar to VI. A. 29, but dated 11G = B.C. 10. Wt. 216 grs. 17. Aradus. Similar to VI. A. 30, but dated 199 = B.C. 60. Wt. 228 grs. Plate 62. 18. Ascalon. M. 06u. Head of Ptolemy Auletes, B.C. 81-52. Bev. AZKAAQNlXaN IE PAZ AZYAOY. Eagle with palm, on thunderbolt. Date, year 41=B.c. 64. Wt. 194-1 grs. 19. Ascalon. M. 06u. Head of Cleopatra, diademed. i2(?t). Similar. Date, year 55 = B.C. 50. Wt. 201-2 grs. These two interesting coins are dated according to the era of Ascalon. The head on No. 18 is that of Ptolemy Auletes, B.C. 81-52; that on No. 19, of his daughter Cleopatra, B.C. 52-30, who was in B.C. 50 nineteen years of age. 20. Bactria. ApoUodotus. JR. Obv. BAZIAEHZ MEfAAOY ZQTHPOZ KAI ct)|AOnATOPOZ AHOAAOAOTOY. Bust of king. Bev. Arian legend, Mdhdrajasa trddatasa Apala- datasa. Athena fighting. Wt. 128*5 grs. This king may have been a son of the ApoUodotus who was contemporary with the last years of Eucratides, as his coins are later in style. 21. Hermaeus. M. Obv. BAZIAEHZ ZHTHPOZ EPMAIOY. Bust of king. Bev. Arian legend, Mdhdrajasa trddatasa Heramayasa. Zeus, seated. Wt. 140-6 grs. Hermaeus was the last of the Greek kings of the northwestern district of India.
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