A guide to the principal gold and silver coins of the ancients ...

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.