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

110 PERIOD VII. A.
22-25. Parthia. (22) Arsaces X. (Phraates III.), b.c. 69 to
circa 60. Obv. Head facing. Hev. King with bow. Wt. 62 grs.
(23) Arsaces XII. (Orodes I.), B.C. 55-37. Obv. Head
of king. Hev. King with bow. Wt. 61 grs. (24) jLiridates
II., B.C. 33-32. Obv. Head of king. Bev. King seated,
holding Nike. Wt. 231 grs. (25) Phraataces I. and Musa his
mother, B.C. 2-A.D. 4. Obv. Head of Phraataces I. Ilev. Head of
Musa. Wt. 59 grs.
Thea Musa was an Italian slave, whom Phraates IV.
had married.
26. Egypt. Ptolemy IX. (Alexander I.), b.c. 114-88.
Wt. 215 grs.
27. Egypt. Ptolemy XI. (Auletes), B.C. 81-52. wt.
216-6 grs.
Compare the head on this coin, a debased portrait of
Ptolemy Soter, with the genuine portrait of Auletes, on
the coin of Ascalon, Xo. 18.
Plate 63. 28. L. Manlius Torquatus, proqu^stor of Sulla. A/". Obv.
L.MANLI PRO.Q. Head of Roma. Jiev. L.SWLLA. \M P.
Sulla (?), in triumphal car, crowned by Victory. Wt. 167'2 grs.
This coin appears, from its fabric, to have been struck
in Asia, circa B.C. 81.
29. M. Junius Brutus. AT. Obv. BRVTVS IMP. Head of
Brutus, the whole in laurel-wreath. Hev. CASCA LONGVS.
Trophy between prows of two ships. Wt. 123 grs.
Servilius Casca, one of the assassins of Cassar, was a
lieutenant of Brutus in Asia Minor, circa B.C. 43-42.
30. Q. Labienus. JR. 06u. Q.LABI ENVS PARTHICVS IMP.
Head of Labienus. Hev. Cavalry horse, saddled and bridled. Wt.
58 grs.
This Labienus, the son of Caesar's general, allied himself
with the Parthians, B.C. 40, and led them against his
countrymen into Syria. He adopted the title Parthicus,
and struck money on the occasion of this expedition.
31. M. Antonius. M. Obv. M .
ANTONIVS
.
IMP
. COS .
DESIG.ITER.ET TERT. Head of Antonius, bound with
ivy ; the whole in ivy- wreath. Bev. Ill . VI R R . P . C . M. Anto-
nius imperator consul designatus iterum et tertio, triumvir reipub-
licoB constituendoe. Head of Octavia, wife of Antonius, and cista,
between pair of serpents. Wt. 190 grs.
This and the three following coins were struck in the