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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
B.C. 100-1. Ill province of Asia, on the standard of the cistophori, thetypes of which are still retained on No. 31, and as an adjunct symbol on No. 32. 32. Octaviamis. JR. Obv. IMP. CAESAR .DIVI . F. COS. VI.LIBERTATIS P.R.VINDEX. Head of Octavianus, laureate. Bev. PAX. Peace, holding caduceus, and trampling on torch of war ; behind her, cista and serpent ; the whole in laurelwreath. Wt. 179 grs. Struck in B.C. 28, the year before Octavianus took the title of Augustus. 33. Augustus. M. Obv. IMP CAESAR. Head of Augustus. Hev. AVGVSTVS. Sphinx. Wt. 188 grs. The figure of a Sphinx was used as a signet by Augustus during the early part of his reign. 34. Augustus. M. Obv. IMP . IX .TR . PO . Augustus. JRev. COM . of which, ROM . ET . AVGVST. Wt. 184 grs. V. Head o£ ASIAE. Hexastyle temple, on frieze- This is the temple of Eoma and Augustus at Pergamus, the capital of the Province of Asia (Commune Asiae). The date of the coin is B.C. 19. 35. Augustus. JR. 06tJ. AVGVSTVS. Head of Augustus. Bev. ARMENIA RECEPTA. Armenian tiara; bow in case, and< quiver. Wt. 58 grs. Struck to commemorate the resumption of Armenia under the protection of Augustus, after the murder of Artaxias by his own subjects, circa B.C. 19.
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