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112 PERIOD VII. B. VII. B. Plates 64-66. Plate 64. 1. Thrace. CoSOll. B.C. 42. M. Obv. KOZnN. Brutus (Consul, B.C. 509), between two lictors. In field, monogram of Brutus, Bev. Eagle, holding wreath and sceptre. Wt. 130 grs. Shortly before the "battle of Philippi, B.C. 42, Brutus granted to Coson, prince of Thrace, the right of coining gold. It is worthy of note that the standard in use in Thrace is still that of the coins of Philip and Alexander. 2-4. Thrace. M. Barbarous copies of tetradrachms of Alexander (wt. 250 grs.) and Lysimachus (wt. 250 grs.), bearing mint-marks of Odessus and Byzantium. No. 4, Lysimachus (wt. 224 grs.), has the countermark, CL . CAES, which shows the coin to have been still in circulation in the time of the emperor Claudius. 5, 6. Maronea and Thasos. Similar to YI. B. 5 and 6, but more barbarous. That Maronea and Thasos continued to coin silver during the earlier half of the first century is proved by the fact that one of the Thasian pieces bears the signature of Bruttius Sura, who was legate of Sentius Saturninus, proconsul of Macedonia, B.C. 88. Wts. 242-6 grs. and 262-1 grs. Plate 65. 7-10. Macedonia. M. Obv. MAKEAONHN. Head of Alexander the Great, with flowing hair and Ammon's horn ; behind, 0. Eev. of 7, 8, and 9, AESILLAS Q(u3estor), and of 10, SVVRA LEG(atus) PRO Q(ucestore). Club, downwards, between money-chest {fiscus) and subsellium ; the whole within an olive-wreath. Nos. 7 (wt. 243-8 grs.), 8 (wt. 254 grs.), and 10 (wt. 248 grs.) are tetradrachms ; No. 9, a drachm (wt. 57-5 grs.). As the date of Sura, B.C. 88, is known, it is probable that this issue of silver coins from the mint at Thessalonica was intended by the Romans to supersede that of the Athenian tetradrachms, when Athens deserted the side of the Romans for that of Mithradates (see YII. B. 14). 11, 12. Illyria. ApoUonia. Dyrrhachium. M. ApoUonia. Obv. Cow, suckling calf; above, APIZTHN, magistrate; symbols, crescent with star, and caduceus. Hev. AflOA— APIZTHNOZ. Stellate or floral pattern. Wt. 52 grs. (12) Dyrrhachium. AY P. Same types. Magistrates, APIZTON andAAMHNOZ. Symbols on o6u. ear of corn and bunch of grapes. Wt. 54 grs.
B.C. 100-1. 113 13. ApoUonia. M. Obv. Head of Apollo. Magistrate, AnPinNOZ. Hev. AnOA. Three nymphs, dancing round fire ; beneath, magistrate's name, OINIAZ. Wt. 59-8 grs. Nos. 11 and 12, of the weight of the victoriatus which was assimilated to the quinarius at Eome by the Lex Clodia, circ. B.C. 104, may belong to the end of the second cent, or to the early years of the first. No. 13, of the weight of the denarius, was the new coinage introduced after that event. The fire on the reverse is that of the Nymphaeum, sacred to Pan and the Nymphs. 14. Athens. M. Usual types. Eev. BAZIAE- MI0PAAATHZ — APIZTiriN, Symbol, star between two crescents. Wt. 250 grs. 15. Athens. M. Similar. Eev. AHEAAIKHN - TOPriAZ -APrEIOZ. Symbol, griffin. Wt. 253 grs. The first of the above tetradrachms bears the names of King Mithradates of Pontus, and the Athenian ambassador at his court, Aristion. This coin was issued in B.C. 87-86 when Athens joined Mithradates against Eome. Apellicon, on No. 15, was the accomplice of Aristion, who made himself tyrant at Athens B.C. 87. The coins which bear his name were probably struck about B.C. 90. Plate ee. 16. Eoman. M. Denarius. Obv. L. LENT. C .MARC. COS. Head of young Jupiter. Bev. Q. Jupiter, naked, before altar; he holds eagle and thunderbolt. In field, star. Wt. 59 grs. "When Pompeius, with the Senate and magistrates, left Italy for Greece, in B.C. 49, the two consuls L. Lentulus and C. Marcellus struck money at ApoUonia. 17, 18. Eoman. M. Denarii. Obv. Head of Venus. Bev. CAESAR. (17) Trophy and captives. Wt. 62 grs. (18) iEneas carrying Anchises on his shoulder, and the palladium in his right hand. Wt. 60 grs. These coins were probably struck by Julius Caesar in Oreece, for the payment of his troops who fought at Pharsalia, B.C. 48. 19. Eoman. M. Denarius. Obv. L . SESTl . PRO . Q. Veiled head of Liberty. Bev. Q . CAEPIO BRVTVS . PROCOS . Tripod, axe, and simpulum. Wt. 60 grs. L. Sestius, proquaestor of Brutus, served under him in Macedonia. This coin was probably struck B.C. 43-42. 20. Eoman. N. Aureus. Obv. AHENOBAR. Head of Domitius Ahenobarbus. Bev. CN . DOM ITI VS . L . F . I M P (Cnceus Domitius • I
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