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

22 PERIOD II. A.
Platb 11. 27. Methymna. M. Obv. Boar. Bev. Head of Athena, her helmet
adorned with Pegasus. MAOYMNAIOZ, in archaic characters,
on both sides. Wt. 124-6 grs.
The pure archaic style of the head of Athena, the ancient
forms of the letters, and the Euboic weight of the coin,
mark it as not much, if at all, later than b.c. 480.
28. Mytilene. M. Obv. Two calves' heads face to face ; between
them a tree. Bev. Incuse square. Wt. 169 grs.
This coin, in spite of its globular form, is not of archaic
work ; neither is the metal pure. It seems, therefore, to
belong to the latter part of the fifth century.
29. Clazomenae. JR. Obv. Forepart of winged boar. Bev. Incuse
square. Wt. 108 grs.
An early coin, but probably not before b.c. 480. ^lian
relates that a winged Boar was said to have ravaged in
ancient days the Clazomenian fields.
30. Colophon. M. O&y. KOAOnN ION (retrograde). Head of
Apollo, laureate. Bev. Lyre in incuse square. Wt. 83 grs.
A coin of Colophon under Persian rule ; the weight is
that of the Persian siglos, and the style of art transi-
tional.
31. Ephesus. M. Obv. E4>EZI0N. Bee. Bev. Incuse square.
Wt. 205 grs.
This Ephesian silver stater belongs to about the middle
of the fifth century. The bee is connected with the
worship of the Ephesian Artemis, and was the badge of
the city.
32. Erythrae. jJJ. Obv. Naked youth holding in a prancing horse,
which is stung by a bee or wasp. Bev. EPY0. Flower in incuse
square. Wt. 72 grs.
A coin of the best transitional style ; the bee is probably
only the symbol of a magistrate.
33. Teos. ^. Obv. Griffin with forepaw raised ; above, a bearded
mask. Bev. Incuse square. Wt. 178 grs.
34. Chios. .51. Obv. Sphinx, seated before amphora ; above which,
bunch of grapes. Bev. Incuse square. Wt. 235*7 grs.
Chios was famed for its wine, and the Sphinx is a
symbol of Dionysus. This stater is not of the first
currency of the island, but belongs to the period of the
Athenian dominion, B.C. 478-412.