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

B.C. 480-400. 25
II. B.
Plates 12-14.
PiJiTE 12. 1. Abdera. M. Obv. ZMOP. Griffin; in the field, a dancing
satyr. Rev. Incuse square. Wt. 230*5 grs.
The griffin on the coins of Abdera is derived from the
money of Teos (see above, I. A. 24). The name of the
magistrate, Smordotormus, is apparently Thracian.
2. Aenus. JR. Obv. Head of Hermes, of fine transitional style.
Hev. A I N I . Goat ; in field, ivy-leaf within crescent. Wt. 248*9 grs.
3. Byzantium. JR. Obv. PY. Cow standing on dolphin. Eev.
Incuse square, granulated. Wt. 229*9 grs.
The type of the coins of Byzantium is almost identical
with that of those of Chalcedon on the opposite side of
the Bosporus, the name of which is referred to the cow,
lo, who is fabled to have crossed here from one continent
to the other.
4. Maronea. JR. 05y. MAPON. Horse, prancing ; above, cantharus.
Jiev. Em MHTPOAOTO. Vine enclosed in square. Wt.
212*6 grs.
Maron, the mythical founder of this city, was a grandson
of Bacchus. Maronea was famous for the excellence
of its wine.
5. Seuthes I. JR, Obv. Armed horseman. Bev. ZEY0A
KOMMA. (The striking of Seuthes.) Wt. 132*5 grs.
Seuthes, king of the Thracian Odrysae, succeeded
Sitalces B.C. 424. He was friendly to the Athenians, who
admitted him to the privileges of citizenship. Another
coin of Seuthes is known, reading ZEY0A APfYPION.
6. Thasos. JR. Obv. Satyr, kneeling, with a nymph in his arms.
JRev. Incuse square. Wt. 129 grs.
7. Thasos. JR. Obv. Head of bearded Bacchus, wearing wreath of
ivy. Eev. 0AZION. Herakles, drawing bow. Wt. 229*1 grs.
The remarkable change of fabric, as well as standard,
in the coinage of Thasos, which is noticeable in comparing
Nos. 6 and 7, probably took place about B.C. 411,
when the democracy in the island was overthrown.