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

26 PERIOD II. B.
8. Acanthus. M, C6u. Lion devouring bull. i?eu. AKAN0ION.
A square, the four quai-ters of which are granulated. Wt. 219'5 grs.
About the year B.C. 424, the time of Brasidas, the
Chalcidian towns generally exchanged the Attic for the
Phoenician standard. This coin of Acanthus is of the
later system, after B.C. 424.
9. Mende. -oR. Obv. Dionysus on ass ; in front, crow seated in a vine,
and beneath ass, a dog. Bev. MENAAION. Vine with grapes.
Wt. 260 grs.
A tetradrachm of the Attic standard, struck about the
middle of the fifth century b.c. The Dionysiac types of
this city refer to the famous Mendaean wine.
10. Olynthus. JR. Obv. Charioteer driving'quadriga. Hev. Eagle
flying, in incuse square. Wt. 255*6 grs.
This is an archaic tetradrachm of the important city of
Olynthus, struck soon after b.c. 479, when the Bottiseans
were expelled from Olynthus and the Chalcidian population
restored by Artabazus. The type may commemorate
an Olympian victory in the chariot race.
11. Alexander I. of Macedon, b.c. 498-454. M. Obv. Man
carrying two spears, standing on the farther side of a horse. Bev.
AAEZANAPO, round an incuse square, containing a quadripartite
square. Wt. 447*5 grs.
An octadrachm of Alexander I., of the type and
standard of the coins of the Bisaltae; struck after his
acquisition of the Bisaltian silver mines in 480.
12. Archelaus I., B.C. 413-399. M. Obv. Horseman wearing
kausia and chlamys, and armed with two spears. Bev. APXEAAO.
Forepart of goat to right, in incuse square. Wt. 157*5 gi*s.
Plate 13. 13. Larissa. JR. Obv. Man seizing bull by the horns. In ex. TO.
Bev. AAPIZAI. Horse galloping; the whole in incuse square.
Wt. 94 grs.
The Thessalian youths were renowned for their skill in
catching bulls and taming horses.
14. Coreyra. JR. Obv. Cow suckling calf. Bev. KOP. Floral
pattern, so-called gardens of Alcinoiis. Wt. 169 grs.
Cf. I. B. 18*
15—18. Thebes. M. Obv. Boeotian buckler. Bev. Incuse square,
in which — (15) 0EBA. Harmonia, daughter of Ares and
Aphrodite) and wife of Cadmus, seated^ holding helmet. Wt. 185 grs.