A guide to the principal gold and silver coins of the ancients ...
A guide to the principal gold and silver coins of the ancients ... A guide to the principal gold and silver coins of the ancients ...
34 PERIOD 11. C. 39. Syracuse. AT". Ohn. Head of Herakles. Rev. ZYPA. Incuse square, divided into four parts ; in the centre of which, a female head. Wt. 17-9 grs. This coin, like II. C. 14, 19, and 23, dates from about B.C. 412. The incuse square containing a female head is imitated from the earliest silver money of the city (I. C. 34). 40. Syracuse. M. 06u. ZYPAKOZION. Head of Arethusa, surrounded by dolphins ; on the band across her forehead, the artist's name, EYMHNOY. Rev. Quadriga, the charioteer crowned by Nike. Wt. 266-1 grs. The engraver of this coin spells his name sometimes with an H, sometimes with an E. Most of his work appears to be earlier than the end of the fifth century. This artist may be said to have introduced the highly ornate style which characterises the Syracusan coinage of the age of Dionysius the Elder.
PERIOD ill. 35 PERIOD III.—CIRCA B.C. 400-336. During the war in Asia Minor between the Spartans under Agesilaus and the Persians, Cyzicus continued to strike her electruni staters in large quantities. On this currency the incuse reverse of archaic times was to the last retained. Probably about the time of the Peace of Antalcidas, or shortly afterwards, this famous coinage began to decline, and was generally superseded by a gold •currency, of which Lampsacus seems to have been the principal mint. Ephesus, Samos, Chios, Cos, and Rhodes now furnish the larger portion of the silver currency of western Asia Minor, while in the east the Phoenician cities of Sidon, Tyre, and Aradus begin about B.C. 400 to strike large silver •coins, the circulation of which extended along the caravan routes across the desert as far as the banks of the Euphrates and the Tigris. In the north the gold coinage of Panticapseum, the modern Kertch, is remarkable for its peculiar weight, as •compared with that of other towns. In Macedon the gold and silver currency of the Chalcidian League was predominant until it was finally extinguished by Philip, when about B.C. 358 he began to work the gold mines of Philippi, and re-organised the coinage of the Macedonian empire. In central Greece the chief currencies were those of Thebes, Athens, and Corinth. In Peloponnesus the Messenians and the Arcadians, under the protection of Epaminondas, began to strike money, though not in large quantities. In Italy the rich gold and silver coinage of Tarentum was only rivalled by the silver of Neapolis and Metapontum. In Sicily, down to about B.C. 345, when the Dionysian •dynasty was finally expelled, the splendid coinage of Syracuse had only to compete with that of the Carthaginian dominions. After Sicily was freed from her tyrants by Timoleon of Corinth, the Pegasus staters supersede the larger coins of the age of the Dionysii. « D 2
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34 PERIOD 11. C.<br />
39. Syracuse. AT". Ohn. Head <strong>of</strong> Herakles. Rev. ZYPA. Incuse<br />
square, divided in<strong>to</strong> four parts ; in <strong>the</strong> centre <strong>of</strong> which, a female<br />
head. Wt. 17-9 grs.<br />
This coin, like II. C. 14, 19, <strong>and</strong> 23, dates from about<br />
B.C. 412. The incuse square containing a female head<br />
is imitated from <strong>the</strong> earliest <strong>silver</strong> money <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> city<br />
(I. C. 34).<br />
40. Syracuse. M. 06u. ZYPAKOZION. Head <strong>of</strong> Arethusa, surrounded<br />
by dolphins ; on <strong>the</strong> b<strong>and</strong> across her forehead, <strong>the</strong> artist's<br />
name, EYMHNOY. Rev. Quadriga, <strong>the</strong> charioteer crowned by<br />
Nike. Wt. 266-1 grs.<br />
The engraver <strong>of</strong> this coin spells his name sometimes<br />
with an H, sometimes with an E. Most <strong>of</strong> his work<br />
appears <strong>to</strong> be earlier than <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fifth century.<br />
This artist may be said <strong>to</strong> have introduced <strong>the</strong> highly<br />
ornate style which characterises <strong>the</strong> Syracusan coinage <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> age <strong>of</strong> Dionysius <strong>the</strong> Elder.
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