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

40 PERIOD IJI. A.
Plate 20. 36. CoS. M. 06i\ Head of bearded Herakles. Hev. KQION. Crab
and club; beneath, AION. Wt. 230 grs.
It is instructive to compare the style of this coin with
that of Period IV. A. No. 32.
37. Rhodes. Af. Obv. Head of Helios, full face, his hair arranged
in locks suggestive of rays, Jiev. POAION. Rose with bud, and
vine-spray with grapes ; the whole in incuse square. Wt. 132-6 grs.
The three ancient cities of the island, Lindns, lalysus,
and Camirus, combined in B.C. 408 to found the city of
Rhodes. This coin is one of the finest Greek coins which
have come down to us. M. Waddington, on account of the
incuse square, places it in the first half of the fourth cent.,
but it may belong to the second half.
38. Rhodes. M. Similar. Sphinx in the field. Wt. 234-2 grs.
39. Lycia. JR. 06y. Head of Athena, and Lycian letter. Hev. Head
of beai-ded Herakles, and Lycian inscription. Wt. 126-6 grs.
The inscriptions on the Lycian coins of the fourth
century designate usually dynasts, but sometimes towns.
40. Tarsus. M. Obv. BAALTARS, in the Aramaic character.
Zeus of Tarsus, seated on throne, holding sceptre. Letters and
grapes in the field. Hev. Aramaic inscription. Lion devouring
bull ; beneath, walled city. Wt. 171 grs.
The Aramaic inscription on the reverse contains the
name of Mazaeus, the satrap or ruler of Cilicia, under
whose authority the coin was struck. It may be translated
" Mazaeus, who is over Eber-nahara, (the parts
beyond the river Euphrates,) and Cilicia."
41. Cyprus. A/". Obv. Head of Herakles, facing, in lion's skin.
Bev. BA SI LE O S E YA GO RO, in the Cyprian cha-
racter. Moufflon. Wt. 31-5 grs.
Euagoras I. reigned about 411-374.
42. 43. Cyprus. AT". Obv. BA. Female head, wearing taenia, with
leaf- like projections. Bev. (4^2) U\. Wt. 123 grs. (43) RN.
Wt. 128 grs. Head of Aphrodite, turreted.
Pnytagoras reigned from 351-332, and Kicocreon from
331-310. During this period the use of the Cyprian
character is discontinued.
44. Sidon. .51. Obv. Phoenician galley under sail. Bev. King of
Persia in chariot driven by his charioteer. In the field is the
forepart of a goat, incuse : the whole in incuse square. Wt.
422-8 grs.