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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 character. 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.
B.C. 400-336. 41 45. Sidon. JR. Obv. Galley, before the fortified wall of a city. In exergue, two lions. Hev. King in chariot, driven at full speed by charioteer ; beneath, a goat, incuse. Wt. 425 grs. These large octadrachms were probably struck early in the fourth century. No. 44 is attributed by M. Babelon to a king of Sidon, circ. B.C. 394, No. 45 to the time of Strato I., B.C. 374—362. They are good instances of the stationary character of art in the East at a time when in Greece it had reached its highest point of development. 46. Tyre. jiR. Obv. Melkarth holding bow, and riding over the waves upon a sea-horse ; beneath the waves, a dolphin. Bev. Owl, accompanied by crook and flail, Egyptian symbols of royalty. Wt. 206 grs. (PI. 29, 36.) The coinage of Tyre commences about b.c. 450. The Bame archaism of style is apparent here as in the money of the other Phoenician towns. 47. Aradus. M. Obv. Head of Melkarth, bearded and laureate. Bev. D 8
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