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

B.C. 400-336. 61
25. Sicily. Catana. M. Obv. Head of Apollo, facing. Engraver's
name, HPAKAEIAAZ. i?eu. KATANAION. Quadriga ; the
charioteer crowned by flying Nike. Wt. 259*6 grs.
This fine coin is not much later than B.C. 400 ; it mayeven
be a few years earlier.
26. Thermae. M. 06r. 0EPMITAN. Head of Hera, her Stephanos
adorned with sea-horses; behind, a dolphin. Bev. Herakles,
seated. Wt. 129-3 grs.
Thermas Himeraeae, on the site of Himera, was founded
in B.C. 405. This coin seems to be anterior to B.C. 350.
27. Syracuse. AT. Ohv. ZYPAKOZION. Head of Arethusa;
behind, KI and barley-corn. Rev. ZYPA. Herakles and lion.
Wt. 88-9 grs.
This coin is by Cimon, a contemporary and rival of
Evaenetus. The value of this piece in silver money was
exactly that of two large silver medallions or 100 litrae.
28. Syracuse. M. Obv. ZYPAKOZiriN. Head of Persephone,
surrounded by dolphins ; she wears a wreath of corn-leaves.
Beneath, in faint letters, artist's name, EYAINE. Rev. Victorious
quadriga. In the exergue, armour, and the word A0AA
(prizes). Wt. 660-9 grs.
Evaenetus, the engraver of this medallion, may be said
to have attained perfection in his art. Winckelmann says
of his works " : weiter als diese Miinzen kann der menschliche
Begriff nicht gehen."
29. Syracuse. M. Ohv. ZYPAKOZION. Head of Arethusa,
wearing jewelled net. On one of the surrounding dolphins, artist's
name, KIMON. Rev. Similar to last. Wt. 669-1 grs.
30. Syracuse. M. 06u. APE0OZA. Head of Arethusa, facing
dolphins darting in and out among her flowing locks.
diadem, artist's name, KIMflN. Rev. ZYPAKOZION.
On her
Quadriga,
horses prancing. Nike, alighting on their heads, is about to
crown the charioteer. The horses have overturned the meta, and
the driver looks back as if at a rival chariot close behind him.
Wt. 266-3 grs.
This coin is the chef-d'ceuvre of Cimon. The type has
been referred to the chariot-race at Olympia, in b.c. 388,
when Dionysius I. of Syracuse would have had the honour
of a victory had it not been for the popular demonstration
against his tyranny. It is now thought, however,
that the coin belongs to about b.c. 400.
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