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

B.C. 336-280. 57
8. Alexander the Great. M. Tetradrachm with an anchor in
the field. Wt. 259 grs.
The anchor was the badge of Selenous I., by whom this
coin was struck before he adopted the title of king in B.C. 306.
Of the above Asiatic coins with the name of Alexander,
it is probable that Nos. 2 and 4 are the only ones struck
in the lifetime of that monarch, who died B.C. 323.
9. Philip III. Aridseus, B.C. 323-317. AT. stater of Alexander's
types. In the field, a head of Helios. Wt. 131-9 grs.
This coin was found in Cyprus, and may have been
struck there, though the symbol suggests Khodes.
10. Philip III. Aridaeus. M. Tetradrachm of Alexander's
types, of Asiatic fabric. Mint uncertain. Wt. 263-5 grs.
The money of Philip Aridaeus was principally struck in
Europe.
Plate 28. 11. Syria. Seleucus I. Nicator. A^. ZEAEYKOY. Stater
with Alexander's types. Wt. 130-7 grs.
The apparent absence of the word BAZIAEOZ renders
it probable that this coin was struck between B.C. 312
and 306.
12. Syria. Seleucus I. JR. Tetradrachm with Alexander's
types, with inscription, ZEAEYKOY BAZIAEQZ. After B.C.
306. Wt. 263-3 grs.
13. Syria. Seleucus I. M. Tetradrachm. Obv. Head of
Zeus. Bev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY. Quadriga of elephants,
in which stands Athena fighting. In the field, the Seleucid anchor.
Wt. 262 grs.
14. Syria. Seleucus I. M. Tetradrachm. Obv. Head of
Seleucus, in helmet, adorned with horn and ear of bull ; round
his neck lion's skin. The bull's horn symbolises divine strength.
Hev. BAZIAEnZ ZEAEYKOY. Nike crowning a trophy. Wt.
260-1 grs.
Cf. this type with the coins of Agathocles of Syracuse,
No. IV. C. 29.
15. Parthia. AF. 6>6t'. Phr[a]t[a]ph[e]r[nes] in Aramaic characters.
Head of satrap wearing Persian tiara. Bev. Phsph, in Aramaic
characters. Satrap, in quadriga. Wt. 135-9 grs.
The inscription on this coin is read by Prof. Gardner
as Phahaspes Padipada, or Phahaspes Lord of Lords, and
it is attributed by him to a king of Persepolis of that
name, who may have reigned early in the third century.