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 ...
68 PERIOD IV. C. thocles, there can "be no doubt that they belong to the earlier part of his reign. ( Vide Head's Coinage of Syracuse, p. 40, sq.) 29. Syracuse, B.C. 310-307. JR. Obv. KOPAZ. Head of Persephone, crowned with corn. Eev. Nike erecting trophy. In field, triskeles. Wt. 259'6 grs. 30. Syracuse, B.C. 307-289. AF. Obv. Head of Athena. Eev. AfAGOKAEOZ BAZIAEOZ. Thunderbolt. Wt. 87-8 grs. About B.C. 306, Agathocles assumed the title of king, in imitation perhaps of Antigonus, who was the first of the successors of Alexander to adopt it in this same year. 31. Syracuse, B.C. 307-289. M. Obv. Head of Athena. Eev. Pegasus ; beneath, triskeles. Wt. 104 grs. This is a piece of eight litrae ; No. 30 was worth eighty litrae, or ten silver staters. Various new multiples of the litra occur from this time forward in the Syracusan currency. 32. Syracuse, Hicetas, B.C. 287-278. A/. Obv. ZYPAKOZION. Head of Persephone; behind, poppy-head; beneath, ©E. Eev. Em IKETA. Nike, in biga; above, crescent moon; beneath, 0. Wt. 65-4 grs. 33,34. Syracuse, B.C. 287-278. M. Obv. Head of Persephone ; behind—(33) bee, (34) bucranium. Eev. ZYPAKOZIUN. Nike, in quadriga; above, star. Wts, 201-1 grs. and 191*1 grs. Although these coins do not bear the name of Hicetas, there can be no doubt that they were struck under his rule. They are pieces of fifteen litrae. 35. Africa. Carthage. A/". Obv. Head of Persephone. Eev. Horse, standing on dotted line, supported at either end by two small symbols, a goat's head and an eye. Wt. 145*2 grs. 36. Carthage. ^. Obv. Head of Herakles, as on coins of Alexander the Great. Eev. Horse's head and palm-tree ; beneath, in Punic characters, am machanat, " people of the camp." Wt. 257 grs. This coin is subsequent to the time of Alexander ; the two following are apparently somewhat earlier. They are all undoubtedly by Greek artists. 37. Carthage. -5i. Obv. Head of Persephone, copied from coins of Syracuse. Eev. Horse, prancing in front of palm-tree. Wt. 262 grs.
B.C. 336-280. 69 38. Carthage. ^. Ohv. Head of Persephone ; behind which, symbol of Baal (?). Rev. Horse, standing in front of palm-tree ; behind, the sun ; beneath horse, a flower growing. Wt. 264 grs. 39. Gyrene. N. Obv. Horseman; behind, star. Bev. KYPA. Silphium plant. Wt. 43*8 grs. 40. Cyrene. M. Obv. Head of young Zeus Ammon. Bev. KYPA. Silphium plant. In field, tripod. Wt. 118'5 grs. 41. Cyrene. M. Obv. Head of Apollo. Hev. KYPA. .Silphium plant. In field, jerboa and ZQ. Wt. 105-1 grs. The above coins of Cyrene were struck after B.C. 322^ when Cyrenaica became subject to the Ptolemies.
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B.C. 336-280. 69<br />
38. Carthage. ^. Ohv. Head <strong>of</strong> Persephone ; behind which, symbol<br />
<strong>of</strong> Baal (?). Rev. Horse, st<strong>and</strong>ing in front <strong>of</strong> palm-tree ; behind,<br />
<strong>the</strong> sun ; beneath horse, a flower growing. Wt. 264 grs.<br />
39. Gyrene. N. Obv. Horseman; behind, star. Bev. KYPA. Silphium<br />
plant. Wt. 43*8 grs.<br />
40. Cyrene. M. Obv. Head <strong>of</strong> young Zeus Ammon. Bev. KYPA.<br />
Silphium plant. In field, tripod. Wt. 118'5 grs.<br />
41. Cyrene. M. Obv. Head <strong>of</strong> Apollo. Hev. KYPA. .Silphium<br />
plant. In field, jerboa <strong>and</strong> ZQ. Wt. 105-1 grs.<br />
The above <strong>coins</strong> <strong>of</strong> Cyrene were struck after B.C. 322^<br />
when Cyrenaica became subject <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> P<strong>to</strong>lemies.
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