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74 PERIOD V. A. Plate 39. 21-27. Bactria. (21) N. Diodotus. Rev. Zeus, hurling thunderbolt. Wt. 128-3 grs. (22) AT. EutliydeimiS. Eev. Herakles, seated. Wt. 129 grs. (23) M. DemetrillS. Rev. Herakles, crowning himself. Wt. 259-5 grs. (24) M. Euthydemus II. Rev. Herakles, standing. Wt. 260-7 grs. (25) M. Antimachus. Rev. Poseidon, standing, holding trident and palm. Wt. 262-3 grs. (26) M. Agathocles. Rev. BAZIAEYONTOZ AfAOOKAEOYZ AIKAIOY. Zeus, hurling thunderbolt. O^y. AiOAOTOY ZHTHPOZ. Head of Diodotus. Wt. 263-5 grs. (27) M. Agathocles. Rev. Same inscription. Herakles, seated. Obv. EY0YAHMOY. 0EOY. Head of Euthydemus. Wt. 261-2 grs. This remarkable series of coins furnishes us with the names of the successors of Alexander's generals in Bactria and India, from about B.C. 250, the date of the separation of Bactria from the Seleucid kingdom under Diodotus as an independent king, down to the time of Antiochus the Great of Syria. Agathocles, on the two specimens above described, places the heads of his predecessors, Diodotus and Euthydemus, on his coinage, but there are other specimens with his own portrait. Plate 40. 28-34. Egypt. (28) A^. ohv. AAEAnN. Ptolemy II. and Arsinoe II. Rev. OEflN. Ptolemy I. and Berenice I. wt. 428-6 grs. Ptolemy Soter and Berenice were deified after their deaths, and entitled ©EOl ZOTHPEZ. Arsinoe was sister and second wife of Ptolemy II., B.C. 285-247. (29) N. Arsinoe II. Rev. APZINOHZ IAAAEA0OY. Double cornucopiae. Wt. 429 grs. (30) A/. Ptolemy III. (Euergetes), B.C. 247-222. itev. riTOAEMAlOY BAZIAEOZ. Cornucopia, surmounted by semicircle of rays. Wt. 429-5 grs. (31) A/. Berenice II. wife of Ptolemy III. i?eu. BEPENIKHZ BAZIAIZZHZ. Cornucopiae. In field, bee. Perhaps struck at Ephesus. Wt. 427*9 grs. (32) A^. Ptolemy IV. (Philopator), B.C. 222-205. Rev. HTOAEMAIOY ct>IAOnATOPOZ. Eagle on thunderbolt. Wt. 428-3 grs. (33) A/". Arsinoe III., wife and sister of Ptolemy IV. Rev. APZINOHZ ci>iAOnATOPOZ. Cornucopiae. Wt. 427-9 grs. (34) N. Ptolemy V. (Epiphanes), B.C. 205-181. Rev. HTOAEMAIOY BAZIAEOZ. Eagle on thunderbolt. Wt. 429 grs. These magnificent Egyptian gold coins bear authentic and striking portraits of the reigning monarchs, not, as is generally the case with the silver money, the traditional portrait of the founder of the dynasty.
B.C. 280-190. 75 V. B. Plates 41-43. PI.ATE41. 1. Odessus. N. Ohv. Head of Alexander the Great, with horn of Ammon. i?et?. BAZIAEHZ AYZIMAXOY. Athena Nikephoros, seated. In field, monogram of Odessus, and magistrate's name, KOI. Wt. 129 grs. 2. Odessus. JR. Ohv. Head of Herakles, in lion's skin. Rev. BAZIAEHZ AAEZANAPOY. Zeus Aetophoros, seated. Monogram of Odessus, and same magistrate's name. Wt. 257 grs. Coins bearing the names of Lysimaclms and of Alexander continued to be issued after the death of those monarchs, both in Thrace and Asia Minor. Cf. V. A. 1-4. 3. Byzantium. M. Ohv. Head of Demeter, veiled, Eev. EFII MENIZKOY. Poseidon, seated on rock, holding trident and aplustre. In field, monogram of Byzantium. Wt. 206 grs. Compare this coin with that of Calchedon, V. A. 6. '4. Samothrace. M. Ohv. Head of Athena. Rev. ZAMO. Cybele, seated on throne ; beneath which, lion. Magisti'ate's name, MHTPHNAZ. Wt. 125-3 grs. Both Alexander and Lysimachus, according to L. Muller, struck money in Samothrace. As the types of this autonomous coin are suggested by the gold coinage of Alexander, it is probable that Samothrace regained its independence after the death of Lysimachus, whose widow Arsinoe fled there in 279 from Ptolemy Ceraunus, then king of Macedon. 5. Macedonia. Antigonus Gonatas, B.C. 277-239. M. Ohv. Macedonian shield, in the centre of which a head of Pan, hoi-ned ; behind his head, a pedum. Rev. BAZIAEOZ ANTI- TON OY. Athena Alkis, hurling thunderbolt. Wt. 265 grs. The head of Pan on the coins of Antigonus refers to the panic of the Gauls when Antigonus defeated them in B.C. 277, which was followed by their retreat from Macedon and the recovery of the kingdom by Antigonus. The style of the figure of Athena on the reverse of this coin is archaistic, not archaic. 6. Antigonus Gonatas or Doson ? B.C. 229-220. Ohv. Head of Poseidon. Rev. BAZIAEHZ ANTITONOY. Apollo, holding bow, seated on the prow of a galley. Wt. 260 grs. This coin was formerly attributed to Antigonus, king of
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