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80 PERIOD V. B. 29. Euboea. Carystus. Af. Ohv. Head of Herakles, bearded. Rev. KAPY. Bull reclining ; above, trident ; beneath, club. Wt. 49-3 grs. The style of the head of Herakles on this coin is distinctly later than that of the silver coins of the same type. It may be as late as the beginning of the second century B.C. 30. Carystus. M. Obv. Head of Antiochus III. (?), bound with oakwreath entwined with diadem. Eev. KAPYZTiriN. Nike, in biga. Wt. 98-5 grs. This coin was probably struck in B.C. 191, when Antiochus was in Euboea. 31. ChalciS. 2R,. Obv. Female head, wearing earring ; two long locks of hair hang down her neck, behind, liev. XAAKI. Eagle, standing with open wings, and contending with serpent. Magis- trate's name, M E N EA H . Wt. 84-8 grs. The spread fabric of this coin, the treatment of the hair on the obverse, and the expression in the attitude of the eagle, all point to a late period. 32. Chalcis. JR. Obv. Head of queen as Hera, veiled. liev. XAAKIAEON. Demetex*, holding torch, in quadriga; beneath, ZENOKPATHZ. The whole in oak-wreath. Wt. 254-5 grs. The head on the obverse may be an idealised portrait of the lady of Chalcis whom Antiochus III. married there, in B.C. 191 ; the reverse may commemorate the games held on the occasion of the nuptials. 33. Eretria. M. Obv. Head of Artemis. Eev. EPETPIEON. Bull reclining; beneath, OANIAZ. Wt, 86-5 grs. Probably not earlier than B.C. 200. 34. Pares. JR. Obv. Female head, bound with crossing bands. Hev riAPI. Goat. Magistrate's name, A NAZI K. Wt. 118 grs.
B.C. 280-190. 81 V. c. Plates 44-47. Plate 44. 1. Gallia. Massilia. M. 06u. Head of Artemis, her hair adorned with sprigs of olive ; at her shoulder, bow and quiver. Sev. MAZZAAIHTHN. Lion. Wt. 43 grs. 2. Italia. Kome. M. Denarius. Obv. Head of Roma, wearing winged helmet; behind, X (10 asses). JRev. ROMA (in incuse letters). The Dioscuri, charging, as they appeared at the battle of the Lake Regillus. Wt. 66-7 grs. 3. Eome. M. Qllinarius. Same types ; behind head, V (5 asses). Wt. 34-5 grs. 4. Rome. JR. Sestertius. Same types; behind head, IIS (2 asses and 1 semis). Wt. 16-5 grs. The earliest Roman coinage consists of large clumsy lumps of bronze, aes grave, which were cast in moulds, not struck. Not until B.C. 268 was silver money coined at Rome, and at the same time the issue of gold and silver money was forbidden in all the subject districts of Italy. 5. Rome. M. Victoriatus. 06u. Head of Jupiter. i?(?u. ROMA. Victory crowning trophy of arms ; between Victory and trophy, moneyer's mark, a sow. Wt. 44-5 grs. The victoriate was originally a Campanian coin; but after the fall of Capua, b.c. 211, the Romans transferred the coinage of the victoriate to Rome itself, where it continued to be coined for the use of the Provinces. 6. Rome. AT". Obv. Head of Mars; behind, marks of value (60 sestertii). Bev. ROMA. Eagle, on thunderbolt. Wt. 52 grs. Gold pieces of the value of 60, 40, and 20 sestertii began to be issued by Roman generals in southern Italy B.C. 217, during the war against Hannibal. The work of these coins is Greek. The high values with which they are marked is a proof that they were struck on some exceptional occasion. They are in fact coins of necessity. 7. Romano-Campanian. Af. Obv. Janiform head, laureate. Bev. ROMA. Two soldiers, taking an oath upon a pig, held by a kneeling man. Wt. 106-1 grs. These coins were probably struck between circ. b.c. 318 and 268. 8. Romano-Campanian. JR. Quadrigaius, Obv. Janiform head, laureate. Bev. ROMA (in incuse letters). Jupiter, with thunderbolt and sceptre, in quadriga, accompanied by Victory. Wt. 100-6 grs. G
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Page 83 and 84: PERIOD V. 71 The chief extant works
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