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

82 PERIOD V. C.
In B.C. 268, when tlie denarmswas first coined at Eome,
the Campanian silver was restricted to the Quadrigatus
(of which this is an example) and the Victoriatus.
9. Campania. Cales. M. 06u. Head of Athena. i2eu. CALENO.
Nike, in biga. Wt. 113 grs.
This town was colonised from Rome in B.C. 3.34. The
silver money which bears its name must be attributed to
the period between this year and B.C. 268.
10. Suessa. M. Obv. Head of Apollo ; behind, ear of corn. Eev.
SVESANO. Horseman, carrying palm, riding on one and leading
a second horse. Wt. 113-2 grs.
Suessa was occupied by a Roman colony about B.C. 313.
Like Cales, it ceased to coin silver in B.C. 268.
11. Nuceria Alfaterna. M. Obv. Name of town, in Oscan
characters. Young male head, with ram's horn ; behind, dolphin.
Bev. One of the Dioscuri, standing beside horse. Wt. 110*3 gx's.
The silver money of this city is contemporary with
that of Cales and Suessa.
12. Teanum Sidicinum. JR. Obv. Head of young Herakles, in
lion's skin ; beneath, club. Hev. Name of town, in Oscan characters.
Nike, in triga. Wt. 107-5 grs.
This coin is clearly contemporary with No. 9, of Cales.
13. Apulia. Arpi. M. Obv. AP^^UQ.H. Head of Persephone
behind, ear of corn. Eev. AfiiXO\. Prancing horse ; above, star.
Wt. 110-8 grs.
The name of the magistrate on this coin recalls that of
Dasius Altinius, mentioned by Livy as chief magistrate
of Arpi during the Hannibalic war.
Plate 45. 14. Calabria. Tarentum. A/". Obv. Head of Herakles. Bev.
TAPANTINQN. Taras, holding trident, driving biga ; beneath,
API, and thunderbolt. Wt. 132 grs.
This coin is the latest in style of all the gold money
of Tarentum. It seems to belong to the time of the Second
Punic War, B.C. 212-209. Cf. IV. C. 13, which is of the
same type, but much earlier.
15. Tarentum. M. Obv. Boy on horse, received by naked man;
beneath, APIZTHl. Bev. Taras, holding bow and arrow, riding
on dolphin ; beneath, elephant, Wt. 98-5 grs.
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