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 ...
86 PERIOD V. C. 40. Sicily. Tauromenium. M. Obv. Head of Apollo ; behind, star. i2ev. TAYPOMENITAN. Tripod. Wt. 50-9 grs. The weight of this coin, no less than the style, proves it to belong to the age of Hiero II. 41. Africa. Carthage. EL. Obv. Head of Persephone. Bev. Horse standing. "Wt. 115*5 grs. This coin, though identical in type with IV. C. 35, is not only of a reduced standard, but of a metal much alloyed with silver ; a considerable deterioration of style may also be detected. 42. Carthage. M. Obv. Head of Persephone. Bev. Prancing horse. Wt. 700 grs. This large coin is a Punic dodecadrachm. A comparison of the debased and exaggerated style of these coins with the more correct art of the coins of the previous period shows that they belong to a later age. They were probably struck in the interval between the first and second Punic Wars, B.C. 241-218. 43. Carthage. M. Obv. Head of Persephone. Bev. Horse, looking back. Wt. 82-9 grs. This coin is contemporary with the last. 44. Cyrene. JR. Obv. Head of Zeus Ammon, with ram's horn, and bound with taenia. Bev. KOI N ON. Silphium plant. Wt. 117 grs. The coins with this legend were issued for the whole district of Cyrenaica during a short period of independence, when Ecdemus and Demophanes, citizens of Megalopolis, went over to Africa at the invitation of the people of Cyrene to regulate their affairs, circa B.C. 243.
B.C. 190-100. 91 13. Tenedos. M. TENEAIQN. Types similar to I. A. 19. Wt. 257-8 grs. After an interval of about a century and a half, Tenedos, probably in B.C. 189, regained her freedom, and began to issue flat tetradrachms on the Attic standard. A comparison of the forms of the letters and of the style of the art with those of the earlier coins is highly instructive. Cf. I. A. 19 and III. A. 20. 14. Cyme. JR. Obv. Female head (the Amazon Cyme ?), bound with taenia. Bev. KYMAIQN. Bridled horse and one-handled vase. In exergue, magistrate's name, KAAAIAZ. The whole in laurelwreath. Wt. 250 grs. The flat tetradrachms of this town begin, as elsewhere, in 189, when its freedom was confirmed. 15. Myrina. JR. Obv. Head of Apollo. Eev. MYPINAIQN. Apollo, with lustral branch and patera. In front, omphalos and vase. The whole in laurel-wreath. Wt. 257 grs. The types of these coins refer to the ancient oracle of Apollo at Grynium, within the territory of Myrina. Plate 50, 16. Erythrse. A/". Obv. Head of young Herakles, in lion's skin. Bev. EPY. Figure, in short chiton, holding spear and pomegranate (?), and wearing headdress of Ephesian Artemis. Magis- trate's name in field. Wt. 43-5 grs. Erythree may have coined gold between B.C. 190 and 133, when it was in the enjoyment of full autonomy, or during the Mithridatio War, B.C. 88-84. 17. Heraclea. JR. Obv. Head of Athena, wearing helmet richly ornamented with foreparts of horses, as on contemporary coins of Athens. i?er. HPAKAEQTQN. Club, in oak-wreath ; symbol, Nike. Wt. 250-6 grs. The tetradrachms of this Ionian city (b.c. 190-133) were formerly attributed to Heraclea Sintica in Macedonia, but erroneously. 18. Lebedus. JR. (96r. Head of Athena. i?a'. AEBEAION. Owl, on club, between cornucopiae. The whole in laurel-wreath. Magis- trate's name, AnOAAOAOTOZ. Wt. 255-5 grs. 19. Magnesia. M. Obv. Head of Artemis. Bev. MArNHTON. Apollo beside tripod, on maeander pattern. Magistrate's name, EYHMOZ riAYZANIOY. The whole in laurel-wreath. Wt. 254 grs.
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86 PERIOD V. C.<br />
40. Sicily. Tauromenium. M. Obv. Head <strong>of</strong> Apollo ; behind,<br />
star. i2ev. TAYPOMENITAN. Tripod. Wt. 50-9 grs.<br />
The weight <strong>of</strong> this coin, no less than <strong>the</strong> style, proves<br />
it <strong>to</strong> belong <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> age <strong>of</strong> Hiero II.<br />
41. Africa. Carthage. EL. Obv. Head <strong>of</strong> Persephone. Bev.<br />
Horse st<strong>and</strong>ing. "Wt. 115*5 grs.<br />
This coin, though identical in type with IV. C. 35, is<br />
not only <strong>of</strong> a reduced st<strong>and</strong>ard, but <strong>of</strong> a metal much<br />
alloyed with <strong>silver</strong> ; a considerable deterioration <strong>of</strong> style<br />
may also be detected.<br />
42. Carthage. M. Obv. Head <strong>of</strong> Persephone. Bev. Prancing<br />
horse. Wt. 700 grs.<br />
This large coin is a Punic dodecadrachm. A comparison<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> debased <strong>and</strong> exaggerated style <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se <strong>coins</strong> with<br />
<strong>the</strong> more correct art <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>coins</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> previous period<br />
shows that <strong>the</strong>y belong <strong>to</strong> a later age. They were probably<br />
struck in <strong>the</strong> interval between <strong>the</strong> first <strong>and</strong> second<br />
Punic Wars, B.C. 241-218.<br />
43. Carthage. M. Obv. Head <strong>of</strong> Persephone. Bev. Horse, looking<br />
back. Wt. 82-9 grs.<br />
This coin is contemporary with <strong>the</strong> last.<br />
44. Cyrene. JR. Obv. Head <strong>of</strong> Zeus Ammon, with ram's horn, <strong>and</strong><br />
bound with taenia. Bev. KOI N ON. Silphium plant. Wt.<br />
117 grs.<br />
The <strong>coins</strong> with this legend were issued for <strong>the</strong> whole<br />
district <strong>of</strong> Cyrenaica during a short period <strong>of</strong> independence,<br />
when Ecdemus <strong>and</strong> Demophanes, citizens <strong>of</strong> Megalopolis,<br />
went over <strong>to</strong> Africa at <strong>the</strong> invitation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> people<br />
<strong>of</strong> Cyrene <strong>to</strong> regulate <strong>the</strong>ir affairs, circa B.C. 243.
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