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XIII.
GREEK COINS ACQUIRED BY THE BRITISH MUSEUM
IN
1885.
(Pl.
XI.)
Few
more
mportant
ales have taken
place
in
recent
years
than that
of
1884,
at which
Mr. James
Whittall's
cabinet,
formed t
Smyrna,
was
dispersed.
The
British
Museum,
although
shortness
f funds
prevented
t from
buying
many
desirable
coins,
was
yet
able
in
consequence
of
that sale to
acquire
in
1885
many
mportant
dditions
to thenationalcabinet. It mayinterest he members f
the
Numismatic
ociety
to
possess
a list
of the more
m-
portant
of
these
acquisitions,
nd
photographic
llustra-
tionsof
a
few selected oins.
The
present
aper
will
not,
however,
mention he
most
important
lass
of
coins
comprised
n the sale
or
purchased
for the
British
Museum,
the electrum
coins
of
Asia
Minor these are
reserved
for
a second
paper
by
Mr.
Head.
Amongthe otherGreek coins acquired are the follow-
ing
Abdera
in
Thrace.
Obv.
Griffinith
ointed ing
rotting
.,in front,
tar.
i-EPIMANAPilNAKTOZ,
written
n
ncuse
and
M.
1. Wt. 199-5
grains.
(Pl.
XI,
1.)
The
trotting riffin
s
very
unusual
on
coins
of
Abdera.
VOL.VI.THIRD ERIES. L L
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NUMISMATIC
HRONICLE.
Aenus in Thrace.
1
Obv. Head of
Hermes
.,
n
round
ileus,
air
plaited.
Rev
AINI.
Goat
r.,
n
field
stragalos
all
in
incuse
square.
M.
*95.
Wt. 250.
2. As last
symbol,
rescent.
JR.
-9. Wt.
250.
8.
As
last
symbol,
ilenus-mask.
JR.
-95.
Wt. 258-5.
4.
Obv. Head
of Hermes
s
above.
Rev.
Al.
Caduceus
all
in
ncuse
quare.
JR.
-45.
Wt.
19-7.
(Pl.
XI,
2.)
5. As
last.
JR.
*4.
Wt. 18.
G.
Obv
Head of
Hermes
n
pileus
hair
hort.
Rev.
A N.
Goatr. in
front,
lub.
M.
'5.
Wt. 20-2.
(Pl.
XI,
8.)
7. As last
before
oat,
plant.
JR.
45.
Wt.
19*8.
8.
Obv
Head
of
Hermes,
hree-quarter
ace,
n
pileus.
Rev.-
Al
N
ION.
Goat
r.,
in
front
mphora;
beneath
astragalos.
JR.
-95.
Wt.
248.
(Pl.
XI,
4.)
9. As
last
before
oat,
growing
lant.
JR.
-95.
Wt. 282-3.
Of
these coins
Nos.
1,
6,
and
8
are
notable
for
their
style and perfect reservation. Nos. 4 and 5 are of a
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GREEKCOINS
ACQUIRED
Y THE BRITISH
MUSEUM.
251
type
new to the British.Museum
but a stater
with the
same
types
was
in
the
Fox collection
Fox,
Rare
Greek
Coins
No.
44),
purchased
rom
Mr.
Whittall and smaller
divisions
are
mentioned
by
Yon
Saliet in his
paper
on
the coins
of
Aenus,
Zeitschr.
.
Num.,
v. 177.
Cotys,
King
of Thrace.
Obv Bearded
ead
1.,
bare.
KO
Rev
Yy
Two-handled
up.
M.
-4.
Wt.
18-7.
Published
by
Imhoof,
Mon.
Gr.,
Pl. C.
5. A
similar
specimenn the BritishMuseumbearsthe egend KOTO
(Cat.
Thrace
p.
202).
Alexander
the Great.
Besides
ordinary
oins
of
Lysimachus
and
Alexander,
we
must
mention
few
important
ieces
of the
latter
king
of the
late
flat
ype,
which
seem
to be
new varieties.
It will be necessaryonly to mentionthe symbols nd
letters
n the
reverse.
1
Mesembria>
MEZAMBPI
M.
I
B.
Wt. 225-8.
2.
Teos.
y|_|
an(*
figure
f bearded
ionysus
.,
n
full
drapery
holds
kantharos
nd
ong hyrsos.
jr. I B. Wt.256-7. (Pl. XI, 5.)
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252
NUMISMATICHRONICLE.
8. Uncertain
ity.
EYIIPO
and bee.
JR.
1-2. Wt.
257*9.
The
figure
f the bearded
Dionysus
is new on coins
of
Alexander
very
probably
t
reproduces
sculptural ype
so
familiar
o the
people
of
Teoa
as to
be
regarded
s an
appropriate mblem orthecity.
Larissa
in
.Thessaly.
1.
Obv. Head of
Nymph acing,
airbound
with aenia on
shoulders
o
fasten er
dress wo
phinxes.
Rev.
AAPIZAI.
Horse
r.,
feeding
below,
Al.
JR. *75.
Wt.
91-4.
This coinhas alreadybeenpublished n thisJournalby
the
Rev.
W. Greenwell
1885,
PL
I, 5,
p.
7),
while tem-
porarily
n
the hands of
Messrs.
Rollin and
Feuardent.
2.
Obv
Head of
Nymph
acing.
Rev
Horse
r.,
feeding.
-8.
Wt.
92.
(Pl.
XI,
7.)
This
is for
beauty
and
preservation
ne of
the
most
perfect
oins n the BritishMuseum.
Magnetes
of
Thessaly.
Obv.
Head of
Artemis
. at
shoulder
ow
and
quiver.
MATNH
Rev
Forepart
f
galley
.
to
r.
^
A^aiv.)
JR.
*6.
Wt.
33.
See Imhoof,Mon. Gr.p. 132.
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254
NUMISMATIC
HRONICLE.
Gargara in Mysia.
Ob
.
Head
of
Apollo
.
Rev.
rAP.
Horse
r.,
galloping
all n incuse
quare.
JR.
-45.
Wt.
22-2.
(Pl.
XI,
8.)
These types ppeartobe newon silverofthiscity
Cebrenia
in Troas.
1.
Obv.
Ram's
head
1.
Rev
Quadripartite
ncuse
quare,
he
alternate
ections
deeper.
M.
-45. Wt.
29-3.
2.
Obv
Barn'shead
r.
Rev.
Quadripartite
ncuse
quare.
A
*4.
Wt.
16*5.
3.
Obv.
KEBRI
Ram'sheadr.
Rev.
As
last.
Ai.
-4.
Wt.
17.
4.
Obv. Ram'shead
r.
Rev. As
ast.
M.
-2.
Wt.
4-5.
5.
Obv.
KEBPHNI.
Two
rams'
heads
back to
back;
between,
loral
attern.
Rev. As
last.
Al.
-4.
Wt.
10-5.
6. Obv.
Ram's
head
r.
Rev. Two small
ncuse
quares
oined
t the
orner.
M. -1. Wt,10.
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ACQUIRED
Y THE
BRITISH.
MUSEUM. 255
7. Obv.
Ram'shead
r.
Rev
Calf'shead
r.,
n incuse
quare.
M.
*4. Wt.
29*5.
8.
Obv. Ram's head 1.
Rev.-
Gorgoneion
n
ncuse
quare.
JR. -4. Wt. 26*8.
9.
Obv.
Ram'shead
1.
Rev. Kantliaros.
Al.
*25.
Wt.
8.
Several
of
these
varieties are
new,
or at least
do
not
appear
n
Dr.
Imhoof's
ist
of the
coinsof
Cebrenia
n
the
Zeitsclir.f.
Num.
y
i.
307.
The following, otpurchasedat the Whittall sale,but
already
n
the British
Museum,
do
not
appear
to
be
pub-
lished
10.
Obv. Ram's
head
1.
Rev.
Gorgoneion
n
ncuse
quare.
M.
*4.
Wt.
27-6.
11. Obv. Head ofApollo ., aur.
Rev.- Ram's
head
r.
M.
B.
Wt.
5*2,
,
3-4,
2*7.
Of
No.
11,
all
four
examples
were
brought
romAsia
by
Mr.
Newton.
They
are
in
poor
preservation,
nd
whatever
egend
they
may
have had has
disappeared
it
is not
mpossible
that
theymay belong
to
Lesbos
or some
other
place,
but the
types
are the same as
appear
on
copperof Cebrenia.
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NUMISMATIC
HR0N1LE.
D
ARDANUSN
TROAS.
Among
the coins
of
Dardanus
acquired
are
two
in-
teresting
ieces
of the
reign
of
Geta.
One has a
repre-
sentation
of
Ganymedes
and
the
eagle.
The other
(Pl.
XI,
6)
is
a
duplicate
of the
coin
discussed
by
me at
p.
79
of
myTypes f
Greek oins
The
type
s
Aeneas
flying
from
Troy
with
one handhe eads
Ascanius,
n
the other
he
holds,
not as one
might xpect
his
father
Anchises,
ut
a
deity
eated
on
a chair.
On
both
the British
Museum
coins
this
nteresting
igure
s
clear. The
deity
s
seated
in
perfectly
igid
attitudewith hands
on
knees on a
high-
backed
seat
the
upper part appears
to
be
undraped,
ut
the knees
are covered with
drapery.
We
have
here
in
all
probability
copy
of some
archaic seated statue
pre-
served at Dardanus and said to have been rescued by
Aeneas
from
urning
lium.
Gergis
in
Troas.
Obv. Head
of
Sibyl,
acing,
aur.
Rev.
FER.
Winged
phinx
eated
.
M.
'35. Wt. 6*2.
(Pl.
XI,
9.)
This coinappearsto be new, n silver. That the types
at
Gergis
are a head
of the
Sibyl
and
a
sphinx
s
expressly
stated
by
Stephanus
f
Byzantium
.v.
Gergis.
Ilium in Troas.
The
only
silvercoins
of Ilium
mentioned
n
the
ist
in
Schliemams
lios
(p.
641)
are the tetradrachms
f flat
fabric.
But
a
hemidrachm
imilar to the
following
s
publishedbyFox (ii. PI. Ill, 47).
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COINS
ACQUIRED
Y
THE
BRITISH
MUSEUM.
257
Obv.
Head of
Athene
.,
n
Corinthian
elmet.
Rev.
IAl.
Athene
walking
o
1.,
polos
on
head,
holds
n
r.
spear
boundwith
illet
in
1.,
spindle
at herfeet
owl
1. and
ty.
M.
'55. Wt.
82.
(Pl.
XI,
11.)
Gambrium n Ionia.
I am not aware
that
any
silver
coins
of
Gambrium
ave
been hitherto
ublished
the
following
pecimen
s of
the
same
types
s the
ordinary
opper
-
Obv
Head
of
Apollo
.
aur.
Rev
r
AM.
Forepart
fbull
r.,
butting.
A
'4. Wt.
26.
(Pl.
XI,
10.)
This is a coinofthickfabric nd verygood style, truck
early
n
the fourth
entury
.c.
Heracleia
in Ionia.
Obv Head
of
Pallas
r.,
n crested
orinthian
elmet.
Rev
M.
-6. Wt.
88-2.
(Pl.
XI,
12.)
This piece seems to be contemporarywiththe large
tetradrachms
f Heracleia.
The standard
s
that
in
use
in
the
third
entury
t
Miletus
and
Ephesus
(Head,
Coin-
age
of
Ephesus,
eriod
VII).
Miletus
in
Ionia.
Obv
Head
of
Apollo
.,
aur.
Rev
NI.
MAIANAPIOZ.
Lion
1.
ooking
ack
t
star.
M. -9. Wt.
161*2.
A fine xampleof therare staters fMiletus.
vol.
v.
third
series.
m
m
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NUMISMATICHRONICLE.
Samos.
I
regret
o
say
that
was
misinformed
s
to
the
weight
of
some of
the
coins of
Mr. WhittalTs
collection
pub-
lished n
my
Samos
Num,
Ckron
,
1882).
Pl.
I,
6,
p.
27,
weighs
not 39
grs.
but
32*7 Pl.
I, 7,
weighs
not
9
grains
but 4*4
and
the
variety
f
the same coin
(p.
27,
No.
4)
weighs
5*1. Thesecorrections
nfortunately
till further
increase
hedoubt
with
which
classed
the
coins
to Samos.
Ceramus
in
Caria.
1.
Obv. Head of
City
.,
wearing
urreted
rown.
Rev
KE.
Caduceus
all
in
wreath.
m.
-65.
2.
Similar.
m.
-5.
3. Obv Head of
Artemis
,
aur.
quiver
t
shoulder.
Rev.-
KE.
Sceptre
beside
t,
bipennis.
iE.
*5.
A coin
resembling
No.
3
is
stated
by
Dr.
Friedlnder
to
have been
procured
in
Caria
by
Schnborn
j
Beri.
Bltter
iii.
13).
The
attribution f
1 and
2,
which
seem
to
be
unpublished,
s
more
dubious.
They
must,
how-
ever,
belong
to
the Asiatic
Coast,
and
as
Cebrenia,
Celen-
deris, and Ceretapedid notstrikecoins at thisparticular
time,
the second
century
.c.,
Ceramus is
the most
pro-
bable attribution.
Chersonesus
in
Caria.
Obv
Head
of
ion
r.,
mouth
pen.
Rev
+EP.
Head
and
neck f
bull
r. all n
ncuse
quare.
JR.
-4.
Wt. 18-5.
(Pl.
XI,
18.)
Statersof thistypewerefirst ttributed o theCarian
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GREEK
COINS
ACQUIRED
Y THE BRITISHMUSEUM.259
Chersonesus
by
M.
Six
(
Zeitschr
f.
Num
iii.,
p.
345).
The
present
mall
coin,
being
from
collection
ormed t
Smyrna,
would
confirm
his
attribution
f
it
needed
con-
firmation.
Cnidus
? in Caria.
1. Obv. Forepartf ionwith penmouth o1.
Rev
Square
ncuse
ivided
iagonally
y
band.
jr.
*8. Wt.
164-8.
Published
by
the
Rev.
W.
Greenwell,
Num. Ghron
,
1885
(Pl.
I,
10,
p.
10).
The
attribution o
Cnidus,
how-
ever,
s far from ertain
Lycia
has a
claim
quite
as
good.
2.
Obv
KNIAI2N.
Head of
Aphrodite
.,
hair n
sphen-
done
behind,
row
f
hip.
Rev Z Y ] N. YoungHerakleskneeling.,strangling
serpents.
jr.
-9.
Wt. 164*8.
(Pl.
XI,
15.)
This is
a coin
of the well-known
alliance
formed
y
several
citiesof
Asia after
he
victory
f
Conon
at
Cnidus
in b.c. 394.
(See
Waddington,
Mlanges
e Num
ii.
p.
8.
PL
II,
No.
4).
The
present
example
differs
rom
that
figured
y
Mr.Waddington
n the
position
f
the
prow.
Lycia.
1. Obv.
Dolphin
.
below,
ouble
ine
of
dots.
ReVt
KO.
Triquetra,
f
which
one
prong
ends n
a
griffin's
ead.
jr.
-8.
Wt.
147*8.
(Pl.
XI,
16.)
2
Obv. Shell
murex).
Rev.-
M
EX.
Young
male
head
facing
Apollo
),
wears
chlamys.
JR. -35. Wt.8. (Pl. XI, 14.)
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NUMISMATIC
HRONICLE.
These
are
nteresting
arieties
f
the
Koprlle
and Mithra-
pata
classes
respectively.
The
triquetra
combined
with
cocks'
heads and
serpents'
heads is
already
known but
the
combination
with the
griffin's
ead I
believe
to be
new,
and the form
certainly
ends to confirm
he
theory
as
to the solar
meaning
of
the
triquetra,
he
griffin
eing
specially sacred to the solar Apollo. These coins are
mentioned
n
M. Six's
lists in the
Revue
Numismatique
f
this
year,
p.
168,
No.
160,
and
p.
423,
No.
246
;
but as
M. Six had
only
the
Whittall
Sale
Catalogue
to
go
by,
his
descriptions
re
not
quite
correct.
Pinara in
Lycia.
Obv. Head
of
Apollo
.,
aur.
Rev.- ni. Lyre all inshallowncuse quare.
M.
*65.
Wt.
29-4.
This coin
of
the
Lycian
League
type
seemsto
be
unpub-
lished. Mr. Warren
(
Federal
Coinage
p.
39)
remarks
that
all
the six
principal
cities
of
the
League
except
Pinara,
have
left
League
coins
no
doubt
some
specimen
of
Pinara
will be
hereafter
iscovered.
This
prophecy
s
now fulfilled.
Syria : Antiochus I.
Obv.
Head of
Seleucus
.,
r. diad.
with
orn f
bull.
Rev*
T*I0X0Y
seated
1. on
om-
phalos,
naked,
olds
n
r.
hand
bow
1. rests
n
omphalos
in
field
2C-
JR,
1-15.
Wt.
261*5.
(PL
XI,
17.)
This
coin bears a fine
portrait
of
Seleucus.
Similar
pieces are published by Imhoof {Mon. Gr, . 423), who
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NUMISMATIC
HRONICLE.
Antiochus VII. Euergetes.
1.
Obv.
Head
ofthe
King
r.,
diad.
BAZIAEX1Z
Rev
ANTIOXOY
Oriental
eity
Sardanapalus)
.
EYEPrET[OY
on hornedion
r.
hand
aised,
n 1.
bipennis.
M. *7. Wt. 64.
A tetradrachm
f Antiochus
VII
of
this
type
is
pub-
lished
in the
Catalogue
of
Seleucidae
and a
drachm
of
Demetrius
I.
The
present
oin is
remarkably
lear in
details cf.
mhoof,
Mon.
Gr.y
l.
II,
14.
2.
Obv
Head
of
he
King
r.,
diad.
Rev
Same
inscr.
Tyche
eated 1.
on
throne
upported
bywingedmonster,
olds
ceptre nd cornuco-piae inex.twomonograms.
rn.
-75.
Wt.
63-2.
This
is
a
drachm
with
the
type
of
Demetrius
,
a
type
new
to
the
coinage
of Antiochus
VII.
Barce
in
Cyrenaica.
0')Vm
KAI.
Head
ofZeus Ammon .
Rev. Three tems fsilphiumpringingrom necentre.
M.
-45. Wt.
15.
A
trihemiobol
f
Attic
standard not n
Mller.
Cyrene
in
Cyrenaica.
1. Obv Lion's
head
facing;
bove
t
silphium
eed.
Rev. Head
and
neck f
griffin
r
serpent
.
in
ncuse.
M. '6. Wt.61*3.
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2.
Obv.
Silphium
eed.
Rev
Female
head,
.,
probably
f
Cyrene
in
incuse.
M
-4.
Wt.
31-8.
These
two
coins are
published
by
the
Rev.
W. Green-
well
in
tlie
Num.
Chron
for1885
(Pl.
1,
13,
14).
Euesperis in Cyrenaica.
Obv
E
VEZ.
Head
of
Zeus Ammon.
in
ncuse
quare.
Rev
Silphium
lant.
M.
-65.
Wt.
47-3.
M.
*55.
Wt.
19'7.
I
add
descriptions
f
three oins
purchased
n 1885
from
other
ources
Mallus in Cilicia.
Obv
Bearded
ead
of
Herakles
.,
bound
with aenia.
Rev.
MA.
Demeter
.,
clad
n
ong
chiton
nd
scarf,
air
in
sphendone
holds
n r.
hand
torch,
n 1. ear
of
corn;
to
1.
barleycorn.
M.
*9.
Wt.
160.
(PL
XI,
19.)
See Zeitschr.
.
Num.
xii. PI.
XIII, 13,
p.
333,
where
is
published
a
similar
coin
from
the
collection
f
Herr
Loebbecke.
Uncertain of Asia.
Obv.
Archaic
head
of
Aphrodite
1.
hair
in formal
urls,
wears
arring.
Rev
Square
ncuse
of
irregular
orm beside
t,
a
second
incuse.
M.
*8.
Wt.
153-1.
(PL
XI,
20.)
This
coin,
which
was
purchased
of
Mr.
Lawson,
of
Smyrna,
s
interesting
s
being
probably
he earliest
coin
in existencebearingas type a human head. It follows
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NUMISMATICHRONICLE.
the Persian
standard,
nd
was
in
all
probability
minted
at some
city
on
the southcoast of Asia Minor. One
would
feel inclined to
suggest
Cnidus,
but that all the
early
coins
which
can
be
given
with
certainty
o Cnidus
follow
the
Aeginetan
standard.
The coins
published
by
the Rev.
W.
Greenwell,
Num. Chron
1885
(Pl.
1, 10,
11),
follow
thePersian standard,but theirattribution o Cnidus is
doubtful.
Egypt : Ptolemy
II.
Obv
Head
of
Ptolemy
.,
di d. and
wearing
gis.
Rev
nTOAEMAIOY BAZIAE2Z.
Eagle
1.,
wings
closed,
n thunderboltto
1.
W,
to
r. wheel
n
countermark.
M.
1-8.
Wt.
482-7.
See
Feuardent,
Demetrio
Coll.
(Pl.
II,
No.
102).
This
rare
octadrachm,
pparently
truck at
Miletus
by
Ptolemy
I,
is
the
only
coin
of
that
denomination n
the
British
Museum.
Percy
Gardner.
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