EXPLANATION OF PLATE 46. 



Fig. 1. Stater of Philip II. of Macedon. 



Fig. 2. Uninscribed gold coin of ancient Britons, believed to have been designed after 

 stater of Philip. Gold; weight, 111 grains. 



Fig. 3. Resembles preceding, though bust and horse face toward left. Weight, 114 

 grains. 



Fig. 4. Also uiiiuscribed and of gold. The fillet is of leaves turned upward ; the horse 

 is disjointed, and greater departure from the prototype is apparent. 



Fig. 5. Another gold imitation of the stater, but still greater dissimilarity is appar 

 ent on the reverse. 



Fig. 6. Five small dots are introduced in the face, so as to cover the space between 

 the eyes and hair. Beneath the horse, the helmet, visible in the stater, has 

 become a circle surrounded by small dots. 



Fig. 7. The departure from the prototype is still more interesting in this specimen 

 a nucleated circle, a plain circle, and a pellet appearing beneath the horse 

 in place of the helmet. Doctor Evans, from whom these references were 

 obtained, remarks that this specimen shows &quot;a curious instance of extreme 

 degradation from the type of the Phillipus on the reverse.&quot; 

 The headdress resembles a cruciform ornament, with two open crescents 

 placed back to back in the center. The reverse bears the horse, with both 

 a circle and a wheel-shaped ornament in lieu of the helmet. 



