OF COINS, PLATES I., II. 



Description of Reverse. 



Remarks. 



Plain 



Plain 



Coin fashioned to represent a shirt. 



Coin fashioned to represent a knife. 



Marks of anvil 



One of the earliest coins extant. 



Incuse divided into five 



the 



Rude incuse 



A. gallery before a fortress ; below, two! 



lions , 



[Quadriga driven by the City, who is\ 

 crowned by Victory ; below, the] 



I AOAA, armour for prizes .... 



M ETA. Ear of com with leaf; on leaf,] 

 mouse ; in field <t>, for magistrate V 

 name 



f <t> I A I TTT7O Y. Biga ; below, tridentl 

 [ (mintmark) 



Types copied from last 



CAMV. Ear of bearded corn 



(BAIIAEni / 

 \AYZIMAXOY.\ 



Pallas seated, hold-] 

 ing Victory, mono- 



grams in field . . J 

 (Hebrew inscription : Jerusalem the 

 i Holy. Triple lily 



AIKAAnNITHN THZ lEPAr 

 KAI AIYAOY. Eagle holding a 

 palm ; in the field a monogram, a lesser 

 eagle, and the date LNE (year 55 of 

 the era of Ascalon) ' 



C . CAESAR COS . FONT" . AVG.) 



(Caius Caesar Consul, Pontifex, 

 Augustus. Head of Augustus . . 



(BRITANNIA. Figure of Roman Brit- 

 \ ain, seated, holding military standard] 



(The tortoise was the symbol of 

 Phoenician goddess of trade, 



/These coins were issued, with slight 

 variation, from the time of Darius 

 Hystaspis to the end of the Persian 

 Empire. 



[The fortress probably represents Sidon 

 I itself. 



("The chariot-type in Sicily alludes to 

 victories with chariots in the Olympic 

 games. 



fThe types refer to the plenteous har- 

 i vests of the city. 



(Prototype of Pannonian, British and 

 \ Gaulish coins. 



/These types spread from tribe to tribe, 

 i and crossed over from Gaul to Britain. 



(This is also a copy of Philip's coin ; the 

 | horse representing the biga, and the 

 I ear of corn the wreath of Apollo. 



/'Some numismatists give these pieces to 

 the time of Ezra. 



(When this coin was struck, Cleopatra 

 ( was nineteen years of age. 



fThese Roman aurei formed the gold 

 currency of the world. 



The prototype of our modern penny. 



Museum, for the information contained in this table. 



