OF COINS, PLATES I., II.* 



Description of Reverse. 



Plain 



Plain 



Marks of anvil . 



Coin fashioned to represent a shirt. 



Coin fashioned to represent a knife. 



One of the earliest coins extant. 



Incuse divided into five . . ft, tortoise was the symbol of the 



^ Phoenician goddess of trade, 

 I /These coins were issued, with slight 



Eude incuse . . . variation, from the time of Darius 



Hystaspis to the end of the Persian 

 V Empire. 



(A gallery before a fortress ; below, two 



laanga driven by the City, who is] 

 crowned by Victory ; below, the 



( A0AA, armour for prizes .... 



(M ETA. Ear of corn with leaf; on leaf/ 

 mouse ; in field <t>, for magistrate's 

 name 



<t>IAITTTTOY. Biga ; below, trident 

 (mintmark) 



Types copied from last 



CAMV. Ear of bearded corn . 



BAZIAEHZ /Pallas seated, hold- 

 AYSIMAXOY. 



Hebrew inscription : Jerusalem the 

 Holy. Triple lily ....... . 



ASKAAHNITHN THZ IEPAZ ; 

 KAI AZYAOY. Eagle holding a 

 palm ; in the field a monogram, a lesser 

 eagle, and the date LNE (year 55 of 



v the era of Ascalon) ....... ' 



C .CAESAR COS . PON^f . WG. 



(Caius Caesar Consul, Pontifex, 

 Augustus. Head of Augustus . . 



JBRITANNIA. Figure of Roman Brit- 

 \ ain, seated, holding military standard 



/The fortress probably represents Sidon 

 I itself. 



(The chariot-type in Sicily alludes to 

 ' victories with chariots in the Olympic 

 games. 



(The types refer to the plenteous har- 

 vests of the city. 



Prototype of Pannonian, British and 

 Gaulish coins. 



These types spread from tribe to tribe, 

 and crossed over from Gaul to Britain. 



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

 horse representing the biga, and the 

 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. 



These Roman aurei formed the gold 

 currency of the world. 



The prototype of our modern penny. 



Museum, for the information contained in this table 



