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5. Assus in Mysia. Obv. Head of Pallas helmeted, to r. Rev. 

 A gryphon seated ;* below, a tortoise. Leg. A2S. "Weight — 5 dwts. 



7. Athens. Obv. Head of Athene helmeted, to r. Rev. "Warrior 

 hurling a dart. Leg. AOE.f "Weight — 3 dwts. 



8. Athens, Obv, Head of Athene helmeted, to r. Rev. "Warrior 

 hurling a dart. Leg. A0E, [Here the E stands between the A and 

 the ©.] Weight— 6 dwts. 



9. BrutiiJ Gr, Brettii, Obv. Head of Mars bearded and hel- 

 meted, to 1. Rev. Pallas striding to r , holding a shield before her 

 with both hands ; a spear resting against the left shoulder ; below 

 the shield a tripod. Leg. BPETTmN. Weight— 8 dwts. 



10. Cales in Campania. Obv. Head of Pallas helmeted, to 1. 

 Rev. A cock crested and spurred ;§ behind, a star. Leg. KAAENON. 

 Weight 4i^ dwts. 



11. Centoripa in Sicily. |1 Obv. Head of Ceres, to r. Rev. A 

 plough and bird.^ In the field, one globule. Leg. KENTO. 

 Weight — l^ dwts. 



12. Cephaloedium in Sicily.** Obv. Head of Hercules bearded, 



* " The Greek griffin is curiously like the Persepolitan, and both are appa- 

 rently derived from the winged lion of the Assyrians, which was the emblem of 

 the god Nergal, or Mara-." — Note in Rawlinson's Herodotus, iii. 23. The story of 

 the "gold-guarding griffins" {vide Herod., loc. cit.), arose from the jealous care 

 of the natives of the Siberian gold-regions, to prevent the intrusion of strangers. 



f " In antiquissimis Atheniensium numis A0E, pro A0H, seu AGHNAinN, 

 atque 0EBH pro 0HBH, et in monetis Cretensis urbis Phaesti 0E2EY2 pro 0H2EY2 

 invenimus." — Rasche, iii. 495. 



t " Popnlus in extremo Italiae angulo multas et preeclaras urbes complexug, 

 quae ingente numero et rara elegantia numos dedere." — Eckhel, i. 166. 



§ " Rationem sociati cum Pallade galli adfert Pausanias. Nam cum videret, 

 gallum Minervae cassidi in ejus simulacro insidere, istud factum adfirmat, quod 

 haec avis omnium est pugnacissima." — Eckhel, i. 101. 



II Centoripa (neut. plur.) and Centuripae. KevTovp'nrai Ptol. Quantity not 

 given by Gesner in his Onomasticon ; nor by Drisler, in his Ed, of Liddell and 

 Scott. The modern name is Centorbe. 



IT " Cicero describes the Centuripini as summi aratores, and as farming largely 

 in every part of Sicily." — Leake, Numismata Hellenica, sub nom. 



•♦ Cephaloedium is said to be derived from cephalus, the thunny-fish, an article 

 of commerce in the Mediterranean. In the lines — 



" Quaeque procelloso Cephaloedias ora profundo 

 Caeruleis horret campis pascentia cete," 

 from Silius Italicus (xiv. 252), "horret" graphically describes a vast shoal of 



