84 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Chalcetor (?) in Caria. — A small bronze coin of the fourth- 

 century, B.C. The site of this town has been recently" 

 identilied at the modern Kara-Koyoun, a few miles south of 

 Euromus. It is, however, still somewhat doubtful whether 

 the coins belong to Chalcetor, or to the small island of Chalcia 

 off the west coast of Rhodes. 



Gordiuteichos in Caria.— A bronze coin probably of the- 

 second century B.C. Obverse, Head of Zeus; reverse, 

 rOPAIOTEIXITXlN, Cultus-statue of Aphrodite with out-- 

 stretched arms. One specimen only of this coinage, now im 

 the Lbbbecke collection, has been hitherto published 

 (Zeitschrift fur Numisraatik, Bd. xv., p. 45, pi. III. 14). 

 The goddess on the reverse is probably the "tutelary divinity 

 of the neighbouring city of Aphrodisias. 



Hydisus in Caria. — A unique bronze coin of the first 

 century, B.C., having on the reverse & bearded standing figure 

 in military costume, perhaps one of the numerous Carian 

 local gods all identified by the Greeks with Zeus, but dis- 

 tinguished by the addition of some local epithet. Hydisus is 

 placed by Kiepert about 25 miles south-east of Alabanda^ 

 Neither coins nor inscriptions of this town were previously 

 known. 



Plarasa and Aphrodias in Caria. — A silver drachm 

 apparently of the first century, B.C. Obverse, Veiled head of 

 Aphrodite; reverse, Eagle on thunderbolt and the name of a 

 local magistrate, MYflN KAAAITTTTOY. 



Cos. — A large bronze coin of Nirkias, a tyrant of Cos, of 

 whom we know little, except that he ruled the island 

 shortly before the time of Augustus. Obverse, a portrait of 

 Nikias. 



Lycia. — A new variety of the extremely rare drachm of the 

 Lycian dynast Kheriga (circ. B.C. 410). Obverse, Head of 

 Athena ; reverse, in Lycian characters, Arinahe (the native 

 ethnic of Xanthus) and Kheriga ; type, Athena armed with 

 spear and shield, and seated on a rock. The name of the 

 Lycian dynast who struck this coin occurs also on the great 

 stele of Xanthus. 



Phaselis in Lycia. — A very interesting silver stater dating: 

 from the second century B.C. Obverse, Head of Apollo ; re- 

 verse, Letter <^, Athena with thunderbolt and aegis, stand- 

 ing on the prow of a ship, beneath which is a magistrate's 

 name. 



Aspendus in Pamphylia. — Five silver staters imf)ressed 

 with countermarks, probably those of bankers, in the fourth 

 century B.C. 



C'llicia. — 



