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e nted as seen from the front, and not, as on other Museum 

 specimens, from the back. 



(b.) Asia. 



Bithynia. — Nicomedes II., B.C. 149-95. A tetradrachm, in 

 fine condition, dated A. S. TOP (= 173 = B.C. 140). Pre- 

 sented by Sir Henry Bunbury, Bart. 



Pariwm in Mysia. — A tetradrachm circ. B.C. 150, of which 

 only one other variety is known, now in the collection of Corpus 

 Christi Coll., Cambridge. Obverse, Head of veiled Demeter ; 

 reverse, Apollo 'AktoIoq standing between flaming altar and 

 omphalos. The magistrate's name is ANAPIlNIK[OZ]. 



Ephesus in Ionia. — A gold stater, the second which the 

 Museum has been able to acquire of the six which are known. 

 These coins were struck during the revolt of Asia against 

 Roman rule between B.C. 87 and 84. 



Miletus in Ionia. — A tetradrachm of Attic weight struck 

 shortly after the liberation of many cities of Asia after the 

 defeat of Antiochus in B c. 190. Only one other specimen of 

 this coin is known (Hist. Num., p. 505;, and the two examples 

 bear different signatures. 



Alabanda in Caria.—A very fine example of the silver 

 coinage of Alabanda, struck before Antiochus had changed 

 the name of Alabanda to Antiochia. 



Cnidus in Caria. — An excessively rare tetradrachm of the 

 end of the 4th century B.c , bearing a head of Aphrodite 

 Euploia on the obverse, accompanied by her symbol, the prow 

 of a galley, iiererse, Forepart of Lion and magistrate's name, 

 KAAAI(|)PnN. 



Cnidus in Caria. — A tetradrachm of the highest rarity 

 struck after B.C. 300 ; obverse, a head of Aphrodite, differing 

 in every detail from the preceding, and accompanied by a 

 helmet as an adjunct symbol and signed, [0E]YMEAnN. 



Cos.— A remarkably fine specimen of the very scarce series 

 of tetradrachms, of which only eight varieties are known, 

 struck between B.C. 300 and 190 ; obverse. Head of youthful 

 Herakles of fine style ; reverse. Crab and magistrate's names 



rNnziAiKOZ. 



Rhodes. — A gold stater of the Lysimachian regal type. 

 Legend on reverse, AYZIMAXOY and Rhodian magistrate's 

 name, APIZTOBOYAOZ. Symbols, Rose of Rhodes and 

 Trident of Byzantium. This highly interesting gold coin, of 

 which only one other example has come to light (that in 

 the De Luynes Collection at Paris), is copied from the gold 

 staters of Byzantium of the 3rd century B.c , which are them- 

 selves copies of the coins of KingLysimachus. The Rhodian 



125. stater 



