DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 77 



Temnus in Aeolis. — A rare silver coin of the fourth century 

 B.C. Obverse, Head of Apollo ; reverse, T A Two-handled 

 vase. Presented by Alfred J. Laiuson, Esq. 



Colophon in Ionia. — A rare bronze coin of Domitian with 

 reverse inscription, KAAPIC (for KAAPIOC), accompanying 

 the seated figure of Apollo. 



Ephesus. — Seven silver staters of the fourth century B.C. 

 bearing names of Ephesian Prytaneis, which are all new to 

 the Museum and in part unpublished. 



Ephesus. — A cistophorus of the Praetor, C. Fannius, with 

 the name APATOC in the exergue. The latter name may 

 serve to explain the letters A PAT (in monogram) on con- 

 temporary cistophori of Ephesus and Pergamum. 



Ephesus. — A bronze coin of Valerian. Reverse, Artemis 

 seated on a mountain, pouring a libation. A type not known 

 to occur elsewhere. 



Nysa in Lydia.— A bronze coin of Otacilia Severa with 

 new name of Grammateus, TP. AYP. TATIANOY 

 ANTIOXOY 



Saitta in Lydia. — ^A bronze coin of Elagabalus with 

 reverse, Asklepios. Of the existence of this town, probably 

 situated in the valley of the Ilgi-chai (Hyllus), a tributary 

 of the Hermus, the coins are at present the sole record. 



Aezani in Phrygia. — An unpublished " dedication medal- 

 lion," in bronze, of M. Aui-elius, inscribed €YPYKAHC TH 

 rePOYCIA AIZAN. Type, two Corybantes, face to face, 

 each armed with shield, spear, and short sword or dagger. 



Laodicea in Phrygia. — A bronze coin of Imperial times. 

 Obverse, bust of Zeus with inscription, Z€YC AC6IC. The 

 epithet here applied to the Laodicean Zeus is supposed 

 (Ramsay, Cities and Bishoprics, I., p. 33) to be equivalent 



to VTpKJTOg. 



Lycia. — A unique silver stater bearing the name of the 

 dynast Khariga (aire. B.C. 410) in Lycian characters. 

 Obverse, Head of Athena ; reverse, Athena seated. 



Amblada in Pisid.ia. — A rare bronze coin of Valerian. 

 Reverse, AMB/\AAe£lN AAK6AAI. Trophy. 



Prostanna in Pisidia. — -A bronze coin of Severus Alexan- 

 der. Reverse, nPOCTANN€nN 0€MIC. Three athletes 

 drawing lots from an agonistic urn at the Games called Qe/uiiSeg 

 (cp. Revue Numismatique, 1869, p. 39). 



Claudiopolis Ninica in Cilicia —Bronze coins of Maxi- 

 minus, inscribe4 COL NINICA AV and COL NINI CLA. 



