DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 89 



Corinth. — Antoninus Pius. Reverse, View of the harbour 

 of Cenchreae, on the mole in front of which stands a colossal 

 statue of Isis Pharia, in place of the Poseidon which, on 

 other coins, occupies the same position. 



Corinth. — Marcus Aurelius. Reverse, Rock Fountain, the 

 npper part sculptured into the form of Skylla ; in front, a 

 "basin to catch the water. Not described by Pausanias 

 among the many fountains which adorned the city. (Pans. 

 II. 3, 5.) 



Corinth. — Marcus Aurelius. Reverse, the Isthmus of 

 Corinth personified as a Genius holding two rudders symbo- 

 lizing the two harbours on either side of the isthmus. 



Argos. — PJautilla. Reverse, the infant Opheltes slain by 

 the serpent. 



A;ptera in Crete. — A very fine silver stater of the fourth 

 century B.C. Obverse, Head of Artemis of Aptera wearing 

 sphendone ; reverse. Armed warrior standing before a tree 

 to which he raises his hand in adoration. The warrior is 

 probably the local hero, Apteros or Pteras, the founder of the 

 city. The inscription is PTOAIOIKOZ, which is, perhaps, 

 equivalent to TroXtiDg otjctorr/c. 



Syhrita in Crete. — A drachm of the period B.C. 330-280, 

 weighing 68 grains. Obverse, Head of young Dionysos 

 crowned with ivy ; reverse. Ibex' head and spear. 



(b.) Asia :- — 



Asia Minor. — A gold stater of Antigonus rex Asiae. This 

 coin (the second and the only good specimen known) was 

 struck by Antigonus, the father of Demetrius Poliorcetes, 

 who assumed the title BacnXevg in B.C. 306. The figure of 

 Nike on the reverse of this coin holds an acrostolium in 

 allusion to the great naval victory gained by the fleet of 

 Antigonus over that of Ptolemy off Cyprus in B.C. 306. 



Attaea in Mysia.—Trsijsin. Reverse €TTI AN0. C€KOYN. 



Draped Zeus. The late M. Waddington (Fastes, p. 167) 

 assigned this coin to P. Metilius Secundus, Proconsul of Asia 

 under Trajan. 



Lampsaciis in Mysia.—A very remarkable second century 

 tetradrachm having on the obverse an expressive head of 

 Priapus, the chief divinity of Lampsacus, bearded and bound 

 with ivy, and doubtless copied from some famous statue of 

 Priapus at Lampsacus. On the reverse is Apollo Kitharoedos 

 in long robes, and carrying lyre and plectrum. Beneath the 

 type is the name of a magistrate who must have belonged to 

 a family of considerable importance for the names of both 

 his father and grandfather are added, AHMHTPIOY TOY 

 AHMHTPIOY TOY MIKAAOY. 



