92 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



(iii.) Mazaeus (b.c. 362-328), Baal of Tarsus enthroned, 

 holding vine-branch ; reverse, Lion devouring Stag, and name 

 of the satrap Mazaeus in Aramaic characters. 



Tarsus in Cilicia. — A rare bronze coin of Gordian III, 

 with a somewhat elaborate representation of the wreath 

 worn by the High Priests of the worship of the Augusti, 

 decorated with small busts of the Emperors. 



Cilicia. — A large and varied series of interesting bronze 

 coins of Cilician towns, among which is one of Mopsus with, 

 on the reverse, a mule carrying emblems of the local god 

 Dionysos KaWiKupTrog, and one of Olba bearing the name of 

 the High Priest Ajax, time of Tiberius. 



Cyprus. — A ver}^ rare drachm of Evagoras I, B.C. 410-374. 

 Obverse, E.u.va. in Cypriote characters, Herakles seated ; 

 reverse, Pa.si.le.o.se. ( = Bao-(X£a>^-) Goat recumbent. 



Caesarea in Cappadocia.- — Gordian III. Reverse, Agalma 

 of Mount Argaeus on an altar inscribed MHTPOTT. KAIC.6N. 

 The letters €N stand for ivTzixiov, proving that Caesarea was 

 a walled city in Gordian's reign. 



Hieropolis (Bamhyce) in Syria. An extremely interesting 

 and very rare silver stater. Obverse, a seated figure of Baal, 

 and the name of Alexander the Great in Aramaic characters ; 

 reverse, the Syrian goddess Atergatis riding on a lion, and 

 an Aramaic legend in the field. (See Num-. Chron., 1878, 

 p. 103.) 



Syria, Regal. — Demetrius IF, second reign, B.C. 130-125. 

 A fine specimen of the very rare tetradrachm, struck at 

 Tarsus by Demetrius after his ten years captivity among the 

 Parthians. His portrait on the obverse is bearded, and is 

 intentionally assimilated to that of the bearded Dionysos. 

 (Cf. the title ©EOS)- The reverse type is a representation 

 of the pyramidal structure known as the pyre of Sandan, the 

 Assyrian Herakles, which was burnt at the annual festival 

 of the god of Tarsus. Sandan was identified by the Greeks 

 with Sardanapalus. The god is seen sculptured on the face 

 of the pyramid standing on the back of a horned leonine 

 monster. 



Syria, Regal. — Cleopatra Thea and Antiochus VIII. 

 (Grypus). A very rare tetradrachm bearing two fine portraits 

 of the Queen and her son, struck at Tarsus during the 

 minority of the young king (B.C. 125-121). The reverse 

 shows the same pyramidal monument as the preceding coin. 



Tyre in P/ioemcm.— Gordian III. Reverse, Agalmata, 

 side by side, of the "Ambrosial Rocks," flanked by star and 

 crescent (sun and moon), between a tree and a thymiaterion. 

 In the exergue, AM'BP0CI€ TTAITP€. {Cf. Hist. Num., 

 p. 676). 



