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tended over a coiled serpent. Beneath his throne is the dog 

 that guarded him in his infancy. This is a representation of 

 the chryselephantine statue of Asklepios at Epidaurus, the 

 work of Thrasymedes of Paros. 



Methyd,riu'm in Ai'cadia. — A rare bronze coin of the fourth 

 century B.C. ; obverse, Head of Zeus ; reverse, Kallisto 

 pierced by the arrow of Artemis. On the ground beside her 

 is her child Arkas. The types are of especial mythological 

 interest. 



lulis in Ceos. — A unique hemidrachm ; obverse, Bunch of 

 grapes ; reverse, Prow. From the Photiades Collection 

 (Imhoof, Griechische M'unzen, pi. I., 38). 



Abydus in the Troad. — A series of ten tetrobols of the 

 fourth century B.C., offering a considerable addition to the 

 list of the names of the eponymous magistrates of the city. 



Dardanus in the Troad. — An unpublished tetrobol of the 

 fourth century B.C. 



Ilium in the Troad. — An interesting bronze coin of Cara- 

 calla, representing a male figure sacrificing at an altar before 

 the Palladium. This figure is identified as Ilos, the legendary 

 builder of Troy, by the accompanying inscription lAOC. 



Cyme in Aeolis.—K silver stater of the third century B.C., 

 weight 1G2 grains, belonging to a period of which, so far as^s 

 known, there are no other specimens ; the series of the 

 Cym?ean tetradrachms of Attic weight being all of the fol- 

 lowing century. 



Methymna in Lesbos. — A rare silver coin with a Gorgon 

 head on the obverse, and a head of Athena on the reverse. 

 Presented by H. Montagu, Esq., F.s.A. 



A tetradrachm of the Alexandrine types, circ. B.C. 200; 

 symbol. Figure of Arion riding on the dolphin. 



Cyzicus in Mysia. — An electrum stater, circ. B.C. 400-350 ; 

 obverse, Apollo riding on a swan, holding in his right hand a 

 laurel branch. 



Lampsacus in Mysia. — A gold stater struck, probably, 

 circ. B.C. 350. This piece is of somewhat unusual fabric, and 

 is especially remarkable for its obverse type, the head of 

 a goddess wearing a saccos and a wreath apparently of 

 lotus. 



PhoGcea in Ionia. — Two small electrum coins of the 

 earliest period, stamped respectively with the head of a seal 

 and the head of a ram. 



An unpublished archaic tetradrachm (sixth century B.C.), 

 conjecturally attributed by Mr. Head (Cat. Ionia, p. 214) to 

 Phoca3a. The obverse type is a griffin walking, and the 



