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of uninscribed coins, most of which it is, nevertheless, quite 

 possible to attribute to the localities to which they belong 

 from the devices which they bear. The majority of these 

 types are clearly characteristic of Ionian and other towns on 

 the western coast of Asia Minor and in the adjacent 

 islands. 



Ionia. — Ancient electrum and silver currency. Eight 

 tritae, six hectae, nine hemi-hectae, one twenty-fourth, one 

 forty-eighth, and five silver coins. The types of these archaic 

 specimens of the primitive coinage of the Ionian coast towns 

 are frequently obscure, but, as examples of the various 

 divisions of the stater current in very early times, they are 

 hardly less interesting on this account, and afford valuable 

 material for metrological researches. 



Glazomenae in Ionia. — Three archaic silver coins of the 

 ram's head type. The largest specimen has a lizard beneath 

 the ram's head ; reverse, Gorgoneion, in incuse square. Both 

 ram and lizard are symbols of Apollo, the god specially wor- 

 shipped at Glazomenae, and, as the Gorgoneion occurs on 

 early coins of Glazomenae, the attribution of the newly 

 discovered specimens to that town may be accepted as all 

 but certain. 



Gamirus in Rhodes. — A fine and rare archaic silver stater. 

 Obverse, Fig-leaf. Reverse, Incuse square. 



Lycia. — An archaic silver stater which is in style a con- 

 necting link between the earliest Lycian issues and the Lycian 

 currency of the fifth century B.C. 



Selge inPisidia.—A unique archaic silver stater, weighing 

 157'3 grs. Obverse, Gorgoneion ; reverse. Forepart of lion 

 in incuse square. The attribution of this coin to Selge may 

 be considered as almost certain. This city was a Spartan 

 settlement on the southern slope of the Taurus range, and 

 the largest and richest town in Pisidia. If correctly 

 attributed this is not only the earliest Selgian coin known, 

 but also by far the most archaic stater of this part of Asia 

 Minor. 



(b) Transitional, fine art, and later coins, B.C. 480 to 

 Imperial times. 



Abdera in Thrace. — A beautiful bronze coin of the end of 

 the fifth century B.C. Obverse, Head of Apollo, around 

 which is the magistrate's name, Ell. OPXAMO (unpublished). 



Thasos. — A gold half-stater. Obverse, Head of bearded 

 Dionysos, of the finest style ; reverse, GASION, Herakles 

 kneeling, shooting with bow ; the whole within an incuse 

 square. This exquisite gold coin was probably struck about 



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