84 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Myrina in Crete. — A hemidrachm. Obverse, Female Head 

 in sphendone ; reverse, MY, Bull's head in incuse circle. To 

 this town, the existence of which is only known from a single 

 mention of it in Pliny (J^.H., xii. 59), only two silver coins 

 have been attributed. This half drachm is new and unpub- 

 lished. 



Syhritia in Crete. — A unique drachm, similar in type to 

 the fine didrachm which the Museum acquired in 1889, and 

 equally remarkable in point of style. 



Pergamum in Mysio.. — A gold stater of the highest rarity. 

 Obverse, Head of young Herakles ; reverse Archaic figure of 

 Athena Polias armed with spear and shield. The only two 

 other known specimens of this gold coin were discovered at 

 Saida (Sidon) in 1852, and are now in the Paris and Berlin 

 Museums. The coin was first published by the late M. Wad- 

 dington (Rev. Num. 1865), and the occasion of its issue 

 has recently been determined by M. J. P. Six {Nura. Chron, 

 1890, p. 200), who has, on good grounds, attributed it to the 

 young Prince Herakles, a son of Alexander the Great by 

 Barsine, the lady whom he appointed to be ruler of Perga- 

 mum. After Alexander's death the young Prince Herakles 

 asserted, in B.C. 310, his claim to the throne of Macedon, and 

 raised troops, for whose payment he presumably caused these 

 coins to be struck at Pergamum. 



Neandi^ia in Troas. — A fifth century hemiobol. Obverse, 

 Helmet ; reverse, Grain of corn. The silver coins of this 

 town are very rare, and this specimen is of a new type. 



Aegae in Aeolis. — A tetradrachm, struck about B.C. 189 ; 

 one of a class of large flat coins issued by most of the im- 

 portant cities of Asia Minor after the defeat of Antiochus 

 the Great by the Romans, B.C. 190. On the obverse is a head 

 of Apollo Chresterios (cf. inscr. in Bohn and Schuchhardt, 

 Altertiwier von Aegae, p. 47, Berlin, 1889). On the reverse 

 is a standing figure of Zeus Boulaios (?). This coin is in ex- 

 cellent preservation and of extreme rarity, only one other 

 specimen being known. 



Smyrna in Ionia. — A fine tetradrachm of the same period 

 as the preceding, bearing the name of the eponymous magis- 

 trate, AIONYSIOSBAYS. This tetradrachm is one of a very 

 rare series, and is additionally interesting from the fact that 

 it has two names on the reverse. Whether the abbreviation 

 BAY2 stands for the nominative or the genitive of the very 

 unusual Ionic name BXuctwv is a doubtful point. In the former 

 case two magistrates' names would be recorded. 



Smyrna in Ionia. — Two silver drachms of the second 

 century B.C. Reverse, Homer seated. Magistrates' names, 



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