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EPMArOPAS and NIK02TPAT02. These drachms are of 

 considerable rarity. 



Samos. — A rare tetradrachm, struck about B.C. 394, with a 

 new magistrate's name, apparently EniBAT[HS]. 



Rhodos in Rhodes. — An interesting series of silver and 

 bronze coins, dating from the foundation of the city, B.C. 408, 

 down to the time of the Empire. The silver coins are 

 didrachms, drachms, and smaller divisions, all inscribed with 

 new magistrates' names and symbols. Many of these are 

 unusually interesting as fine works of art. The bronze coins 

 are the pick of a recent hoard of fourth century specimens, 

 bearing symbols, and in some cases letters, hitherto unpub- 

 lished. 



Rhodos in Rhodes. — A drachm struck shortly after B.C. IGG, 

 bearing the name of APTEMaN, accompanied by an ivy- 

 wreath as an adjunct symbol. 



Sardes in Lydia. — An unpublished Cistophorus, inscribed 

 with the letters SAP. K. and AH. The adjunct symbols are 

 a caduceus and a horned lion with spear in his mouth. The 

 cistophori of Sardes are of high rarity, and before the acquisi- 

 tion of this coin there was but one specimen in the British 

 Museum. 



(c.) Coins of Imperial Times. Augustus to Gallienus 

 and Salonina. 

 Aegium in Achaia. — A bronze coin. Obverse, AIFIEilN, 

 Head of Zeus ; reverse, HMIOBEAIN, Infant Zeus suckled by 

 she-goat, between two trees surmounted by an eagle. Mytho- 

 logically, this is a type of much interest (cf. Strab. viii., 

 387, — i(TTopov(Ji 8' evTavOa /cm rbv Am vtt' aiyog Tpafrivai). The 

 form r)imLolieXiv for 7j^tw|3oXov, 77/i<(uj3oXtov or riiuiu)(5i\iov occurs 

 nowhere else. 



Gaesarea Germanica in Bithynia. — Sept. Severus. Bronze. 

 Reverse, Temple. The coins of this city have only quite 

 lately been distinguished from those of Germanicia Gaesarea 

 in Commagene. {See Head., Hist. Num., p. 438.) The town 

 was probably situate on the Lake Apolloniatis, and it was 

 connected with the Propontis by the navigable course of the 

 Eiver Rhyndacus. 



Nicaea in Bithynia. — Marcus Aurelius. Bronze. Reverse, 

 Aegipan with pointed cap, two flutes in right hand, and wine- 

 skin in left ; behind him a small ithyphallic term. This type 

 is quite new to the Museum. 



Prusa ad Olympum in Bithynia. — Trajan. Bronze. 

 Reverse, nPOVCAeiC, ATA OAVMni[ON]. A fine coin 

 Toearing a figure of the Olympian Zeus enthroned, and serving 



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