86 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



to correct the inscription in Hist. Num., p. 444, where it is 

 given as nPOVCAeClN AIA OAYMDION. 



Pergamum in Mysia. — Augustus. Bronze. Reverse,. 

 Tetrastyle temple, beneath which N6^, chronicling an earlier 

 mention of the Neocory of Pergamum than any hitherto 

 published coin. 



Stratonicea ad Caicum in Mysia. — Julia Mamaea. Bronze. 

 An interesting addition to a series of coins which has been 

 only recently distinguished (Head Hist. Num. p. 466) from 

 the coins of the better known Stratonicea in Caria. 



Alexandria Troas.— Maximus. Bronze. Reverse, Apollo 

 in stooping posture. This type is discussed by Furtwangler 

 and Weil, who take it to be a copy of the famous Apollo 

 Smintheus of Skopas, a hypothesis which is, however, re- 

 jected by Wroth (Cat. Gr. C. Troas, &c., Introd., p. xvii.) 



Cyme in Aeolis. — Sabina. Bronze. Reverse, ^irene nursing 

 infant Plutos ; possibly copied from the group by Kephiso- 

 dotos mentioned by Pausanias (l. 8. 2), Elpr]vr} (pipovaa UXovtov 



Ephesus in Ionia. — Antoninus Pius. Bronze. Reverse, 

 lEPA AEIHNH. The sacred processional car of the Ephesian 

 Artemis. 



Magnesia in Ionia. — Gordian III. Bronze. Reverse, 

 The legendary Hero Prothoos, accompanied by his name 

 nPOeOOC (Hom. II. 11. 758) sacrificing before the statue. 

 of the goddess Leucophryene, the local form of Artemis. 



Teos in Ionia. — Bronze. Obverse, Head of the poet 

 Anacreon, a native of Teos. He is represented bald and 

 bearded, in conformity with the received tradition, derived 

 no doubt from his later poems. 



Cidramus in Caria. — Julia Maesa. Bronze. Reverse, The 

 god Men, standing, holding a pine-cone, and placing his foot 

 on a bull's head. An interesting type, as illustrating the sub- 

 ject of Moon (?) worship in Caria. 



Cnidus in Caria. — Caracalla and Plautilla. Bronze. 

 Reverse, The Cnidian Aphrodite and Asklepios facing one 

 another. The Imperial coins of Cnidus are exceptionally rare. 

 Before the acquisition of this coin there was only one in the 

 Museum. 



Stratonicea in Caria. — An unpublished and probably 

 unique silver coin struck in the reign of Antoninus Pius, On 

 the reverse is a figure of the god Zeus Panamaros on horse- 

 back, and a magistrate's name OA. APICTOAAOC. 



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