DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 99 



Cyprus. — A rare silver stater ( mint uncertain ; period late 

 6th century B.C.) ; ohv. Head and fore-foot of lion, jaws open ; 

 rev. Irregular incuse square. Wt. 126*2 grs. From the 

 Philipsen Collection. 



Cyprus {?). — A silver ^ stater (probably unique) of the 

 dynast Baana, circ. 450 B.C. ; ohv. Persian king slaying a lion ; 

 rev. Bull standing to left; above, Hebrew letters (for Baana). 

 Wt. 53 '8 grs. The only other coins of this dynast known are 

 staters in the Paris and Glasgow cabinets, usually attributed 

 to Phoenicia. From the Philipsen Collection. 



Syria. — A silver coin, perhaps a Yueh-ti imitation of 

 Antiochus I. Wt. 9*7 grs. 



Presented by Gilbert A. Black, Esq. 



Syria. — Antioch. — A specimen of the very rare silver 

 tetradrachm of Augustus, with rev. Zeus seated. This type, 

 which continues that used by the later Seleucidse, was super- 

 seded on the commoner series issued by Augustus, with the 

 Tyche of Antioch. Wt. 213-9 grs. 



Eeliop)olis. — A bronze coin of Valerian; rev. Athlete 

 crowning himself with wreath and holding long palm-branch. 



Phoenicia. — T^/re.— A silver didrachm {circ. 332-275 B.C.); 

 obv. Tyrian Melkarth riding on hippocamp ; rev. Owl with 

 crook and flail, and date 3, Wt. 136 grg. 



Samaria. — Nysa-Scythopolis. — A bronze coin of Marcus 

 Aurelius ; rev. Dionysos and panther. 



Judaea. — Second revolt (a.d. 133-135) under Simon 

 Barcochab. (a) A silv^er tetradrachm ; ohv. Temple ; rev. 

 Citron and bunch of twigs ; struck over an Antiochene 

 tetradrachm of Nerva or Trajan. (6) Five silver denarii, struck 

 over older silver coins, one a Csesarean denarius of Trajan; 

 remains of the original types or inscriptions are visible, 

 (c) Five bronze coins; obv. Vine-leaf; rev. Palm-tree, {d) An 

 unusually fine and legible specimen of the rare variety of the 

 largest bronze coin of the same period, apparently re-struck on 

 a coin of Alexandria ; ohv. Vase, with Hebrew inscription 

 " Second year of the deliverance of Israel " ; rev. Inscription 

 "Jerusalem" in wreath. On the commoner variety of this 

 coin the inscription on the reverse is " Simon Nasi Israel." 



Parthia. — A silver tetradrachm of Phraates IV., dated in 

 the month Hyperberetaios ; rev. Tyche of city presenting a 

 crown to the King. Wt. 209 grs. 



Arabia. — Eshus. — A rare bronze coin of Antoninus Pius ; 

 rev. Zeus seated. 



Arabia. — Himyarites. — Two rare silver cains from the 

 hinterland of Aden (from the Morib side of the frontier) : 

 {a) ohv. Male head 1., with two Himyarite signs ; rev. Bull's 

 head facing; on 1., a monogram, 55*2 grs. (b) ohv. Male head 

 r., with curly hair ; rev. Bearded head r., and Himyarite sign, 

 27*5 grs. 



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