DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 91 



Smith, K.C.M.G. ; H. Stabler, Esq. ; Sir Isidore Spielmann, 

 C.M.G. ; Messrs. Spink and Son ; J. L. Strachan-Davidson, Esq., 

 Master of Balliol College, Oxford ; H. Symonds, Esq. ; Henry 

 Van den Bergh, Esq. ; S. Ward-Evans, Esq. ; W. C. West, Esq.'; 

 P. Woods, Esq. ; Colonel L. Worthington Wilmer. 



IV. — Remarkable Coins and Medals. 

 1. Greek Series : — 

 (a) Europe : — 



Italy. — Etruria. — Populonia. — A gold 25-litra3 piece : ohv. 

 Young male head to r., wearing necklace ; behind, XXV. ; rev. 

 Plain. Wt. 21 grs. ; fifth century B.C. From Populonia. Cp. 

 A. Sambon, Monn. ant. de Vitalie, p. 38 no. 5. 



Campania. — Capua. — A. finely patinated bronze triens of 

 the period 268-213 B.C. Ohv. Head of Zeus. Rev. winged 

 thunderbolt. Wt. 353 grs. 



Lucania. — Thuinum.— A silver didrachm of the 'period 

 281-2G8 B.C. Ohv. Head of Apollo of fine style with long hair. 

 Rev. Butting bull, inscr. ©OYPinN and magistrate's name 

 mi. wt. 88-7 grs. 



Bruttium. — Caulonia. — A silver stater of the fifth century 

 B.C., of the usual types ; symbol, a bull's head surrounded by 

 branches. Wt. 102*6 grs. 



Sicily. — Segesta. — Silver tetradrachm. Ohv. Youthful 

 hunter, nude, accompanied by two dogs ; inscribed ZEFE- 

 ZTAION. Rev. Goddess Segesta, holding ears of corn, driving 

 a four-horse chariot r. ; inscribed SEFEZTAXIB- Wt. 250 grs. 

 About 415-409 B.C. This type is the earliest and rarest of the 

 chariot types of Segesta. 



Sicily. — Selinus. — A silver didrachm of the archaic period 

 (480-466 B.C.). Ohv. Selinon (wild celery) leaf of unusal form. 

 Rev. Incuse square divided into eight triangles. Wt. 135 '3 grs. 

 Another, ohv. Selinon leaf. Rev. ZEAI Selinon leaf in incuse 

 square. Wt. 133*7 grs. From a small hoard said to have been 

 discovered in Malta. 



Sicily. — Syracuse. — A silver decadrachm of the end of the 

 fifth century B.C., by Kimon. Ohv. Head of Arethusa to 1. 

 surrounded by dolphins. Traces of inscription, ZYPAKO- 

 SION. Rev. Four-horse chariot, crowned by flying Nike, on a 

 pedestal on the steps of which is a suit of armour ; below, 

 traces of inscription, A0AA. The artist's signature is not 

 visible. The obverse is struck from a fractured die, leaving a 

 large excrescence out of which the head of Arethusa appears to 

 rise as though out of a rock. From the- Fenerly Bey 

 Collection (Sale Catalogue, lot 152). Wt. 662*6 grs. 



Presented by Henry Van den Bergh, Esq., tkrotigh the 



National Art-Collections Fund. 

 Macedcn. — Acanthus. — A silver tetradrachm. Ohv. Lion 

 devouring bull. Rev. Mill-sail incuse impression. • Wt. 



