92 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



256 "5 grs. From the Taranto hoard (Rev. Numn. 1912, p. 13, 

 no. 27). This coin and others found with it differ considerably 

 in fabric from the ordinary Acanthian coinage, and are regarded 

 by Babelon (loc. cit.) as the earliest of the series (beginning 

 about 515-510 B.C.) 



Macedon. — Pella.—A bronze coin of Augustas, with the 

 names of the duumviri C. Herennius and L. Titucius. Wt. 



177-9 grs. 



Macedon. — Alexander the Great. — An important series of 

 50 silver tetradrachms of the usual types, from the hoard of 

 Damanhur. 



Presented hy E. T. Newell, Esq. 



Thessaly. — 75 silver double victoriates and drachms of 

 the period of the Thessalian League (196-146 B.C.) with rev. 

 Athena Itonia, and magistrates' names, from a hoard recently 

 discovered near Larissa. 



Illyrio-Epirote. — Damastium.—A fine silver stater of the 

 fourth century B.C. Obv. Head of Apollo r. Rev. Tripod ; 

 magistrates' names, KH ( i(to(P(ovtoq) and HPAKAEIAO- Wt. 



198-7 grs. 



Corinth. — A silver stater of the archaic period after 

 500 B.C. with the usual types (rev. Head of Athena with hair 

 in queue). Wt. 133-7 grs. From the Taranto hoard (Rev. 

 Num. 1912, p. 22, no. 50). 



Three fine silver staters of the first half of the fourth 

 century, of the usual types, with symbols: stern of galley, ivy 

 leaf and vine branch. 



Two finely preserved bronze coins of M. Aurelius (rev. 

 Palsemon standing on a dolphin) and Plautilla (rev. Artemis 

 huntress, in a temple). Cp. Fausanias II. 1,7: chryselephantine 

 statue of the boy Palsemon standing on a dolphin, and II. 2, 3 : 

 temple of Artemis on the road to Cenchrese. 



Achaia. — Bura. — A bronze coin of Septimius Severus ; 

 rev. BOVPEATCON Tyche standing. 



Celtic. — Two gold coins (wt. 38*3 and 37 grs.) from a large 

 hoard discovered recently in a tomb near Vetulonia (Etruria). 

 The obverse type is a plain boss, the reverse a degraded design, 

 derived from the type of the Regenhogenschusselchen usually 

 found north of the Alps. The date is perhaps the third century 

 B.C. The presence of these Celtic coins in Etruria is of 

 considerable historical interest. 



(h) Asia and Africa : — 

 Cos. — Two silver drachms of the second century B.C. Ohv. 

 Head of bearded Herakles. Rev. Crab, with magistrates' 

 names IEPX1[N] and NIKAr[OPAZ] ; and two bronze coins 

 with similar types (but the head of Herakles beardless), and 

 magistrates' names [IjnriAPXOZ and ZIMOZ. 



Presented by J. Gra.fton Milne, Esq. 



