DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 109 



Fore-part of human-headed bull r. ; inscription in Oscan 

 characters. 



Neapolis. — 8 silver didrachms of the fourth-third cen- 

 turies; oJ^;, Head of the nymph Parthenope ; rev. Human- 

 headed bull. 



Presented by the late Sir Robert Hamilton Lang, K.C.M.G, 



Calabria. — Tarentum. — A silver "horseman" stater 

 (100"9grs.) of the period 272-235 B.C., with the magistrate's 

 name Heracletos (Evans VIII. G2). 



Lucania. — Metapontuni. — A silver stater (116 grs.) of fine 

 style of the fourth century B.C. ; cbv. Head of Persephone 1. ; 

 rev. Ear of barley ; symbol, alabastos. 



Thurium. — A silver didrachm of reduced weight (98*8 grs.) 

 but with the old fourth century types (head of Athena in Attic 

 helmet, rev. 4>A between the legs of the bull). 



A silver didrachm (96*4 grs.) of the third century; obv. 

 Head of Athena r. in crested Corinthian helmet ; rev. Bull 

 charging r. ; above, owl flying. (Cp. Evans, Horsemen of 

 Tarentum, p. 228, no. 1.) Found at Taranto in 1912. 



Bruttium^.— Caulonia. — A silver didrachm (113 grs) of 

 the early fifth century, struck over an archaic stater of 

 Corinth. 



Croton. — A silver quarter-stater (27*4 grs.) of the earliest 

 period (550-480 B.C.), obv. Tripod, rev. Tripod incuse. 



A silver diobol (13*2 grs.) of the fifth century ; obv. Tripod, 

 rev. Eagle and value-mark OO. 



Rhegium. — A silver hemiobol (4*4 grs.) of the fifth century ; 

 obv. Lion's scalp, rev. H within O. 



Sicily. — Gela. — A rare silver tetradrachm (261*3 grs.) of 

 the fifth century ; obv. Four-horse chariot, rev. Fore-part 

 of human-headed bull with a wreath round his neck. 



Messana. — A silver tetradrachm (265*5 grs.) of the fifth 

 century B.C. ; o6f. Mule-chariot, rev. Hare, with the letter B 

 in the field. 



Presented by Sir Athelstane Raines, C.S.I. 



Syracuse. — A silver tetradrachm (268*8 grs.) of the time 

 of Gelon I. ; obv. Chariot, rev. Head of Arethusa surrounded 

 by dolphins. 



Presented by the late Sir R. Hamilton Lang, K.C.M.G. 



Pannonia. — A silver stater (156*5 grs.); obv. Human head 

 r., rev. Horse L, with wheel above and traces of inscription 

 below. 



Presented by Alexander Mann, Esq. 



Thraco-M acedtnian.—The Orrhescii. — A silver didrachm ; 

 obv. Centaur carrying nymph, rev. Incuse square quartered. 

 Diff'ering from the usual series in its low weight (122*5 grs.), 

 most of the coins like it being struck on the Babylonic 

 standard. 



