112 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Dolphin ; Phoenician inscription ma-hatsi (" half ") followed 

 by the date 11 (?). Bev. Owl with crook and flail. 



Cyrenaica. — Barce. — An archaic silver tetradrachm of Attic 

 standard (249 grs.) and two silver tetradrachms of Phoenician 

 standard (201-6 and 196*4 grs.), all of usual types; ohv. 

 Bearded head of Zeus Ammon, rev. Silphium plant. 



Gyrene. — A gold stater of the fourth century; ohv. Four- 

 horse chariot driven by the Nymph Gyrene, rev. Zeus seated 

 (133 -6 grs.) with magistrate's name lasonos. Another witii 

 similar obverse ; rev. Zeus Ammon pouring a libation with magis- 

 trate's name Foliantheus {1S2' 7 grs.). Two silver tetradrachms 

 of Phoenician standard; obv. Bearded head of Zeus Ammon 

 ■with the magistrate's name Nikis : rev. Silphium plant (201 • 6 

 and 203 grs.); another of slightly earlier style of the same 

 types without magistrate's name (201 -5 grs.) Two tetra- 

 drachms of similar types and of Rhodian weight, one with 

 symbol cornucopise ('203*5 grs.), the other with symbol crab 

 and monogram reading KYPH (222*6 grs.). Three didrachms 

 of Rhodian standard ; ohv. Head of beardless Ammon, rev. 

 Silphium plant, one with symbol star (117*4 grs.), two with 

 symbol cornucopias (119 and 115*1 grs.). One didrachm of 

 Rhodian standard ; ohv. Head of beardless Ammon resembling 

 Ptolemy Soter, rei;. Silphium plant and inscription BAZI (Xtwc) 

 (110-7 grs.). 



2. Boman Series : — 

 Bepuhlic. — A quinarius of the moneyer Tampilus (c. 196- 

 173 B.C.). Obv. Head of Roma r. V. Bev. Roma and mono- 

 gram of TAMP. The Dioscuri on horseback. 



From the Frowe Collection. 

 A denarius of Sextus Pompey, struck in Spain, 45-44 B.C. 

 Ohv. Head of Pompey the Great r. ; SEX MAG PIVS IMP. 

 Bev. PIETAS. Pietas standing 1. 



From the Frowe Collection. 



An aureus of the moneyer G. Vibius Varus, struck c. 38 B.C. 

 Obv. Head of Mark Antony r. Bev. Two right hands clasped. 

 One of a series of coins showing on the obverses the heads of 

 the three triumvirs, Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus. 



From the Froiue Collection. 



Empire. — Augustus. — A denarius of the moneyer L. Ga- 

 ninius Gallus, struck at Rome c. 14 B.C. ; rev. A bisellium 

 with the apparitor's staff on the 1. 



From the Frowe Collection. 



Oermanicus.—A. double denarius (wt. 113 grs.), struck by 

 Germanicus as proconsul in the East, in the years 18-19 a.d. 

 Only one other specimen of this coin is known, and is in the 

 Berlin Gabinet. Apart from its rarity, the coin has great 

 historical interest, in that it commemorates the coronation of 

 Artaxias at Artaxata as king of Armenia by Germanicus. The 

 place of minting is not quite certain, but is probably Gaesarea 

 in Gappadocia. 



