100 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



as on coins of Mallus. Rev. Head of young Heracles in lion- 

 skin. (^) Ohv. Head of Satrap. Rev. Forepart of horned 

 Pegasos. (rj) Ohv. Beardless male head. Rev. Head of Ares, 

 with name of Mazaeus in Aramaic. 



Elceussa-Sehaste. — Silver tetradrachm of the first cent. 

 B.C. Ohv. Bust of City Goddess. Rev. Goddess standing, her 

 hand on tiller. The only other known specimen of this coin is 

 in the Paris Cabinet. 



Cappadocia. — Ccesarea. — Bronze coin of Julia Domna. 

 Rev. Mount Argseus between two prize crowns, with agonistic 

 inscription. 



Kings of Syria.— AntiocJius I. — (280-261 B.C.) A silver 

 tetradrachm. Ohv. King's head. Rev. Apollo seated on 

 omphalos. 



Demetrius I. — (162-150 B.C.) Bronze coin ; Ohv. Head of 

 mastiff; Rev. head of caracal (?). 



Presented by R. J. Whittall, Esq. 



Demetrius III. — (95-88 B.C.) Bronze coin ; Ohv. King's 

 bust radiate ; Rev. Victory. 



Presented hy Miss Agnes M. Elverson. 



Babylon. — Successors of Alexander the Great. Four silver 

 staters : Ohv. Zeus seated, holding sceptre ; Rev. Lion walking, 

 various letters or symbols in the field. 



Parthia. — King Orodes II. (a.d. 4-6). Silver tetradrachm. 

 Ohv. Bust of king. Rev. King seated, holding bow and sceptre ; 

 around, his titles, the date 317 = 5-6 A.D., and the month 

 name Dystros. The onl}^ other known tetradrachm of this 

 king is in the Berlin Cabinet. 



Gyrene. — Three gold staters of the fourth century B.C. : Ohv. 

 Nike in four-horse chariot ; Rev. Zeus sacrificing. All with 

 name of Poliantheus, but from different dies. 



Gold stater of the fourth cent. B.C. Ohv. The nymph Cyrene 

 driving a chariot. Rev. Zeus seated ; in the field an eagle 

 carrying a serpent ; magistrate's name lasonos. 



Gold drachm of the same period Ohv. Horseman. Rev. 

 Silphium plant ; magistrate's name lasono (apparently altered 

 from Kudios). 



Gold quarter-stater of the same period. Ohv. Triple 

 silphium. Rev. Head of Athena ; magistrate's name las. 



Axum {jEthiopia). A rare bronze coin of King Ezanas. 

 Ohv. King's bust ; Rev. Ear of corn. 



Presented hy James Anderson, Esq. 



2. Roman Series : — 

 Two pieces of Italian " Aes Rude" from an Etruscan 

 necropolis at Orvieto. 



Presented hy James Berry, Esq., F.R.G.S. 

 Augustus. — An unpublished denarius ; ohv. head of 

 Augustus laureate ; rev. votive shield, CAESAR AVGVSTVS. 

 A rare variety of the as of the moneyer C. Asinius Gallus. 



