DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 83 



Kemarkable Coins and Medals. 



1. Greek Series : — 



A gold 30 litra piece of Syracuse ; obverse, Head of Zeus 

 Eleutherios to the right, laureate ; reverse, Pegasus. This 

 extremely rare and beautiful coin belongs to the period of the 

 Syracusan Democracy, restored by Timoleon, B.C. 345, after 

 the expulsion of the Dionysian dynasty. (Head, Hist. Num., 

 p. 1.56.) 



A rare and fine tetradrachm of Aenus, in Thrace ; obverse, 

 Head of Hermes, of transitional style ; circ. B.C. 450-420 ; 

 reverse, AINI, Goat ; symbol. Star and Crescent. 



A tetradrachm of Attic weight, of the Thracian dynast 

 Sparadocus, the brother of Sitalces ; circ. B.C. 430 ; obverse, 

 Thracian horseman carrying two spears; reverse, SIIAPAAOKO, 

 Incuse square, within which Eagle devouring a Serpent. A 

 coin of the highest degree of rarity, probably struck at 

 Olynthus. (Head, Hist. Num., p. 239.) 



A rare bronze coin of Amadocus I, of Thrace ; circ. B.C. 

 400, with the name of a new magistrate, AAESANAPO. 



A diobol of Lycceius of Pseonia, B.C. 359-340 ; obverse, 

 youthful bare head ; reverse, AYKKEIOY, Horse grazing : 

 an entirely new type. 



A beautiful tetradrachm of Acanthus in Macedon, of Eubo'ic 

 weight, struck before the expedition of Brasidas in B.C. 424. 

 This coin is of the usual Acanthian type, a Lion seizing a 

 Bull ; but in style it is later than any known specimen of the 

 Euboic weight, and it thus forms a link between the earlier 

 (Euboic) and the later (Phoenician) coinages of the town. 



A tetrobol of Dicsea, the Colony of Eretria ; obverse. Cow, 

 lo, scratching herself ; reverse. Incuse square : struck about 

 B.C. 500. 



A very rare and fine drachm of Philip II of Macedon, 

 struck at Pella, similar to Miiller, PL xxiv., 6. 



A very rare tetradrachm of Alexander the Great's first 

 coinage; obverse, Head of Zeus ; reverse, AAESANAPOY, Eagle 

 on thunderbolt. The only other known specimen of this coin 

 is in the Paris collection. 



A rare tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, struck in Pelo- 

 ponnesus shortly after his death. 



A silver coin of the Hypocnemidian Locrians ; obverse, 

 Head of Persephone; reverse. The Locrian Ajax armed with 

 helmet, shield, and sword, charging to the left ; inscription, 

 AOKPflN YDO, weight 80 grains. The only other known 

 example of this coin is in the De Luynes collection, and has 

 been published by Imhoof-Blumer {Zeit.fiir Numismatik, vii., 

 PI. i. 9). (Photiades Sale.) 



A bronze coin of Gonnus in Thessaly, B.C. 300-146 ; obverse, 

 0.81. F 2 ' Head 



