84 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THi: BUITISH MUSEUM. 



Head of Zeus; rever.se, rONNEON, Ram. An extremely rare 

 coin. The town of Gonnus was previously unrepresented in 

 the National collection. 



A bronze coin of MeliboeainThessaly, B.C. 400-344 ; obverse, 

 Head of Nymph in profile; reverse, MEAIBOE, Grapes in ivy 

 wreath. The coins of this city are very rare, there having 

 been only one specimen previously in the Museum, and that 

 from a different die. 



Four silver coins of Pherai, including a hemidrachm of the 

 tyrant Alexander, B.C. 369-357 ; obverse, Head of Hermes ; 

 reverse, AAESANAPEION, Horse's foreleg. 



A tetradrachm of Gomphi-Philippopolis in Thessaly, 

 unpublished ; obverse, Head of Goddess facing, wearing 

 Stephanos ; reverse, Zeus Akraios seated on rock, Mt. Pindus, 

 and resting on sceptre. (Photiades Sale.) 



A bronze coin of Tricca in Thessaly, B.C. 400-344, with a 

 new and interesting Asklepian type. 



A didrachm of Cassope in Epirus ; obverse. Head of 

 Aphrodite (?) wearing flowered Stephanos ; reverse. Serpent 

 coiled round cista mystica. The second example known, the 

 other being in the Museum at the Hague. (Photiades Sale.) 



An Imperial coin of Nicopolis in Epirus, struck by Geta. 

 Presented by His Excellency M. W. H. Wacldington. 



Two fine and rare silver staters of Elis, one of which has 

 on the obverse an Eagle carrying off a lamb. A rare stater of 

 Elis, circ. B.C. 421-365 ; obverse. Eagle's Head with leaf 

 beneath it, on which is the engraver's name, A A or A A ; reverse, 

 Thunderbolt, and symbol, quiver between two branches of 

 wild olive. 



A drachm of Cnossus in Crete, B.C. 400-350 ; obverse, 

 Head of Hera wearing Stephanos adorned with flowers; 

 reverse, Square Labyrinth, magistrate's name BPIii. 



Two silver staters of Itanus in (Jrete, on one of which is a 

 Triton or the Sea-god Glaukos ; reverse. Floral Star in laurel- 

 wreath : on the other is a Head of Athena ; reverse, ITANION 

 between two serpents. These two coins belong to the 5th and 

 4th centuries B.C. A series of rare silver and bronze Cretan 

 coins of the cities of Aptera, Cersea, Cydonia, Eleutherna, 

 Elyrus, Hyrtacus and Lisus (allied), Lappa, Latus, Lisus, 

 Prsesus, and Tylissus, several of which are unique. 



A very rare hemidrachm of Delos, circ. B.C. 400 ; obverse. 

 Head of Apollo ; reverse, Lyre. 



A curious and well-executed ancient copy of a silver tetra- 

 drachm of Nicomedes II., King of Bithynia, inscribed 

 NIKOMHAOS {sic), and bearing the letters TP, apparently a 

 blundered date. 



Two very remarkable Cyzicene staters. One of these 

 represents a bald and bearded head bound with a laurel 

 wreath. Of this type two other specimens only are known, 

 one of which is in the Paris collection, the other in that 

 of Canon Greenwell. If, as seems probable, the head 



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