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tended over a coiled serpent. Beneath his throne is the dog 

 that guarded him in his infancy. This is a representation of 

 the chryselephantine statue of Asklepios at Epidaurus, the 

 work of Thrasymedes of Paros. 



MethydriuTii in Arcadia. — A rare bronze coin of the fourth 

 century B.C. ; obverse, Head of Zeus ; reverse, Kallisto 

 pierced by the arrow of Artemis. On the ground beside her 

 is her child Arkas. The types are of especial mythological 

 interest. 



lulis in Ceos. — A unique hemidrachm ; obverse, Bunch of 

 grapes ; reverse, Prow. From the Photiades Collection 

 (Imhoof, Griechische Munzen, pi. I., 38). 



Abydus in the Troad. — A series of ten tetrobols of the 

 fourth century B.C., offering a considerable addition to the 

 list of the names of the eponymous magistrates of the city. 



Dardanus in the Troad. — An unpublished tetrobol of the 

 fourth century B.C. 



Ilium in the Troad. — An interesting bronze coin of Cara- 

 calla, representing a male figure sacrificing at an altar before 

 the Palladium. This figure is identified as Ilos, the legendary 

 builder of Troy, by the accompanying inscription lAOC. 



Cyme in Aeolis. — A silver stater of the third century B.C., 

 weight 1G2 grains, belonging to a period of which, so far as is 

 known, there are no other specimens ; the series of the 

 Cymsean tetradrachms of Attic weight being all of the fol- 

 lowing century. 



Methyrnna in Lesbos. — A rare silver coin with a Gorgon 

 head on the obverse, and a head of Athena on the reverse. 

 Presented by H. Montagu, Esq., f.s.a. 



A tetradrachm of the Alexandrine types, circ. B.C. 200; 

 symbol, Figure of Arion riding on the dolphin. 



Cyzicus in Mysia. — An electrum stater, circ. B.C. 400-350 ; 

 obverse, Apollo riding on a swan, holding in his right hand a 

 laurel branch. 



Lampsacus in Mysia. — A gold stater struck, probably, 

 circ. B.C. 350. This piece is of somewhat unusual fabric, and 

 is especially remarkable for its obverse type, the head of 

 a goddess wearing a saccos and a wreath apparently of 

 lotus. 



Phocoia in Ionia. — Two small electrum coins of the 

 earliest period, stamped respectively with the head of a seal 

 and the head of a ram. 



An unpublished archaic tetradrachm (sixth century B.C.), 

 conjecturally attributed by Mr. Head (Cat. Ionia, p. 214) to 

 Phocsea. The obverse type is a griffin walking, and the 



reverse 



