78 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Tarsus in Cilicia. — Five coins (two autonomous and three 

 Imperial) ; (i.) A rare silver stater of the fifth century, B.C. ; 

 obverse, Persian Satrap on horseback ; reverse, \')r\ in Aramaic 

 characters, kneeling Hoplite armed with sword, spear, and 

 shield, on which is a Gorgon's head, (ii.) An autonomous 

 bronze coin of the second or first century, B.C., type, the 

 god Sandan, the Asiatic Herakles, standing on the back of 

 a horned lion, (iii.) Antinous ; obverse, ANriNOOC HPiiC, 

 his bust ; reverse, a tetrastyle temple containing an amphora ; 

 in the exergue, NE12 IAKXt2 an inscription as applied to 

 Antinous, which may be compared with that on another very 

 rare coin of Tarsus reading NEO IIYOIO. (iv.) Caracalla ; 

 type, Galley in full sail, accompanied by the legend CEITOC, 

 recording a present of corn from the Emperor, (v.) Macrinus ; 

 reverse, Herakles standing, and the inscription TAPSOY 

 MHTP0n0AEfl[2], A.M.K.T.B. ( = 7r/)wrTj /mtjiaTTj KaXXr<rr»j 

 ypd/uLfxaTi HovXrjg.) 



Phoenicia. — An extremely curious archaic drachm having 

 on the obverse two divinities above the turreted walls of a 

 city, and on the reverse, another divinity on horseback in 

 front of a vine. 



Parthia. — Vologeses III. Two very important tetradrachms, 

 bearing the dates 457 and 458 ( = a.d. 145 — 146.) As the 

 portrait is unmistakeably that of Vologeses III., and as no 

 coins are known of this king after a.d. 138, the historical 

 value of these two specimens is considerable, and they are at 

 present the only testimony for the extension of the reign of 

 Vologeses III. for eight years beyond the date usually assigned 

 to his death or deposition. Also a tetradrachm of Phraates IV 

 or Tiridates II. or of an unknown usurper reigning at the same 

 time. On the obverse is a very striking portrait of a king, 

 accompanied by the inscription BASIAEOS BASIAEliN 

 AP2AK0Y EYEPFETOY AIKAIOY EDI^ANOYS «I>IAEA 

 AHNOS, and in the exergue APTE (the month Artemisios), 

 and under the throne the date '286 ' ( = B.C. 27.) The reverse 

 is quite new to the Parthian series, and shows a City kneeling 

 in homage before the king. 



Egypt. — Ptolemy I. A gold stater of the rare class struck 

 in the name of Ptolemy by Magas in the Cyrenaica, B.C. 308 — 

 280. The obverse bears a head of Ptolemy, and the reverse a 

 beardless figure (perhaps intended for Alexander the Great, 

 in the character of Zeus) holding a thunderbolt, and driving 

 a quadriga of elephants. 



2. Roman Series : — 

 An aureus of the Emperor Probus (A.D. 276 — 282), with 

 reverse type, HERCVLI ARCADIO Hercules contending 

 with the stag of Ceryneia in Arcadia. 



