90 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Gordian III. ; reverse, Artemis Pergaia and Athena, the 

 goddesses of the two allied cities. 



Ilistra in Lycaonia. — Philip L; reverse, lAlCTPEQN 

 KOIN[d»;] AYKAONIAC. Only two other specimens of this 

 rare coin are known, one of which is in the French, and the 

 other in the German National Collection. The type is Zeus 

 seated with an eagle at his feet. The town of Ilistra (which 

 is not to be confounded with Lystra), is not mentioned either 

 by Strabo or Ptolemy. Its name appears for the first time on 

 a coin of M. Aurelius. Its coins prove that it belonged to 

 the Koivov of Lycaonia. 



Anazarbus in Cilicia. — Two Imperial coins (i) Caracal] a, 

 with a type relating to the " (Ecumenical " games celebrated 

 at Anazarbus. The inscription is lEPOC OIKOYMENIKOC ; 

 (ii) Valerian, inscribed BOC (' 272 '), a date reckoned from 

 the local era, B.C. 19, and, therefore, equivalent to A.D. 253. 



Augusta in Cilicia. — Volusian. A bronze coin, bearing 

 the date ET[OYC] TAG ( = year 233), which serves to fix the 

 era of the foundation of the town of Augusta in a.d. 19 

 or 20. 



Celenderis in Cilicia. — A drachm of the 5th century, 



B.C. ; obverse, Horseman riding sideways ; reverse, Goat in 



incuse circle. The Museum possessed previously no drachms 

 of this city. 



Nagidusin Cilicia. — Two silver staters (circ. B.C. 400--300) ; 

 types. Aphrodite seated, crowned by Eros ; reverse, Dionysos 

 standing, holding a vine-branch. These coins bear magis- 

 trates' names hitherto unrecorded. Also, a drachm of the 

 same city, a denomination new to the British Museum. 



Olba in Cilicia. — Lucius Verus ; reverse. River god. The 

 site of Olba having been lately fixed by Mr. Theodore Bent 

 at Oura, not far from the lower course of the Calycadnus 

 (cf . Ramsay, Hist. Geog. p. 22), there can be no doubt that this 

 is the river personified on the coin. 



Tarsus in Cilicia. — A silver stater (circ. B.C. 370 — 350) ; 

 obverse. Bust of Athena facing, with the letter T and a bunch 

 of grapes in the field ; reverse, Baal-tars enthroned ; symbols, 

 ear of corn and bunch of grapes ; under throne T. 



Titiopolis in Cilicia. — An unpublished bronze coin of Com- 

 modus ; inscr., ETOY F. TITIOnOAEITilN, Tyche in 

 temple. The coins of this town are of great rarity, only two 

 others being known, one of Hadrian in the Bibliotheque 

 Nationale, and the other, of Geta, in the Waddington Col- 

 lection. 



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