84 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BEITISH MUSEUM. 



Chalcetor (?) in Caria. — A small bronze coin of the fourtlK\ 

 century, B.C. The site of this town has been recently 

 identified at the modern Kara-Koyoun, a few miles south of 

 Euromus. It is, however, still somewhat doubtful whether 

 the coins belong to Chalcetor, or to the small island of Chalcia 

 off the west coast of Rhodes. 



Gordiuteichos in Caria. — A bronze coin probably of the 

 second century B.C. Obverse, Head of Zeus } reverse, 

 rOPAIOTEIXITHN, Cultus-statue of Aphrodite with out- 

 stretched arms. One specimen only of this coinage^^ now in.' 

 the Lbbbecke collection, has been hitherto published 

 (Zeitschrift f'lir Numismatik, Bd. xv., p. 45, pi. III. 14).. 

 The goddess on the reverse is probably the tutelary divinity 

 of the neighbouring city of Aphrodisias. 



Hydisus in Caria. — h unique bronze coin of the first 

 century, B.C., having on the reverse a bearded standing figure 

 in military costume, perhaps one of the numerous Carian 

 local gods all identified by the Greeks with Zeus, but dis- 

 tinguished by the addition of some local epithet. Hydisus is 

 placed by Kiepert about 25 miles south-east of Alabanda.- 

 Neither coins nor inscriptions of this town were previously 

 known. 



Plarasa and Aphrodias in Caria. — A silver drachm, 

 apparently of the first century, B.C. Obverse, Veiled head of 

 Aphrodite; reverse, Eagle on thunderbolt and the name of a 

 local magistrate, MYHN KAAAITTnOY- 



Cos. — A large bronze coin of Nikias, a tyrant of Cos, of 

 whom we know little, except that he ruled the island 

 shortly before the time of Augustus. Obverse, a portrait of 

 Nikias. 



Lycia. — A new variety of the extremely rare drachm of the 

 Lycian dynast Kheriga (circ. B.C. 410). Obverse, Head of 

 Athena ; reverse, in Lycian characters, Arinahe (the native 

 ethnic of Xanthus) and Kheriga ; type, Athena armed with, 

 spear and shield, and seated on a rock. The name of the 

 Lycian dynast who struck this coin occurs also on the great. 

 stele of Xanthus. 



Phaselis in Lycia. — A very interesting silver stater dating; 

 from the second century B.C. Obverse, Bead of Apollo; re- 

 verse. Letter <|), Athena with thunderbolt and aegis, stand- 

 ing on the prow of a ship, beneath M^hich is a magistrate's 

 name. 



Aspendus in Pamphylia. — Five silver staters im[)res.sed 

 with countermarks, probably those of bankers, in the fourth 

 century B.C. 



Cilicia. — 



