DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 81 



Chalcidice in Macedonia. — B.C. 392-379. Tetradrachm. 

 Obverse, Head of Apollo ; reverse, Lyre with seven chords. 



Magistrate's signature, EPI OAYM From the 



Montagu Collection. 



Lete in Macedonia, — Circ. B.C. 500. Two silver staters, of 

 different styles of work, showing on the obverses a Silenus 

 seizing a woman by the wrist. From the Montagu Collection. 



Orrescii in Macedonia — Circ. B.C. 500. A silver stater, 

 of fine archaic work, representing a Centaur carrying off a 

 struggling woman. From the Montagu Collection. 



jEtolia. — Circ. B.C. 279-168. A silver stater with the head 

 of iEtolus on the obverse, and a figure of the same hero on 

 the reverse, resting on his spear with one foot on a rock. 

 From the Montagu Collection. 



Locri Opuntii. — A silver stater. Obverse, Head of Per- 

 sephone; reverse, the Locrian Ajax : a coin of great interest, 

 as it bears traces of an engraver's signature, possibly 

 KIMHN, behind the head of the goddess, from which it would 

 appear that the well-known Sicilian artist was employed 

 by the Locrians to engrave their coin-dies. From the 

 Montagu Collection. 



Delphi. — A unique silver stater dating from the early years 

 of the fifth century, B.C. Obverse, Ram's head and dolphin ; 

 reverse. Incuse square quartered, resembling a temple- 

 ceiling of the " coffered " type. Wt. 186'5 grs. (Cf. Head, 

 Hist. Num., p. 289.) From the Collection of the late Earl of 

 Ashburnham. 



Tenea, near Corinth. — A bronze coin of Julia Domna. 

 Tenea was a mere village until after the destruction of 

 Corinth, when it began to assume more importance. No coins 

 of Tenea were previously in the Museum. 



Oortyna in Crete. — A bronze coin of Trajan. Reverse, the. 

 hero Gortys. (Cf. Svoronos, Crete, p. 348.) 



Cyclades{X). — An archaic silver stater, unique and un- 

 published, circ. B.C. 600. Obverse, Toad or Frog; reverse, 

 Irregular incuse square. Wt. 189 grs. The attribution of 

 this remarkable coin is uncertain, but there can be no doubt 

 that it belongs to the class of archaic coins of which about 

 760 specimens of various types were discovered in the island 

 of Thera (Santorin) in 1821. The Toad is quite a new type, 

 which it is at present diflScult to account for. From the 

 Montagu Collection. 



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