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warrior ; a diobol, obv. Winged figure, rev. Gryphon ; also 

 several specimens with names in Lycian characters of various 

 native dynasts. 



Syria. — A tetradrachm, probably unique, of Antiochus I. 

 or 11. of Syria, having on the ohv. a fine portrait of 

 Antiochus I., and on the rev. the figure of a bearded 

 Herakles, seated on a rock covered with the lion-skin. This 

 is the prototype of the device which was afterwards adopted 

 on the coins of King Euthydemus of Bactria. The mint-mark 

 on this important coin is a one-handled vase, the symbol of 

 the city of Cyme in Aeolis, a distinct proof that the coin, 

 whether issued by Antiochus I. or II. (a doubtful point), was 

 struck at Cyme, and consequently that that city was then 

 subject to the King of Syria. 



Phoenicia.— A silver octadrachm of Sidon (5th century 

 B.C.), an unpublished variety. Ohv. War galley ; rev. King in 

 chariot, and date in Phoenician characters. 



A didrachm of Tyre. Obv. Melkarth riding on a Hippo- 

 camp over the sea ; rev. Owl with flail. Date 279 B.C. 



Judaea. — A specimen of the rare shekel of Simon Bar- 

 cochba, leader of the second revolt of the Jews (133-135 A.D.). 

 Obv. Temple of Jerusalem represented as a portico with four 

 columns ; above it is a star, the symbol of Barcochba (Son 

 of the Star) ; rev. Ethrog and Lulab. 



Persia. — A silver siglos countermarked on one side with 

 a triskelis, and on the other side with a crux ansata. 



(c.) Egypt :- 



Egypt. — A bronze coin of Naucratis of great rarity, from 

 the same dies as the specimen first published by Dr. Head 

 {Num. Chron., 1886, pi. I., 9), and attributed by him to the 

 time of Ptolemy I., during the interval between the death of 

 Alexander (323 B.C.), and the date of Ptolemy's assumption of 

 the title of king (305 B.C.). 



Presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund. 



2. Roman and Byzantine Series : — 

 Nine sestertii of the Emperors Claudius I., Hadrian, 

 M. Aurelius, kc Presented by Percy Webb, Esq. 



A dupondius of Antoninus Pius and a bronze coin of 

 Maximinus Daza. Presented by W. C. Boyd, Esq. 



A bronze medallion of Maximianus Herculius and an un- 

 published bronze medallion of Marcus Aurelius, struck in 

 commemoration of the conquest of Armenia (a.d. 162-165). 



A Romano-Gallic solidus of Valentinian III., found at 

 Sittingbourne in Kent. 



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