DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 93 



discovered during the excavations at Ephesus, which were 

 carried out by the order of the Trustees of the British 

 Museum. 



Cyprus. — -A tetrobol of Salamis of King Nikodamos, 

 circ. B.C. 460-450: ohv. Recumbent ram.: rev. The Ankh ; 

 and the name of the king and of the city in Cypriote 

 characters. 



Phoenicia and Palestine. — A series of fifty-eight silver 

 and eighty-nine bronze coins comprising : — Aradus, two early 

 staters, circ. B.C. 400-350, with head of Melkarth and galley ; 

 also a series of drachms of the 2nd cent. B.C. with Ephesian 

 types, proving the existence of a monetary alliance between 

 that city and Ephesus : Sidon. A double stater of Straton 

 II., B.C. 346-832, with Artaxerxes III. (Ochus) in a chariot ; 

 and another with the name of the Satrap Mazaios : Tyre. A 

 stater, circ. B.C. 450-332, with Melkarth seated on a sea-horse 

 and owl with crook and flail ; also a series of tetradrachms 

 with head of Herakles and an eagle on prow, with various 

 dates from B.C. 124-12 ; and Jerusalem, drachms of the 

 Second Revolt, a.d. 132-135, bearing the name of Simon 

 Barcochab, &c. 



Persia. — A counter-marked siglos of the Achaemenid 

 dynasty. Presented by W. W. Sitnpson, Esq. 



2. Roman and Byzantine Series : — 



An unpublished copper denarius of Carausius : ohv. Bust 

 of Emperor, radiate; rev. Seated figure of Roma; legend,. 

 ROMAC (sic) AVG. 



Presented by the late W. 0. Boyd, Esq. 



An unpublished solidus with the heads of Heraclius and 

 Heraclius Constantine, a.d. 641 ; probably struck in Italy. 



A very rare solidus of Leo VI., A.D. 886-917 : ohv. Bearded 

 bust of the Emperor ; rev. Bust facing of the Virgin Mary. 



A solidus of the Byzantine Emperors, Nicephorus II. and 

 Basil II., A.D. 963, with their busts on the obverse and Christ 

 holding the book of the gospels on the reverse. A very rare 

 coin. 



A solidus of Theodora, sister of Zoe, wife of the Byzantine 

 Emperor, Constantine IX., a.d. 105.5-1056. A rare coin, and 

 interesting for the details of her rich costume. 



3. British and Colonial Series : — 



A penny of Henry I. struck at Romney in Kent, having 

 on the obverse the bust of the king holding a sceptre and on 

 the reverse the moneyer's name and that of the mint,. 

 PVLFRED ON RVME, arranged in two concentric circles 

 with a cross pattee in the centre. This coin, besides being of 

 the rarest type of Henry I., establishes the fact that the mint 

 of Romney was in operation during his reign. 



A penny of Henry I. struck at Gloucester and having for 

 the reverse type five annulets arranged in the form of a cross 

 and the moneyer's name " Godwi." 



