DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 91 



Mysia. — A sixth of Cyzicus, of very pale electrum, c, 450 

 B.C.; weight 33*3 grs. : obv. Bearded centaur kneeling on 

 tunny -fish, wielding a tree trunk; rev. Mill-sail incusesquare. 

 Cp. Greenwell, Cyzicus, No. 46. 



Ionia. — 40 bronze coins of Magnesia, of the 4th-3rd 

 centuries B.C. from a hoard : obv. Horseman ; rev. Bull 

 and magistrate's name. This set supplies many names of 

 magistrates. 



Garia. — A rare bronze coin of Hydisus, of Gordian III., 

 with the names of the magistrates (stephanephori) M. 

 Aurelius Hermonax and Metrophanes. 



Lycia. — 12 silver coins of the Dynasts of the 5th and 4th 

 centuries, including rare types of Kuprllis, Khdriga, and 

 S'jjpntaza. Two bronze coins of the types of Alexander the 

 Great and of the Macedonian interregnum, with the triskeles 

 symbol, showing them to have been struck in Lycia. A 

 bronze coin of Telmessus, of the early 3d century B.C. : obv. 

 Head of Alexander the Great with ram's horn ; rev. Panther. 

 TEAEMHZZEnN and PIT in monogram (for Ptolemy 

 Soter ?). 



Pisidia. — A fine specimen of a rare bronze coin of the 

 colony Comama, of the Emperor Geta ; rev., Goddess, veiled, 

 standing facing. Presented by Sir Hermann Weber, m.d. 



Syria. — A silver tetradrachm of Antiochus I., with the 

 types of Alexandei: the Great, and mint-marks Zl and K 

 (reversed). The former may represent Sidon, but there is 

 no other evidence that Sidon belonged to Antiochus I. at 

 the time (soon after 281 B.C.) when this coin was struck. 



2. Roman and Byzantine Series : — 



(a.) Kepublic : 



A rare denarius struck at the local mint of Hatria : obv. 

 Head of Roma ; rev. Dioscuri and mint-mark H- 



Two bronze trientes of Hatria and Canusium with mint- 

 marks H and C respectively. From the Imhoof - Blumer 

 collection. 



An aureus of M. Antonius (rev. P. CLODIVS M.F. 

 HIIVIR A.P.F. Oriens) ; three denarii of L. Pinarius Scarpus, 

 L. Mescinius Rufus, M. Durmius, and a quinarius of C. 

 Aurelius. All from the Imhoof-Blumer collection. 



(6.) Empire : 

 Nine aurei from the Strozzi collection, viz., four of 

 Augustus; reverses (1) S.P.Q.R. CL. V. Victory flying with 

 wreath, and shield on column ; (2) S.P.Q.R. Triumphal car in 

 temple; (3) IMPX Bull butting r; (4) IMPX Augustus on 

 platform receiving laurels from two soldiers ; one of Domitian ; 

 rev. TR. POT. II. COS. Villi. DES. X. P.P. Minerva 

 fighting ; one of Nerva ; rev. LIBERTAS PVBLICA; 

 two of Hadrian ; reverses (1) ADVENTVS AVG. Roma 



