88 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Tarsus (?) in Cilicia. An imitation by the Satrap Mazaeus 

 (whose name it bears) of the Athenian tetradrachm, of the 

 second half of the fourth century B.C. 



Salamis in Cyprus. A very rare gold i stater struck by 

 Menelaus, brother of Ptolemy Soter (312-306 B.C.) ; ohv. MEN. 

 Head of Aphrodite wearing mural crown ; rev. Head of a 

 goddess ; Cypriote sign for Ba. Weight 42*5 grains. 



Syria. — Some fine tetradrachms of Antiochus VII., Cleopatra 

 and Antiochus VIII., Antiochus IX. and Alexander Zebina. 

 Presented by Major E. H. Mackenzie Elliot. 



Parthia. — A remarkable tetradrachm of Phraates V. and 

 his mother, the Italian slave-girl Musa. Only four specimens 

 of this coin are known to exist. 



Abyssinia. — Three gold coins of King Bachasa (4th cent. 



A.D.). 



Barce in CyrenaVca. A rare one-fifth stater; obv. Head of 

 Zeus Amnion ; rev. Silphium. 



Carthage, — A rare gold quarter-stater of the usual types 

 (head of Persephone and horse), but with serrated edge. 



Mauretania. — An extremely rare and probablv unique gold 

 coin of Ptolemaeus (23-40 a.d.) ; obv. PTOLEMAEVS REX 

 Head of the King r. diademed ; rev. PIETATl Altar, and a date 

 (probably year 15). Weight 48 grains. Only one other gold 

 coin of this King is known, diff"ering from this in the reverse 

 type (a sella curulis with a wreath against it). 



Mauretania. — A series of 99 denarii of Juba II.. Cleopatra 

 Selene, and Ptolemaeus, from a find near Rabat. 



2. Roman and Byzantine Series : — 



A very rare brass sestertius of Augustus, struck at 

 Lugdunum, B.C. 10, commemorating the erection of the Altar 

 of Rome and Augustus. 



Presented by A. J. Evans, Esq., f.r.s. 



An aureus of Julia Domna ; obv. Head of the Empress ; rev. 

 MATRI CASTRORVM : the Empress sacrificing at an altar 

 placed before two standards. Struck at Antioch during the 

 Parthian War, 198 A.D. 



A silver coin of Constantine X. Ducas (1059-1067 A.D.), 

 Emperor of Byzantium. Presented by F. W. Hasluck, Esq. 



A very rare and unpublished gold tremissis of Artavasdes, 

 Emperor of Byzantium (742-744 A.D.) and his son Nicephorus, 

 struck at Rome. 



A series of 2 gold, 10 silver and 12 copper coins of the 

 Ostrogothic and Lombard Kings, including two fine bronze 

 pieces of Athalaric and Theodahat ; an unpublished solidus 

 imitated from the coinage of Anastasius I. ; a gold coin attri- 

 buted to Beneventum under the Lombards ; three gold tremisses 

 of Arichis 11., Duke of Beneventum ; and three unpublished 

 silver denarii of Adelchis, Prince of Beneventum (853-878 A.D.). 



