86 ACCOUNTS, ETC, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Ahdera in Thrace.— A fine tetrad rachm, B.C. 450-430. 

 Obverse, a gryphon, with elaborately curled wing, seated to 

 the left with forepaw raised. The coin is transitional be- 

 tween the archaic and the later classes, and appears to be 

 unique. 



Thasos. — An archaic obol of a new type circ. B.C. 500. 



Larissa in Thessaly. —B.C. 430-400. Two obols, probably 

 unique, (i.) Shield with central device, horse's hoof, symbol 

 of the Thessalian Poseidon Hippios {Hist. Num., p. 426) ; 

 reverse, Bust of Asklepios ; (ii.) Free horse of Poseidon ; 

 reverse, Nymph Larissa holding ball in one hand and loop- 

 shaped object in the other. 



Oeta in Thessaly.—B.c. 196-146. A didrachm hitherto 

 unknown. Obverse, Lion's head with spear in mouth ; re- 

 verse, Herakles standing. 



Corcyra. — B.C. 229-48. A silver coin struck after the 

 surrender of Corcyra to the Romans, when it was allowed to 

 retain a limited autonomy together with the right of coinage 

 in silver. 



Thyrrheium in Acarnania. — After B.C. 167. A diobol, 

 probably unique ; obverse, head of Athena ; reverse, 

 ZENOMENHH in laurel wreath. When the Acarnanian 

 Confederacy was broken up after B.C. 167 Thyrrheium was 

 allowed by the Romans to continue to strike money. The 

 coin is additionally interesting on account of the magistrate's 

 name, Xenomenes, who was probably an ancestor of the 

 Xenomenes of Thyrrlieium, who entertained Cicero when he 

 passed through the city in B.C. 51-50. 



Aegina. — An archaic didrachm with an incuse reverse of 

 the type prevalent before 550 B.C. The obverse type differs 

 from that of any archaic specimen hitherto described, the 

 shell of the tortoise being divided, as on the later coins struck 

 after 480 B.C., into numerous compartments or plates, while 

 it retains at the same time its archaic outlines. The coin is 

 therefore assigned to the latter half of the sixth century 



B.C. 



Achaean League. — A drachm of the finest style circ. B.C. 

 370. Obverse, Head of Zeus Homagyrios, closely resembling 

 the fine head of Zeus on contemporary coins of Elis. 

 This coin proves that the Achaeans combined to issue 

 Federal coins a whole century before the League is known 

 to have attained any political importance. 



Mantinea in Arcadia. — A rare hemiobol, circ. B.C. 400, 

 with an acorn on the obverse, illustrating Herodotus, I. 6Q, 

 where the Arcadians are called f^aXavrifayoi av^peg. 



