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Athens. — A bronze coin of Imperial times on which is 

 represented a monument usually supposed to be the one set 

 up in memory of Miltiades on the plain of Marathon. Pre- 

 sented hy Sir John Evans, K.G.B. 



Achaea. — A. silver stater weighing 185 grs., of the finest 

 period of Greek art, the middle of the 4fch cent. B.C. This 

 coin is unique and one of the most beautiful examples of 

 Peloponnesian work which exists on coins. The head of the 

 goddess on the obverse is quite equal to that of Artemis on 

 the contemporary stater of Stymphalus {Coins of the 

 Ancients, III. B. 38), and the form of the elaborate earring 

 on the two coins is identical. On the reverse is Zeus seated 

 on a throne, the arm of which is supported by a small 

 Sphinx. From his outstretched right arm he lets fly an 

 •eagle, and with his left he leans on a sceptre. In the field, 

 before him, is a crested helmet, and, behind, the inscription 

 AXAII2N, the letters of which seem to have been separately 

 punched into the die. The type of Zeus letting fly an eagle 

 (cKplcrioQ) is clearly an adaptation of the Zeus Lycaeus on the 

 earlier coins of the Arcadians. There can be no doubt, 

 therefore, that this beautiful coin belongs to the earlier 

 Achaean Federation, of which the famous Achaean League, 

 formed in 280 B.C., was a revival. The historical value of 

 this coin is very great, as it proves that the Achaean Com- 

 munes, like the Arcadian after the battle of Leuctra (371 B.C.), 

 combined to strike money in the name of the entire people. 



Aegium in Achaea. — A bronze coin of Antoninus Pius : 

 reverse, Z€VC TTAJC AiriCllN, statue of the Boy Zeus 

 hurling thunderbolt and holding eagle. This remarkable type 

 illustrates the passage of Pausanias (VII. 24, 4) in which he 

 mentions an archaic statue at Aegium of Zeus as a boy, by 

 the sculptor Ageladas. 



Elis. — An obol (circ. 400 B.C.) Obverse, Head of Nymph 

 (Olympia ?) with flowing hair ; reverse. Eagle. 



Argos. — Hadrian. A bronze coin with a curious and very 

 rare reverse type, a man approaching a woman seated on a 

 rock, various explanations of which (none satisfactory) have 

 been proposed by archaeologists. 



Epidaurus in Argolia. — A late bronze coin with a head of 

 Asklepios and the name of the Games, ACKAHTT€JA, on the 

 reverse. 



Minoa in Amorgos. — Julia Domna. Reverse, Cultus-statue 

 of the goddess Hera between two peacocks. 



Andros. — A rare drachm of the 4th cent. B.C. Obverse, A 

 fine ivy-crowned head of young Dionysos ; reverse, Panther. 



(6.) Asia : — 



Pergamum, Ephesiis, and Laodicea. — Several nev^ varieties 

 of Cistophori. 



130. G 



