DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 85 



Dorylaeum in Phrygia. — A fine and very rare bronze 

 medallion of Gordian III. Reverse, ETTI ATTIKOY 

 APX(ovroc) TO B. Two figures sacrificing at a flaming 

 altar, above which hovers an eagle. 



Perga in Pamphylia. — Valerian and Gallienus. Two coins, 

 one with prize crown inscribed ACVAIA and with J€POC 

 (sc. ayu)v) beneath ; the other with the sacred conical baetyl 

 of the Pergaean goddess in a shrine between two Roman 

 " aquilae." 



Cremna and Gerae in Pisidia. — A drachm of great rarity. 

 Obverse, Head of Tyche ; reverse, KPHMNEHN KAI 

 KEPAEITIIN. Double Cornucopiae. 



Cremna in Pisidia. — Aurelian. Reverse, DONATIO COL. 

 CREMN. Roma placing ears of corn in two " modii " which 

 stand beside her. 



Parla'is in Lycaonia. — An entirely new coin of the 2nd or 

 1st century B.C. Obverse, Head of Artemis; reverse, flAPA- 

 AIEHN AIOMHAOY Galley. Until recently no coins 

 were known of this town before it became a Roman Colony. 



Tarsus in Gilicia. — A fine silver stater of the 4th century, 

 B.C. Obverse, Baaltars ; reverse, Lion and Bull above City 

 ramparts. 



Tarsus in Gilicia. — Caracalla. Reverse, Altar surmounted 

 by a wreath, in front of which is the very peculiar wreath 

 of the local Archiereus to which are affixed the letters P. B. 

 (= jpcLfxfxaTi BouXrjc) and seven small busts of Emperors (cf. 

 B. M. Cat. Gilicia, pp. xcvii. ff.). 



Lycia, Pamphylia, Pisidia, Gilicia, and Syria. — Numer- 

 ous specimens, one of which, a coin of Lalassis in Gilicia of 

 the time of Domitian, is inscribed K08N0N AAAAZZEIIN 

 KAI KENNATHN. This is an exceedingly rare piece and 

 of much historical interest. {See B. M. Cat., Gilicia, p. liv.) 



C^/prus. — Baalmelek I., king of Citium, B.C. 479-449, 

 Drachm, a denomination new to the Museum. Obverse, 

 Herakles advancing ; reverse, Lion seated. 



Gyprus. — Eight 4th century silver coins found together, 

 the largest being a rare stater of Lysandros, king of Amathus, 

 with his name in Cypriote characters. 



Gyprus as a Roman Province.^A coin of the time of 

 Claudius with the name of the Proconsul Cominius Proculus, 

 eni KOMINIOY nPOKAOY AN0Y(7r^Tou) KYnPIOJN, 



