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their own time. The coins are contemporary with Pausanias's- 

 travels, and are in many cases the only evidence we possess 

 of the general scheme of several masterpieces of Greek 

 sculpture mentioned by him. 



(b.) Asia : — ■ 

 Paphlagonia. — A rare bronze coin of king Pylaemenes, 

 the son (?) of Nicomedes II. of Bithynia, who was dethroned 

 90 B.C. 



Caesarea Germanica in Bithynia.— Julia, Domna ; Reverse, 

 an amphitheatre filled with spectators and showing the meta, 

 or goal, in the middle. 



Nicoinedia in Bithynia.-— Fsbustinsi, Jun. ; Reverse, Aphro- 

 dite seated on a rock and holding an apple. 



Tium in Bithynia. — Marcus Aurelius Caesar ; Reverse, a 

 figure of the River-god Billaos, 



Cyme in Aeolis. — A small bronze coin of Imperial time (?) 

 having on one side a writing tablet and two styli (?). 



Alahanda in Caria. — A bronze coin countermarked by 

 Geta. On the reverse is the inscription AT€A€IA com- 

 memorating the fact that the town enjoyed at that time 

 immunity from taxation. 



Hydisus in Caria. — A bronze coin of the first century B.c. 

 Hydisus is mentioned in the Athenian Tribute Lists, and 

 later by Ptolemy and Pliny. Its coins are of great rarity. 



Aninetus in Lydia. — A very remarkable bronze coin of the 

 second century B.C. Obverse, bearded head laureate with back 

 hair rolled in feminine fashion and with formal curls hanging 

 down neck. Reverse, ANINHCiWN, and the mint-mark 

 of Pergamum, TTEP in monogram, ty2)e. Eagle on thunderbolt 

 from which spring an ear of corn and a poppy. This curious 

 coin proves that there was a political relationship between 

 the kingdom of Pergamum and the Lydian city Aninetus, 

 and it would even seem to have been struck for Aninetus at 

 the Pergamene mint, and that the engraver modified a con- 

 temporary coin-type of his own city {obv., Head of Zeus, 

 rev., Thunderbolt) to make it suitable for the cultus of 

 Persephone prevalent at Aninetus by the addition of the 

 attributes of that goddess (ear of corn and poppy). The 

 site of Aninetus has been quite recently identified in the 

 Maeander valley between Mastaura and Briula. 



Attaleia in Lydia. — Caracalla. Reverse, €TT • CTPA . 

 M€N€KPATOVC B . &c., Dionysos extending a bunch of 

 grapes to a drunken satyr on the ground at his feet. This 

 coin serves to correct an erroneous attribution and engraving 

 of an identical specimen in the Ranch Collection as given in 

 Berliner Blatter, v. 24. 



