82 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 



Evbhoea. — A tetradrachm of about 400 B.C., on the obverse 

 of which is a very beautiful head of the nymph Euboea^ 

 and on the reverse a bull standing. The head on this coin is 

 much finer than that on the only other known specimen which 

 was in the Photiades collection sold in 1890. 



Histiaea in Euhoea. — A small silver coin remarkable for 

 the countermark with which it is stamped, a Gorgoneion, the 

 type of the archaic coins of the neighbouring city of Eretria. 



Aegae in Achaea. — A very rare obol of the fifth century 

 B.C. Obverse, goat's head ; reverse, head of bearded Dionysos 

 crowned with ivy. 



Elis. — -A drachm of the fifth century B.C. Obverse, eagle 

 flying with a serpent in his claws ; Reverse, thunderbolt. 

 This rare drachm bears two countermarks — a lion's head, and 

 an incuse circle quartered. 



Paros. — An archaic drachm weighing 56 grs. Obverse, 

 goat ; Reverse, Euboic incase. Both in weight and style this 

 coin differs from the rest of the early Parian issues. 



(h.) Asia : — 

 Bithynia. — Prusias II. (180-149 B.C.), A bronze coin with 

 a fine portrait of the king. 



Asia Provincia. — A silver "medallion" of Hadrian 

 having on the reverse the temple of the two Nemeses of 

 Smyrna. The temple is inscribed N€M€C, and in the 

 exergue is CMYP. This medallion is unpublished. 



Pergamum in Mysia. — A small bronze coin of fine style. 

 Obverse, female head in sphendone ; Reverse, boar's head^ 

 triskelis, and uncertain symbol. 



Proconnesus in the Propontis. — A silver coin of the 

 fourth century B.C. Obverse, head of Aphrodite with hair 

 in sphendone ; Reverse, oenochoe. 



Ephesus in Ionia. — Elagabalus. Reverse, agonistic table 

 on which are two prize-crowns for the Ephesian Oecumenic 

 Olympian Games, and the inscription €<^€CIA OAYMTTIA 

 OIKOYM€NIKA. 



Ephesus in Ionia. — Severus Alexander. Reverse, inscrip- 

 tion, TTANIXINIOC. Figure of the Panionian Artemis 

 standing beside a prow. This coin was struck on the 

 occasion of one of the Panionian Festivals. 



Taha in Caria. — M. Aurelius. Reverse, statue of Artemis 

 in shrine. 



Cos and Miletus in alliance. — Antoninus Pius. The 

 Coan Asklepios and the Didymean Apollo with hands joined. 



Sardes in Lydia. — Elagabalus. Reverse, cultus-statue of 

 the Sardian goddess between two agonistic tables. Inscrip- 

 tion, OIKOYM6NIKA. 



