&C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. on 



Four gold staters of Alexander the Great, and iive tetradrachms of" silver bearlno- the 

 types of the same king ; of these latter, four, struck at Mesembria, Teos, Side, and an 

 uncertain mint, are important new varieties. 



Three beautiful drachms of Larissa in Thessaly, one has on the obverse a head of the 

 nymph Larissa facing, her chiton fastened on each shoulder with a fibula in tlie shape of 

 a seated sphinx (^Num. Chvon., 18S5, PL I. 5) ; another is in perfect j'reservation. 



A gold didrachm of the Aetolian League. 



Several rare coins of Crete, among them a drachm of the city of Arcadia {obv., head of 

 Zeus Amnion), and a didrachm of Cnossus, with head of Demeter on the obverse, and the 

 Cretan Labyrinth on the reverse. 



A curious early silver coin of Sinope, with an eagle's hcr.d on the obverse (Nurr. 

 C/iron., 1885, PI. I. 8). 



A tetradrachm of Philetaerus, King of Pergamus, B.C. 281-263, with a fine portrait of 

 Seleucus Nicator. 



A large series of small silver coins of Cebrenia in the Troad, of various periods. 



Two coins of the Imperial period struck at Erythra;, showing the ancient statue of 

 Herakles mentioned by Pausanias, VII. 5, 5, 



A silver coin of Miletus of the usual types, head of Apollo, and Lion with star, but of 

 double the weight of the ordinary coins (161 grains). 



A very finely preserved alliance coin of Laodicea and Smyrna, with figures on the 

 reverse of Zeus of Laodicea and Smyrna standing with hands joined, and with the name 

 of Homer, OMHPOS, between them. 



Two very rare archaic silver coins of Samos (Gardner, Coins of b'amos, PI. I, 6, 7), 

 obv., Bull's head ; 7-ev., Incuse square. 



A very rare silver stater of the Babylonic standard, with Lion's head on the obverse, 

 and on the reverse an incuse square divided by a diagonal bar {Num. Chron., 1885, 

 PI. I. 10) ; probably struck at Cnidus in Caria. A most important silver stater of 

 Cnidus belonging to the class of anti-Spartan alliance money issued at Ephesus, Samos, 

 and other cities of Asia, after the victory of Conon off Cnidus in B.C. 394. The coins of 

 this class, which all have on the reverse the infant Herakles strangling the serpents, were 

 first identified and explained by M. W. H. Waddington {Revue numnmatique, 1863). 



An archaic staler ot Lycia, obi\. Dolphin ; rev., symbol with three hooks, of which one 

 terminates in a lion's head ; also, a small silver coin of Lycia with a shell on the obverse, 

 and on the reverse a head facing and the inscription mith - - -, in Lycian characters. A 

 veiy finely preserved silver coin of Mallus in Cilicla bearing as type a youno- male 

 winged figure kneeling on one knee and holding in his hand the solar disk ; on the reverse, 

 a swan. 



A silver stater of Tarsus ; on the obverse a Iiorse-soldier, on the reverse a foot-soldier 

 and an Aramaic inscrption. 



A large bronze coin of Philadelphia in Lydia, of the time of M. Aurelius ; rev., Isis 

 seated on a throne, holding a sistrum and carrying in her arms the infant Harpocrates. 



An undoubtedly authentic specimen of the celebrated coin of Apamea in Phryo-ia 

 (Cibotus), shewing on the reverse the ark of Noah, with four persons and a raven and 

 dove ; an illustration of the Biblical account of the Deluge. 



Several silver coins of the Seleucida3. Among them are a rare tetradrachm of 

 Antiochus I., with a horned portrait of his father Seleucus Nicator ; two tetradrachms of 

 Antiochus II., with the rare reverse-type of Herakles seated ; two tetradrachms of 

 Seleucus IL, one very fine with youthful portrait, and one with a bearded portrait-head 

 unlike any hitherto published ; a rare drachm of Demetrius II., with an anchor as reverse- 

 type ; and rare drachms of Antiochus VII., one of which has as type the goddess Tyche, 

 the other the god Sandan on the back of a horned lion. 



A tetradrachm of Seleucia in Syria, the port of Antioch ; the reverse type is a thunder- 

 bolt resting on a table. 



A unique tetradrachm of Ptolemy VL (Philometor) and Ptolemy VII. (Eupator) 

 bearing a double date, year 36 of the former king and year one of the latter (b.c. 146), 

 ( See Cat. Coins of Ptolemies in Brit. Mus., p. Ixvii.. PI. XXXII. 9). 



Several rare varieties of early coins of Gyrene, including two of the very uncommon 

 mint of Euesperls: some ofwhich are published in the A^umismatic Chronicle, 1885, PI. I. 

 13, 14. 



2. Roman Series: — 



Sixteen small brass coins (denarii) of LIcInius I. and Constantlne the Great. Presented 

 by John Evans. JEsi/., LL.D., P.S.A. 



A solidus of Anthemius struck at Milan. Presented by W. M. Flinders Petrie, Estj. 



A copper denarius of Carausius, with the reverse type, a female bust, within a wreath, 

 holding a flower, and the inscription FORrVNA AVG. 



3. English Series: — 



A coin of Edward L, of the English type, struck at Dublin. From the Beaumont 

 Find. 



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