OF COINS, PLATES I., 



Description of Beverse. 



Plain 



Plain 



Marks of anvil 



Incuse divided into five . . 



Eude incuse 



fA gallery before a fortress ; below, two 

 i lions 



{Quadriga driven by the City, who is] 

 crowned by Victory ; below, the' 

 A0AA, armour for prizes . . . . | 

 rM ETA. Ear of corn with leaf; on leaf, 

 mouse ; in field <p, for magistrate's 

 I name 



f * I A I TTTT Y. Biga ; below, trident 

 { (mintmark) 



Coin fashioned to represent a shirt. 



Coin fashioned to represent a knife. 



One of the earliest coins extant. 



The tortoise was the symbol of the 

 Phoenician goddess of trade, 



'These coins were issued, with slight 

 variation, from the time of Darius 

 Hystaspis to the end of the Persian 



\ Empire. 



The fortress probably represents Sidon 

 , itself. 



The chariot-type in Sicily alludes to 

 victories with chariots in the Olympic 

 games. 



/The types refer to the plenteous har- 

 { vests of the city. 



Prototype of Pannonian, British and 

 Gaulish coins. 



)! 



Types copied from last 



CAMV. Ear of bearded corn 



(BAZIAEflZ (Pallas seated, hold-l 

 lATilMAWT.l grams in field . J 

 (■Hebrew inscription : — Jerusalem the 

 \ Holy. Triple lily . . . J 



/ASKAAflNITHN THZ IEPA2> 

 KAI AIYAOY. Eagle holding a 

 ! palm;inthefieldamonogram, alesser 

 I eagle, and the date LNE (year 55 of 

 I, the era of Ascalon) . i 



(C .CAESAR ■ COS . PONT . AVG.' 

 | (Caius Caesar Consul, Pontifex, 

 { Augustus. Head of Augustus 



(BRITANNIA. Figure of Roman Brit-j 

 \ ain.seated, holding military standard/ 



/These types spread from tribe to tribe, 

 \ and crossed over from Gaul to Britain. 



This is also a copy of Philip's coin ; the 

 horse representing the biga, and the 

 ear of corn the wreath of Apollo. 



Some numismatists give these pieces to 

 the time of Ezra. 



(When this coin was struck, Cleopatra 

 was nineteen years of age. 



(These Roman aurei formed the gold 

 { currency of the world. 



The prototype of our modern penny. 



Museum, for the information contained in this table. 



