EARLY COINS OF LYCIA. 303 



No. 18. — A Head with a helmet, to the right: rev. 

 The head of Mercury wearing the petasus, to 

 the left, in a sunk circle surrounded by a bead- 

 ing ; with the letters FT. 

 Silver: weight 119 grs. In the British Museum. 

 From the Thomas Collection. 



A coin very similar to this is figured by Sir C. 

 Fellows, No. 26, p. 461, with the legend Ptta- 

 razu, which I explained to be the original Lycian 

 form of the name of Patara : the Asiatic termi- 

 nation in azu is changed by the Greeks, in many 

 of the towns of Asia Minor, into assos or essos ; 

 while in other cases it has been dropped, as in 

 the instance before us of Pttarazu changed to 

 Patara ; also Sorezu or Soreze, of the inscription 

 at Soura, a?ite, No. 25, page 259, and Pitue in 

 Caria, which Stephanus Byzantinus tells us was 

 once called Pituoussai. 



The coin before us must be referred to the 

 town of Patara. 



No. 19. — A Head to the right, much defaced : rev. 

 Head of Mercury wearing the petasus, to the 

 right, in a sunk circle surrounded by a bead- 

 ing ; with the legend Ff *SSf Pf . 

 Silver: weight 129 grs. In the British Museum. 

 From the Thomas Collection. 



The legend on this coin, Fegsstre, is probably 



