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Excavations at Sparta, 1908 § 8.—A Hoard of Hellenistic Coins The Annual of the British School at Athens http://journals.cambridge.org/ATH Additional services for The Annual of the British School at Athens: Email alerts: Click here Subscriptions: Click here Commercial reprints: Click here Terms of use : Click here I.—Excavations At Sparta, 1908 § 8.—A Hoard of Hellenistic Coins A. J. B. Wace The Annual of the British School at Athens / Volume 14 / November 1908, pp 149 - 158 DOI: 10.1017/S006824540000318X, Published online: 18 October 2013 Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S006824540000318X How to cite this article: A. J. B. Wace (1908). I.—Excavations At Sparta, 1908 § 8.—A Hoard of Hellenistic Coins. The Annual of the British School at Athens, 14, pp 149-158 doi:10.1017/S006824540000318X Request Permissions : Click here Downloaded from http://journals.cambridge.org/ATH, IP address: 128.122.253.212 on 28 Apr 2015 LACONIA. I.—EXCAVATIONS AT SPARTA, 1908. § 8.—A HOARD OF HELLENISTIC COINS. (PLATES V., VI.) DURING the sinking of some trial pits by the iron bridge over the Eurotas1 a hoard of silver coins was found. They were contained in a plain vase of red ware, the mouth of which was closed by a clay stopper, and were discovered at a depth of -50 m. below the level of the present surface. The coins have now been transferred from the Sparta Museum to the National Coin Collection at Athens.2 They are all silver tetra- drachms of Attic-Euboic weight, except of course the Ptolemaic coins, which were struck on the Phoenician standard. The weights are those of the coins before they were cleaned. They have probably lost a little in weight during the cleaning process, but I have not thought it necessary to re-weigh them. The Athenian coins I have not described in detail, as the type is so common. My hearty thanks are due to Dr. Svoronos for his help and advice. THRACE. Lysimachus, 323-281 B.C. 1. Horned head of Alexander to r., border of dots. Rev. Athena Nikephoros seated to 1., on shield behind her a gorgoneion, on r. side a spear: in field below arm \fi, in exergue 1 B.S.A. xiii. PI. I. 0. 12. 2 A brief account of the find will appear in the next annual report of the collection. ISO A. J. B. WACE bow in case and A", inscr. BAZIAEflS AYZIMAXoY, beyond the latter word in field a club: weight 1545 gr.; C2:1 Miil!er,2 413, Erythrae. (PI. V. 1.) 2. Similar to 1, no border. Rev. similar to 1: below arm hf : of inscr. only AYZIMAX is visible: weight 15-60 gr.; C2: Miiller, 348, Heracleum. 3. Similar to 1, no border, and head small. Rev. similar to 1 ; in field on 1. (n), in exergue A ; of inscr. only BASIAE appears: weight 16*17 gr.; Cs. MACEDONIA. Alexander III. the Great, 336-323 B.C. 4. Head of Herakles in lion's skin to r., border of dots. Rev. Zeus aetophoros enthroned to 1., feet on stool; r. foot drawn back, sceptre in 1. hand: inscr. behind throne AEZANAPoY, in field on 1. below arm bunch of grapes and /^: weight i$'6? gr.; C2: cf. Miiller,3 1519 ff., uncertain mints. (PI. V. 2.) 5. Similar to 4. Rev. similar to 4, but no footstool: inscr. AAEZANAPoY : below arm sphinx to r. and £, below throne <J>: weight i6'O5 gr.; C2: cf. Miiller 1080-1107, Chios. (PI. V. 3.) 6. Similar to 4. Rev. similar to 5: inscr. AAEZANAPoY: on 1. below arm plumed helmet with cheek pieces, below throne ^, in exergue /E : weight 1570 gr. ; C2: Miiller, 233, uncertain of Macedonia. (PI. V. 4.) 7. Similar to 4, but border of dots. Rev. similar to 4 but no back to throne : inscr. AAEZANAPOY, in field 1. below arm A, and torch in holder: below throne kantharos, all in border of dots: weight i5'92 gr.; C1: Miiller, 60 Amphipolis. (PI. V. 5.) 1 By the conventional signs C1, C2, C3, etc. the condition of the coin is indicated. 2 Miiller, Miinzen des Lysimachos. 3 Miiller. Numismatique d'Alexandre. LACONIA. SPARTA. 151 8. Similar to 4. Rev. similar to 7, inscr. behind throne AAEZANAP, below throne five-rayed star, in field on 1. A and torch in holder: weight 1630 gr. ; C2: thick flan : cf. Miiller, 66-69, Amphipolis. 9. Similar to 4. Rev. similar to 7 : inscr. ZANAPoY, below arm on 1. five- rayed star: below throne ^ft : weight i6-6o gr.; C2: thick flan: Miiller, 164, Acroathon. 10. Similar to 4. Rev. similar to 7, but no footstool: inscr. AAEZANAPo, below throne Zl, below arm in field on 1. Z, border of dots: weight I5'6o gr. ; C3: scyphate flan : Miiller, 1405, Sidon. 11. Similar to 4. Rev. similar to 4: inscr. AEZ, in field below arm archaic female figure to 1.: weight i6"25 gr. ; C3: Miiller, 875, Sikyon. 12. Similar to 7. Rev. similar to4: inscr. AAEZANAPoY and below throne AEflZ, in field on 1. below arm I, below throne $ in wreath, border of dots : weight i6-65 gr.; C2: thick flan: Miiller, 1413, Sidon. 1 3. Similar to 7. Rev. similar to 4, but r. foot is not drawn back: inscr. as on 12 A E Z A N A B A ZIA E : below throne p Y : below arm on 1. dragon's head open-mouthed to r.: border of dots: weight 15*97 gr. > C2. (PI. V. 6.) 14. Similar to 7. Rev. similar to 5 : inscr. behind throne and below, A AEZ and AE : in field on 1. wreath containing illegible monogram: below throne Ml: all in border of dots: weight 1635 gr.; C3: Miiller, 734, Macedonia, Thrace, and Thessaly. iS2 A. J. B. WAGE 15. Similar to 4. Rev. similar to 13, but no back to throne : inscr. on 1., BAZI, on r. AAEEANAP«Y: below arm in field helmet; border of dots: weight 1640 gr.; C2: Miiller, 224, uncertain of Macedonia. 16. Similar to 7. Rev. similar to 15: inscr. BAZI AEftZ AAEHANAP«YJ below arm, tripod ; all in border of dots: weight i6*iogr.; C3; Miiller, 146, Philippi. 17. Similar to 7. Rev. similar to 15 : traces of inscr. only visible (no sign of BAZIAEHZ). below throne AA, below arm, fore-part of ram to r.; border of dots : weight 1670 gr. ; C2: Miiller, 1338, Damascus. 18. Similar to 4. Rev. similar to 15 : no inscription or symbols visible: weight 16-42gr.; C4. Demetrius I., 306-283 B.C. 19. Horned head of Demetrius to r. wearing fillet, border of dots. Rev. Poseidon to 1., r. foot raised on rock, trident in 1. hand: on either side BAZIAEX1Z AHMHTPloy : in field on 1. ^ and onr.^: border of dots : weight 1680. gr; C1: cf. Macdonald, Hunter Collection, I.,p. 338, 10. (PI. V. 7.) 20. Similar to 19. Rev. similar to 19, inscr. AZIAEflZ HMHTPloy •" in field on 1. *^g and M > no border visible : weight 15-85 gr.; C2. 21. Nike of Samothrace on prow to 1. Rev. Poseidon to 1. striking with trident in r. hand, on 1. arm chlamys : inscr. much worn AH , A ZlAEil: in field r. fE\, in field 1. (f : weight 16-35 gr.; C4: cf. Macdonald, op. cit. I., p. 337, 2. (PI. V. 8.) LACONIA. SPARTA. 153 ATTICA, Athens. 22-63. Forty-two tetradrachms varying in weight from 15*50 to 16*95 gr., and all of the same type. Head of Athena of fine style, eye in profile, wearing earring and crested helmet decorated with three olives, execution rather rough. Rev. owl to r. with wings closed, behind crescent and spray of olive with two berries: cf. B. M. Cat. Attica, PI. V., 3-6. (PI. V. 9, 10, 11.) LACONIA. 64. Head of Athena to r. in Corinthian helmet decorated with snake, border of dots, hair in corkscrew curls. Rev. Herakles seated on lion's skin on rock to 1., r. hand rests on club; above in field on either side an eight-rayed star: below stars A A : weight 15-95 gr-; C2. (PI. V. 12.) 65. Similar to 64, but different die. Rev. from same die as 64: weight i6"O5 gr.; C1; cf. 70. (PI. VI. 5.) 66. Similar to 64, but loose curls. Rev. similar to 64: inscr. A A and an eight-rayed star on each side above; below the A a thunderbolt: border of dots: weight 16-34gr.; C1. (PI. VI. 1.) 67. Similar to 66, but plume of helmet has one tail only, and there is no snake. Rev. similar to 64: on either side A A : border of dots : weight 1635 gr.: C2: both obv. and rev. from same dies as British Museum specimen1. (PI. VI. 2.) 68. Similar to 64, and from same die. Rev. similar to 64, but different die: on either side A A : on r. thunderbolt: weight 15-85 gr. ; C2. (PI. VI. 3.) 1 B.M.Cat. Crete, PI. II. \=Rev. Num., 1889, PI. III. 3. 154 A. J. B. WACE 69. Similar to 67, and from same die. Rev. similar to 64, but different die: on either side A A ; border of dots: weight 1675 gr. ; C1. (PI. VI. 4.) 70. Similar to 65, and from same die. Rev. similar to 64, and from same die as rev. of 64 and 65 ;. weight iS-8ogr.; C*. (PI. VI. 5.) SYRIA. Seleucid Kings, Seleucus I. 312-280 B.C. 71. Head of Herakles in lion's skin to r. Rev. Zeus aetophoros on throne without back to L, right foot drawn back: inscr.
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