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Greek Coins Acquired by the British Museum in 1892 /';-=09 )(8*=-0/'] This content downloaded from 83.85.130.64 on Tue, 1 Jul 2014 04:10:22 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE. i. GREEK COINS ACQUIRED BY THE BRITISH MUSEUM IN 1892. (See Plate I.) During the year 1892 (Jan.- Dec.) the Departmentof Coins and Medals in the British Museum has acquired 457 coins of the Greek class, 10 of which are gold and electrum,99 silver,and 348 bronze. These coins have been acquired mainlyby purchase, but some are giftsdue to the kindness of Major-General M. G. Clerk,Mr. W. Loring,1Mr. H. Montagu, F.S.A., Dr. HermannWeber, and Mr. F. Weekes. A descriptionof noteworthyspecimens among these acquisitionsis given in the followingpages.2 Dicaea (Macedonia). 1. Obv.- Cockr. ; behind,disc containing a star(the sun ?) ; in front,volute ; borderof dots. Rev.- Octopuswithin shallow incuse square. iR. Size *7. Weight36*4 grains. [Pl. 1. 1.] 1 Two bronzecoins of Megalopolis, in Arcadia,and oneM of Parium. 2 ImportantGreek acquisitions of the Departmentof Coins and Medalsduring the years 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, and 1891 VOL. XIII. THIRDSERIES. B This content downloaded from 83.85.130.64 on Tue, 1 Jul 2014 04:10:31 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 2 NUMISMATICCHRONICLE. A varietyof the rare coin in the Six collection,pub- lished in Imhoof-Blumer'sMonnaies grecques , p. 72, No. 49, Pl. C, 14. The reverseclosely resembles that of the coins of Eretria issued fromcirc. b.c. 480- 445.3 Mende (Macedonia). 2. Obv.- Ass standingr. ; borderof dots. Rev.- Crowr. ; incusesquare. M. Size *45. Weight10*4 grains. [Pl. I. 2.] 3. Obv.- Fore-partof ass r. ; borderof dots. Rev.- [m] E N Kantharos; incusesquare. M. Size *3. Weight3*3 grains. [Pl. I. 3.] 4. Obv.- Head ofass 1.; borderof dots. Rev.- Kantharos; incusesquare. M. Size *2. Weight2*1 grains. [Pl. I. 4.] Thirteen coins of Mende were described in the Brit, Mus. Cat., Macedonia(1879). The collection now consists of 28 specimens. Six coins acquired by the Museum in 1891 were described in the Num. Chron. for 1892, p. 6, and severalothers have been purchasedsince. Nos. 2, 3, 4, now described,belong to the period b.c. 450 - 424 of the coinage. The types,as on other coins of Mende, relate to Dionysos and Silenos. No. 3 is the willbe found described bv mein theNvm. Chron. for 1888, pp. 1 -21; 1889,pp. 249-267 ; 1890, pp. 311-329 ; cf. 1891, p. 116; 1891,pp. 117- 134; 1892,pp. 1- 21. In preparingthe I have had the of the presentpaper, " advantage consulting sectionon RemarkableCoins," written by Mr. BarclayHead forthe Report on the BritishMuseum annually presented to theHouse ofCommons. 3 Head, Cat. CentralGreece , p. 121. This content downloaded from 83.85.130.64 on Tue, 1 Jul 2014 04:10:31 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions GREEKCOINS ACQUIRED BY THE BRITISHMUSEUM. 3 " same as No. 7 of the Brit. Mus. Cat.y Mende," with the importantexception of the inscription.4 Alexander the Great (Macedón). 5. Obv.- Head of youngHerakles r., in lion's skin; border ofdots. Rev.- AAEZAN APoY Eagle 1. (on thunderbolt?) : in fieldr., ear of corn. M. Size *5. Weight32 2 grains.[PI. I. 5.] A rare half-drachmof Alexander'sfirst coinage.5 DemetriusPoliorcetes (King of Macedón,b.c. 306- 283). 6. Obv. -Head of Demetriusr., wearingdiadem and bull's horn. Rev.- BAŠ IAEíl[í ] Eider, wearing petasos, [A] HMHTPloY clilamys,and chiton,and holdingspear in restwith r. hand,galloping r. on horse; beneathhorse, >E. N. Size *75. Weight131 grains.[Pl. I. 6.] A good specimen of the rare stater of Demetrius. Other statersare in the French,6 Berlin,7and Hirsch8 collections,and one in the BritishMuseum is publishedin Head's Guideto theCoins of the Ancients, IV. B, 15 ; PI. XXXI. 15. 4 For othercoins of Mende see Imhoof-Blumer,Monnaies grecques, p. 82 f.; Yon S.illet'sBeschreibung , ii., p. 99 f. (seven specimens);Head, Hist. Num.,p. 187 ; Num. Chron., 1890, D. 2. 5 Withthe symbolcompare Imhoof-Blumer, Monn . gr.tp. 118, No. 22. 6 Mionnet,Planches , PI. LXX. 8. 7 Friedländerand Yon Saliet,Das KöniglicheMiinzkabinet , No. 384. 8 Annuairede la Soc. num.frani;. > 1881,p. -41,Pl. I. 16. This content downloaded from 83.85.130.64 on Tue, 1 Jul 2014 04:10:31 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 4 NUMISMATICCHRONICLE. Abdera (Thrace). 7. Obv.- ABAH (in smallletters beneath tho type). Griffin, withpointed wing, rearing 1. Rev.- HPA rOPH Í Head of youngHermes r. in petasos; wholein incusesquare. M. Size *9. Weight190*3 grains. [Pl. I. 7.] Ail unpublishedtetradrachm of iEginetic weightstruck at Abdera during the period b.c. 430- 408. A head of Hermes occurs on a silver coin of Abdera, described in Yon Salleťs Beschreibung, i. p. 107, No. 72 ; Pl. IV. 39 (cf. Brit. Mus. Cat., Taur. Chers.,p. 71, No. 41) ; and a figureof Hermes is the type of other coins of this city. The name H PA TOPAZ is foundon coins of Rhodes.9 Thasos. 8. Obv.- Head of youngDionysos r., wearingband across forehead,and ivy-wreath. Rev.- OAZIÍ2N Herakles,naked, standing 1. ; in r., club; lion'sskin over left arm. M. Size *75. Weight68*8 grains. [Pl. I. 8.] A finespecimen of the rare drachmof the last issue of Thasian money,10struck after B.c. 146.11 The tetra- drachms of this issue are abundant,and are usually of coarse work. Our drachmresembles the better-executed tetradrachms,such as, forinstance, the coin photographed in the Beschreibung,i., Pl. VII. 67. The head of Dionysoson the drachms bears a remarkable,but, per- haps, fortuitous,resemblance to the head of that divinity 9 Mion.,Sup. vi., 590. , 10Cf. the specimensin the Berlin Museum(Von ballet, Beschreibungi., p. 294, Nos. 108, 109). 11Cf. Head, Hist.A um.,p. 229. This content downloaded from 83.85.130.64 on Tue, 1 Jul 2014 04:10:31 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions GREEKCOINS ACQUIRED BY THE BRITISHMUSEUM. 5 on bronze coins of Amisus12 struck in the time of MithradatesEupator (b.c. 121- 63). Athens. 9. Obv.- Head of Athenar., wearingclose-fitting crested helmetadorned with olive-leaves. A Rev.- 3 O Owlfacing, wings closed; whole in wreath ofolive. N. Size *4. Weight33*3 grains. [Pl. I. 9.] A quarter stater of Athens. The British Museum possessesthree specimens of the stater, but until now had no examplesof the smaller denominations,which, how- 13 ever,are well representedin the cabinetsof Berlin and " Paris. The French quarter-stater(Babelon, Les mon- naies d'or d'Athènes," in Revuedes étudesgrecques , 1889, p. 135) is a varietyof that now published. According to Mr. Head {Cat. Attica, p. xxviii.) the issue of this seriesof gold coins took place about b.c. 393, under the administrationof Conon. Dr. J. P. Six and M. Babelon, in his able paper just referredto, show good reasonsfor assigning the issue to the year b.c. 407, when the Atheniansmade extraordinaryefforts to increasetheir fleet,and even melted down into coin the gold images of Nike in the Parthenon. Aegina. 10. Obv.- Two dolphinsin oppositedirections. Rev.- Incusesquare divided by bands into fivecompart- ments. iR. Size *5. Weight29*5 grains. [Pl. I. 12.1 12Wroth, Catģ Pontm , Pl. III., Nos. 8, 9. 13 Z. /. N. v., p. 3. This content downloaded from 83.85.130.64 on Tue, 1 Jul 2014 04:10:31 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 6 NUMISMATICCHRONICLE. This unpublisheddiobol appears, to judge from the styleof the reverse, to have been struck shortlybefore b.c. 431, the year in whichthe inhabitantsof iEgina were expelled by the Athenians. The dolphins must be re- gardedas symbolseither of Apollo or of Poseidon. It is difficultto suggest a reason for the substitutionof this new typefor the familiartortoise. Already,however, as early as b.c. 480, the dolphin had fora short timebeen employed as the reverse type of a few iEginetan obols which bore on the obverse the tortoise.14When, in b.c. 404, the ¿Eginetanswere restored to theirformer homes by Lysander, they again employedthe tortoiseand incuse deviceson theirsilver coinage, but in one divisionof the incuse placed the symbolof the dolphin.15 On the bronze coins, issued after b.c. 404, the dolphins appear as the only type.16 Pheneus (Arcadia). 11. Obv.- Bust ofHermes r., wearingclilamys ; petasossus- pendedfrom neck. Rev.- <|>E Bam r. ; above,caduceus r. ¿R. Bize*45. Weight 9 '1 grains.[PI. I. 10.] A poor example of this pleasing coin (struckcirc. b.c. 400 - 370) is described in the Brit. Mus. Cat. (Pelop ., p. 193, No. 5). The excellent preservationof the new specimenentitles it to a place in our Plates. 14Head. Cat.Attica , &c., p. 137, Nos. 144, 145. 15Head, op. cit.,Pl. XXY. 3- 7. 16Head, op. cit, Pl. XXY. 11- 14. Mr. Head supposes thatwhile ¿Egina was in possessionof tbe Atheniankleruehs, b.c. 431- 404, no coinswere minted in ¿Egina. This content downloaded from 83.85.130.64 on Tue, 1 Jul 2014 04:10:31 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions GREEKCOINS ACQUIRED BY THE BRITISHMUSEUM. 7 Cnossus (Crete). (See infra,under Rhodes, No. 18.) Cerasus (Pontus). 12. Obv.- AVTKMAV CeOVAAeZANAPOC. Bust of SeverusAlexander r., laur.,wearing palucl a- mentumand cuirass. Ilev.- K6PACOV NTIWN ; in ex.,(6)TPZB (year 162), Heraklesstanding facing; in r., club; in 1., lion'sskin (rude style). iE. Size 1*15. The coins of Cerasus are dated froman era beginning:o n in a.D. 64 (Imhoof, Griecli. Münzen p. 559). 162, the date on this specimen,corresponds, therefore, to a.D.
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