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GREEK 'COINS ACQUIRED BY THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 257
A rare drachm of the third century B.C., not described
.in the Brit. Mm. Cat., Crete and Aegean Islands. Other
Melian silver coins with magistrates' names, of the same
period, are given in Head's Historia Numorum, p. 415,
CYZICUS (MYSIA).
24. Obv. Bearded male figure (Orestes at Delphi ?) wearing
chlamys which hangs behind, kneeling
1. beside
the omphalos, on which his left hand rests ; in
r,, naked sword, upright ; beneath, tunny 1.
Rev. Incuse square of four square sinkings.
El. Size -7. Weight 248-2 grains. [PI. XII.
11.]
A similar specimen is in Canon Greenwell's collection,
and is described by him in his Coinage of Cyzicus, p. 87,
No. 72, PI. III., 23. A hecte with similar types is in the
British Museum.
25. Obv. KV ZIKOC. Youthful male head r. (Cyzicus) ;
beneath, serpent.
R#v. AZKAHfllAAOV KVZIKHNflN NEOK-
Nemesis, winged, wearing helmet, chiton and
peplos, standing 1.; r. hand on rudder; at her
feet, wheel,
M. Size '95.
Compare Mionnet, torn. ii. p. 534, No. 140. The coin
is of the time of Gallienus, the same magistrate's name
occurring on his coins (Mion. Sup. t. v. p. 363, Nos. 460,
461).
LAMPSACUS (MYSIA),
26. Obv. Head of Zeus 1., laureate ; behind, fulmen.
Rev. Half sea-horse r., winged, in incuse square.
N. Size -75. Weight 180-5 grains. [PI. XII. 12.]
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