Numismata hellenica: a catalogue of Greek coins; with notes, a map ...

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ASIATIC GREECE. 47
Vespasianus.
OYESIIASIANON KAI2APA [KOTlA]EIS. Head of Vespasian to r. R Eni Ti.
KAAYAIOY reKOYNAOY. Half-draped Bacchus standing to I. ; in m right ngnt
hand, diota; in left hand, which rests on a twisted or vine-covered stele a
sceptre ; at his feet, panther to I.
Severus Alexandras.
[M. AYP. CGYH] AAEXANAPOC AYF. Bust of Severus Alexander to I.; right
hand raised ; in left hand, hasta. B:. Eni. M. AYP. KO[INTOY K]YINTIAN0Y
APX. KOTIAEil . . Asclepius with his usual attributes, and Hygieia feeding
the
serpent, opposed ; between them, Telesphorus.
Maximus.
r. lOY. OYH. MAffllMOC K(a4Vap). Bust of Maximus to r. R. Eni IT. AI. EP-
MA*IAOY. A. APX. B. KOTIAEiiN. lladiate naked figure (Apollo), adv.,
looking to I. ; in raised right hand, torch I in left hand, globe.
PMlippus Senior.
M. lOYAIOC *IAinnOC AVr. Radiate bust of Philip senior to r. R. Eni lOY.
nONTIKOY APXIEPEQC. Asclepius and Hygieia opposed ; between them,
Telesphorus ; in exergue, KOTIAEQN.
M. lOYAI. $IAinriOC AV. Bust of Philip senior to r. R. KOTIAEQN. Two
right hands joined.
Valerianus.
AYT. K. n. AIK. OYAAGPIANON. Radiate bust of Valerian to r. R. EHI n. AI.
AHMHTPIANOY 10. APX. Cybele to I. in a biga drawn by lions ; in
exergue,
KOTIAEiiN.
Another similar.
CRAGUS Lycise.
Note.—
Cragus is better known as a great mountain of Lycia than as a Lycian city. This province
has been diligently explored of late, and many of its cities have been identified. But not Cragus,
though its coins prove it to have been a place of some importance. In the 12th volume of the
Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, I have given some reasons for believing that Cragus was
the same place as Sidyma, which name is not found on coins, but is known from inscriptions in the
ruins of a city on one of the summits of Mount Cragus. The latter name seems to have been in use
up to the first century of our sera, Sidyma at a later date.
Head of Apollo to r. R. KP. Lyre; in field to I., eagle standing on a helmet;
all in quad, incus.
Same type. R. KP. Lyre ; in quad, incus. Electrotype.
Similar type. R. AYKIiiN KPA, Lyre ; all in quad, incus.
Head of Diana to r. R. AY. KP. Quiver ; all in quad, incus.
Female head to r. ; with apex above the forehead. R. K with PA in mon. Quiver.
CROMNA Paphlagonise.
Note.—Cromna was a maritime city of Paphlagonia, situated 120 stades to the eastward of
Amastris, and 90 west from Cytorus (Arriau. Perip. Eux. 14). Amastris and Cytorus preserve
their ancient names. The female head on the coins of Cromna resembles that on the coins of
Aroisus, which 1 have described as a head of Juno, because it bears the kind of crown which commonly
distinguishes that goddess. More probably, however, the female heads on the coins both of
Cromna and of Amisus are intended for the Amazon KTiarai, from whom the places were sup-
posed to have derived their names ; and that the coins which bear them are more ancient than the
introduction of the worship of Perseus by the kings of Pontus. Vide Amisus.