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

Metal Size Weight
JE
M
El.
M
JR
M
JE
M
M
M
M
4
2-ik
2i
72-8
163-5
96-9
79-3
54-4
23-5
ASIATIC GREECE. 88
MILETOPOLIS Mysise.
Note.— Tlie exact situation of Miletopolis has not been ascertained, but it stood, undoubtedly, not
far from the lalce of Maniyas ; for this is evidently the MiXijroTroXirif Xi/ivij mentioned by Strabo,
p. 575, and which is situated at about the distance (20 m.p.) from ApoUonia ad Rhyndacum, at which
the Tabular Itinerary places Miletopolis from that city.
Vide supra, m Apollonia.
Head of Pallas to r. R. MIAHTOnOAlTQN. Two owls opposed.
Note.—These Athenian types may be accounted for by Miletopolis having been a colony of Cyzious,
which was a colony of Athens. The Miletopolitse may have only been the more inclined to assume
these types of their ultimate origin from the absence of them on the coins both of Cyzicus and
Miletus.
Gordianus Junior.
AYT. K. M. ANT. TOPAIANOC. Bust of Gordian to r. R. 6ni CTP. AYP. ePMOY
MeiAHTOnOAGITiiN. Diana Venatrix, habited as usual, stepping to r. ; right
hand to quiver ; in left hand, bow ; at her feet, dog starting forward to r.
MILETUS loniEe,
Note.—The types and symbols of Apollo on the coins of Miletus are accounted for by the celebrity
of the temple of Apollo Didymeus at Didyma or Branchidfe in its territory, and which almost rivalled
that of Diana at Ephesus. Didyma was said to have derived its name from the temple having been
sacred to Jupiter as well as to Apollo (Callim. Fragm. 36. Stephan. in AiSvfia), but may also have
had an allusion to the twins Apollo and Diana. The ruins of Didyma have been described in the
Ionian Antiquities of the Society of Dilettanti.
Head of a lion with open mouth to r. ; above a star. R. Oblong shapeless quad.
incus.
Laureate head of Apollo to I. R. Lion standing to I., and looking to r. at star ; in
exergue, 2AM 10 S.
Same type. R. MI. in mon (M/Xi/roc) ; in exergue, EPriNOS. Same type.
Same type. R. MI. in mon. KTH21AS. Same type.
Same type. R. MI. in mon. MNHSIOE02. Same type.
Same type. R. MI. in mon. . NriANA. Same type.
Apollo, naked, standing to r. ; in right hand, bow ; in left hand, small stag. R. MI-
AHCIUJN. Lion couchant to r., looking to I. at star.
Another similar.
Lion stepping to I. and looking back at star. R. MEASiN, the letters between the
rays of a star of eight points.
Laureate head of Apollo to r. R. Lion stepping to r. and looking to I. at star.
Another ; below the lion, EniM . . .
CeSACTOC. Head of Nero to r.
female attire (Musagetes) to r. ;
AY.
his feet, stag to r., looking up.
Nero.
R. MIAHCIiiN Eni TI. AAMA. Apollo in
in right hand, patera ; in left hand, bow ; at
Septimius Severus and Caracalla.
K. A. cen. oeOYHPOC KAI. ay. M. ANXilNeiNOC. Heads of Severus and
Caracalla opposed. R MIAHCIiiN. Apollo naked, and Diana
both adv.
in a long garment and Phrygian bonnet ;
JYote. According to Clemens of Alexandria, the Milesii on some sacred occasions sang as follows,
MiXTTtrc li nalSis "Eicdtpyov Kai'Eicaepyov, which agrees with the union of the two deities on this coin.