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

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ASIATIC GREECE.
Volusianus.
AYT. KAIC. r. OYI. TPGB. OYOA ....... Head of Volusian to r. R, *a.
NeACn Mount Garizim, with temple and portico nearly as before;
below, an eagle, adv., with expanded wings.
NESIBI Mesopotamise.
Note.—The north-western part of Mesopotamia received from its Greek conquerors the Mace-
donian name Mygdonia. Here, near the sources of one of the branches of the Khabflr, Greece
Chaboras, stands Nesibi, about fifty geographical miles to the n.w. of Mosul, on the road from thence
to Mardin and Diarb^kr. Nesibi was colonized by one of the Seleucidae, who gave it the name of
Antiocheia of Mygdonia. A coin of Seleucus IV. is extant, bearing on one side his portrait ; on
the other Victory, with the date 130, and the legend ANTIOXEQN TQN Tl{pbe) MTrAGNIAI.
The ancient name Nesibi, however, was never obsolete, as we find no other on the coins of the co-
lony estabUshed here by Septimius Severus. This colony seems from the legends of the coins to have
been chiefly, if not entirely, Greek.
Severus Alexandnis.
AY. KAI. MAP. A. C6. AAeXANAPOC. Eadiate head of Severus Alexander to r.
R. cen. KOA. NeCIBI. MHT. Veiled and turreted female head to r. ; above
it, ram running to r. ; before it, star.
Similar legend and similar type, but without rays. B. Same legend. Veiled and
turreted female head to r. ; above, ram running to r. and looking I. at star ;
before, another star and an ear of corn.
Gordianus, Tranquillina. ^^^^V
AYTOK. K. M. AN. TOFAIANON CAB. TPAN . . . Busts of Gordian and Tran-
quillina opposed. B.
. . . KOAO. NGCIBI. MHTPO. Veiled and turreted
female seated to I. ; in right hand, ears of corn ; on her head, ram running to
I. ; at her feet, river-god (Mygdonius) swimming to r.
Philippus Senior.
AYTOK. K. M. lOYAI. *IAinn0C CGB. Radiate bust of Philip Senior to I. ; the
point of a spear appearing
before the neck. B. lOY, cen. KOAii. NeC-IBI
MHT. Veiled female figure seated, adv., in a tetrastyle temple ; on her head,
ram running to r. and looking to I. ; at her feet, river-god swimming to r.
Another similar.
Otacilia Severa.
MAP. aTAKIA. ceOYHPAN CGB. Bust of Otacilia Severa to r. ; behind the
shoulders, a crescent. R. Same legend and type as on the coins of Philip.
Another similar.
NIC^A Bithyniffi.
NoU.— According to Stephanus, Nicsea, before the Macedonian conquest, was called 'Ayicupij,
another form, perhaps, of Ancyra, which name, being found both in Phrygia and Galatia, is pro-
bably of indigenous, and not of Greek, origin.
In the time of Antigonus, king of Asia, Nicaea received a colony from Bottiseis, and the name
Antigoneia, which lasted, however, not longer than the Antigoneia of Troas, having been replaced by
that of Niccea, who was daughter of Antipatrus and wife of Lysimachus. Strabo, p. 5C5.
Head of Jupiter to r. R. NIK Hygieia feeding serpent to I. ; in field to I.,
NIKAI[EON]. Head of Bacchus to r. ; before, HA in mon. R. EDI TAIOY