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Metal Size<br />

JE<br />

M<br />

M<br />

2<br />

3+<br />

8h<br />

Weight<br />

ASIATIC GREECE.<br />

Nero.<br />

NePON KAICAP. Head <strong>of</strong> Nero to r. Ti. NYCAGQN. Bust <strong>of</strong> the god Lunua<br />

to r.<br />

Antoninus Pius.<br />

AYT. KAICAP AAPIAN. ANTaNCINOC Head <strong>of</strong> Antoninus Pius tor, R. KAMA-<br />

PtlTHG NYCAeiiN. The god Ul)y, or Lunus, <strong>with</strong> Phrygian bonnet, crescent<br />

behind the shoulders, in full tunic, and <strong>with</strong> arms and legs draped, towards I, •<br />

in left hand, hasta.<br />

in right hand, patera ;<br />

Note.—<br />

KafiapiiTtit is evidently derived from Kam^r, '<br />

Arabic.<br />

Julia Domna.<br />

moon,' in Phoenician, as well as in modem<br />

lOYAlA CGBACTH. Bust <strong>of</strong> Julia Domna to r. B;. NYCAGilN, Bacchus seated<br />

to I, on the top <strong>of</strong> a cornucopise, from which depend fruits ; in his extended<br />

right hand, grapes.<br />

OPHRYNIUM Troadis. 4<br />

Note.— Ophrynium stood on the Asiatic shore <strong>of</strong> the Hellespont, between Dardanus and<br />

Rhceteium,<br />

Helmeted bearded head, adv., towards r., <strong>with</strong> the ears <strong>of</strong> an ox, and wings<br />

above them. R. 0PY, Naked figure kneeling to /•., and holding a bunch <strong>of</strong><br />

grapes.<br />

ORTHOSIA Carise. ^<br />

Note.—The situation <strong>of</strong> Orthosia is yet to be determined. In examining the question as to that A<br />

the neighbouring Alabanda (Asia Minor, p. 231), I suggested the probability that Orthosia was at<br />

the modem Karpusli.<br />

Bust <strong>of</strong> Diana to r. ; behind the neck, bow and quiver. B. OPOiiSlEilN. Jupiter<br />

Nicephorus seated to I. ; in field to I., lA and ?<br />

Victory stepping to I. ; in right hand, crown ; in left hand, trophy. B. Decorated<br />

thyrsus ; HP in mon. ; all in wreath <strong>of</strong> ivy. Conf. Mionnet, iii. p. 373, Sup. vi.<br />

p. 529.<br />

ORTHOSIA Phoeniciffi.<br />

Note.—The situation <strong>of</strong> this Orthosia is known from Strabo, p. 753, to have been on or near the river<br />

Eleutherus, now the Nahr-el-Berd ; but for its precise position, as well as for that <strong>of</strong> all the other places<br />

mentioned by the geographer between Seleuceia and Tripolis, <strong>with</strong> the exception <strong>of</strong> Laodiceia and<br />

Antaradus, we must wait probably until our Admiralty Surveys are extended to the coast <strong>of</strong> Syria.<br />

Caracalla.<br />

.... ANXaNI. . . . Head <strong>of</strong> Caracalla to r. B. OP0a Astarte,<br />

adv. (crowned by Victory on a column), in a tetrastyle temple, <strong>with</strong> steps, an<br />

arch in the centre, and a pediment covering the whole.

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