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

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Metal
JE
JE
M
JE
Size
7
7
4
4-3
9i
5-4
4
7-6
Weight
58-5
58-7
ASIATIC GREECE.
Salonina.
CAAQN. XPYCOrONH C. Bust of Salonina to r. ft. en. POYOY ACIAP(xov)
CAPMANQN r. NeSiKOPiiN. Symbol of Proserpine on a table.
Another similar.
SCEPSIS Troadis.
Note.—The site of Scepsis has not been determined, although it is the most interesting point in
the Troas, as having been the capital of a Dardanian kingdom during several of the centuries inter-
vening between tlie destruction of Troy and the time of Alexander, and not less interesting from its
connexion with a part of the literary history of Greece as related by Strabo (p. 608). According to the
geographer, Palcescepsis stood in the upper region of Ida, below Polichna and above Cebren, at a
distance of thirty stades from the iEsepus, consequently on the eastern side of Ida. The Scepsis of
his time was sixty stades below the ancient position.
SKIM'ION. Seahorse to r., as on coins of Larapsacus. B. Palm tree ; below it,
on either side, a stem with grapes ; all within a linear and a dotted square, and
in quad, incus. Electrotype from the B. M.
Same legend and type. B. Same type, but in field to I., N, and no vines. Electro-
type from the B. M.
Same type to I. IJi. The letters SK below the branches of a tree in a rectangle ;
in field to ^., thyrsus with ribbons ; in field to r., H, in line with SK.
Caracalla.
. . . KAI. M. AYPHA. ANTQNINOC. Bust of Caracalla to r. Juno half draped,
with sceptre in right hand ; Venus naked, with legs crossed ; Pallas helmeted
and in long drapery ; all to r., opposed to Cupid standing on a rock, and holding
torch ? in right hand ; above him, Paris on the top of a tree ; above,
^A?{iaviu)v). In exergue, SKH^iaN Electrotype.
Note.— This coin, which shows that the Scepsians placed the scene of the judgment of Paris in
their territory, accords with the position of Scepsis towards the sources of the ^sepus, as indicated
by Strabo, for that river originates on the eastern side of the same summit of Ida from which the
Mendere, or ancient Simoeis, flows in a north-westerly direction. This highest point of Ida rises, as
the geographer remarks, immediately above the site of Antandrus ; and he adds, that it was called
Alexandria, because it was said to have been the scene of the judgment of Paris (p. 60C). On the
reverse of an Imperial coin (Mionnet, Sup. v. p. 580) is the word lAH the reverse of another in ;
the
B. M. represents Jupiter Aetophorus, with the legend ZGTC lAAIOC ; all tending to show that
Scepsis was near the summit of Ida.
SEBASTE Phrygi*.
Note.—The position of this Sebaste, known only as a town of the Phrygia Pacatiana of the
lower empire, has been fixed at Sidjekler, fifteen geographical miles to the northward of Eumeneia
(Ish^kli), by Mr. W. I. Hamilton (Asia Minor, i. p. 121).
Head of Bacchus to r., crowned with ivy, and with chlamys round the neck. R. [ce]-
BACTHNilN. Veiled female in long drapery (Ceres?) standing to I. ; in
right
hand, three ears of corn or poppies? ; in left hand, hasta.
Head of Lunus to r., with Phrygian bonnet, and crescent behind the shoulders.
B. CeBACTHNilN. Helmeted female in long drapery, adv., looking to I. ;
in left hand, patera, containing two ; globules in right hand, serpent, feeding
from the patera (Nemesis? vide Eckhel ii.
p. 55.3). Electrotype from the B. M.
lePA CYNKAHTOC. Diademate beardless head to r. (Roman Senate.) ft. CG-
BacTHNSIN. Jupiter seated to I. ; in right hand, ; patera in left hand,
sceptre.
Note.— These coins are here attributed to Sebaste of Phrygia, as well from their style, as because they
have not, like the coins of Sebaste of Galatia, and of Sebaste of Paphlagonia, any legend distinctive of
those provinces. Conf. Mionnet, iv. p. 397, Sup. iv. p. 570, where, as well as in Sup. vii. pp. 294, C49,
all the coins with the simple legend CeBACTHNQN belong, probably, to Sebaste of Phrygia.
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