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110 ASIATIC GREECE.<br />

Metal<br />

M<br />

JE<br />

M<br />

JE<br />

M<br />

M<br />

M<br />

JE<br />

Size<br />

3<br />

6h<br />

6-5<br />

4-<br />

8-7<br />

Weight<br />

Alexander Balas.<br />

Radiate head <strong>of</strong> Alexander Balas to r. R. 2EAEYKEUN TSiN EM niEPIAI<br />

Half-draped figure, adv., looking to I. ; right arm extended ; in field to ^., a<br />

mon. and I. ; to r., II.<br />

Tiberius.<br />

. . . 2EBA2T0Y. Head <strong>of</strong> Tiberius to r. E.<br />

in five lines in a wreath.<br />

. . EDI SIAANOY SEAEYKEiiN<br />

Trajanm,<br />

NGP. TPAIANOC APIOT. CGB. rSPM. [AAKj. Head <strong>of</strong> Trajan to r.<br />

R. CeAGYKGUJN IIiePIAC. A mountain, <strong>with</strong> a cavern near the summit<br />

(symbol <strong>of</strong> Jupiter Casius), in a tetrastyle temple, on the apex <strong>of</strong> which stands<br />

an eagle <strong>with</strong> open wings ; below, SGYC KACIOC.<br />

Another similar.<br />

Another similar; in field to r., (year 9 <strong>of</strong> the year <strong>of</strong> Trajan?).<br />

Septimius Severus.<br />

AY. K. OenxiM. ceOYH. nePT. Head <strong>of</strong> Septimius Severus to r. B. Fulraen<br />

upon a table; above, SGYC KePAYNIOG ; below, CeA6YK6iiN niePIAC.<br />

Similar legend and type. R. SeYC ceAGYKeiiN niePlAC. Winged fulmen on<br />

table.<br />

SELEUCEIA ad Pyramum.<br />

Diademate head <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> the Seleucidse to r. ; behind it, ? R. SEAEYKEiiN TON<br />

nPOS Tiil nYPAMSlI. Diana Venatrix, adv., towards I. ; in field to L, ANY in<br />

mon. ; in field to r., AP in mon.<br />

Note.—From this coin alone, as far as I have been able to discover, is the existence <strong>of</strong> a Seleuceia<br />

on the Pyramus known. Its position, by means <strong>of</strong> its <strong>coins</strong>, may hereafter, perhaps, be ascertained.<br />

SELEUCEIA Mesopotamiae sive ad Tigrim.<br />

Youthful head, <strong>with</strong> hair in ringlets over the neck, to r. ; behind, a monogram.<br />

R. [EEAE]VKEIAr THE nPpE TI[rPEl]. Female seated on rocks to r. ;<br />

in right hand, palm branch; below, river-god swimming to r. ; in field, DE.<br />

(year 270.)<br />

Caracalla.<br />

AYT. K. M. AYP. ANTiiNeiNOC. Radiate bust <strong>of</strong> Caracalla to r. R. cen.<br />

ceOYH. ceAP.YKe . . Roma Nicephorus seated on armour to I. ; in left<br />

hand, hasta ;<br />

in exergue, three letters.<br />

Note.— Among the thirteen cities <strong>of</strong> the east to which the name <strong>of</strong> Septimius Severus is known to have<br />

been attached (mde Eokhel, iv. p. 329), there is no Seleuceia. This coin, therefore, adds one more to the<br />

thirteen. But to which <strong>of</strong> the nine Seleuceiae is it to be attributed ? It could not have belonged to any <strong>of</strong><br />

those <strong>of</strong> which <strong>coins</strong> are extant, except Seleuceia ad Pyramum or Seleuceia ad Tigrim, because we have<br />

<strong>coins</strong> <strong>of</strong> the others later than Septimius Severus, <strong>with</strong>out the addition <strong>of</strong> his name. It could not weU<br />

have been a coin <strong>of</strong> Seleuceia on the Euphrates, that city having stood nearly opposite to Zeugma, <strong>of</strong><br />

which place <strong>coins</strong> are numerous, nor Seleuceia on the Belus, the gentile <strong>of</strong> that city having been Sij-<br />

XtuKo/SijXiTijc (Stephan. in v.). We may strongly doubt whether Seleucus ever penetrated so far to the<br />

eastward as Seleuceia on the Hedyphon, which was in Elymais, beyond the Tigris. To the name <strong>of</strong>

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