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

Metal
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
Size Weight
3f
4
44
4
2+
H
H
10-
8
7
7
132-S
131-6
132-5
130-9
132-7
131-5
54-6
32-5
32-8
33-1
637-2
261-1
263-3
264-6
266-4
256-2
254-7
KINGS OF MACEDONIA.
Nicephonis or Aetophorus, i. e. bearing in his hand either a small figure of Victory, or an eagle. In
Macedonia he had the epithets also of Soter and Apobaterius.
Same type. R. [AAE]fflANA[POY] BA^IAEfl?. Same type ; in field to ?., at the
feet of Victory, H, and to r., the mon. 7 (MYP), in a wreath.
Same type. R. AAESANAPOY [BA]?IAE[il€]. Same type; in field to I, at the
feet of Victory, a globule and a human head ; to r., monogram as on the preceding
coin.
Same type, but with M behind the head of Pallas. U. AAESfANAPOY BA^IAEilS.
Same type ; at the foot of Victory on I., AY.
Same type, without any letter behind the head. B. AAESANAP[OY] [5il]aAI5Aa.
Same type ; in field I., a lighted torch in a saucer with a foot or handle (as on
coins of Amphipolis), and in field r., mon. 8.
Same type, but with griffon on helmet. R. AAESANAPO[Y]. Same type ; in field
below to r., Ara(dus) 26, in Phoenician characters.
Same type. Serpent on helmet. R. AAESANAPOY. To the left of Victory, rudder
and mon. 9 (PE) ; to the right, mon. 10 (AHMHTP ....).
Same type. Griffin on helmet. R. AAESANAPOY. Victory as before, but to r. ;
in field to r., wheel and A.
Same type, but with serpent on helmet. R.
.pQy
Same type. R. . :^?iY.T Diota, bow, and club.
•'^ AAEsAN '
Fulmen, bow, and club.
Same types and legend. —From the Pemlroke Collection (656).
Head of young Hercules, covered with the scalp of the Nemean lion, to r, R.
AAESaNAPOY. Jupiter seated to /. on a throne with a back, the lower part
only of his body draped ; on his extended right hand, an eagle ; his left supported
by a long sceptre ; under the throne, mon. 11 ; below which is M.— Electrotype
from the B. M.
Note.—This coin was procured by Major Rawlinson, at Hilla, on the site of Babylon, and was
found, as he informs me, in the year 1849, together with many other decadrachraa of Alexander, in
the ruins called the temple of Belus ; the greater part were melted at Bagdad ; a few were carried
to India. There can be little doubt that they were struck at Babylon.
Same type. R. aaeXANAPOY. Jupiter
seated to I. on a throne without a back.
In field l, the mon. 12 (YP).
Same type. R. Same legend and type ; in the field a Macedonian I.,
with apex, crest, and cheek-pieces ; under the throne, mens. 13 and 14.
helmet,
(Struck
in Macedonia?)
Same type. R. Same legend and type; in the field I,, mon. 15 (AP). (In Greece
Proper ?)
Same type. R. Same legend and type ; in field I,, a lighted torch, as before ;
above it, A ; under the throne, diota. (At Amphipolis ?)
Note,— Cousinery, who, from his long residence in Macedonia, was well qualtfied to judge, remarked
that the thicker and smaller tetradrachma of Alexander III. were those most commonly found in
Macedonia.
Same type. R. Same legend and type, but the throne has a back and footstool. In
the field ^., a naked male figure to r., with arms raised up so as nearly to hide
the head ; under the throne, NO. (BA)?IAEii$ in the exergue. (At Sicyon ?)
Same type. R. AAESANAPOY. Same type, but the throne without back or foot-
stool. In field I., an amphora with pointed bottom. (At Chios or Myrina ?)
Note.—The throne of Jupiter on the obverses of the coins of Alexander III. has sometimes a back,
sometimes a footstool, and sometimes neither the one nor the other. It has not been thought neces-
sary to notice any further these slight variations of type.
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