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

Metal
M Size
*2
M
M
JR
M
M
M
M
M
M
iE
M
JE
M
JE
M
M
5-
5-4
5
5
6-5
5 +
3
4
4
2
4+
4+
4
5-
4
4i
4i
4
Weight
127-7
127-5
128
129
131-2
118-5
130-5
121-9
50-3
EUROPEAN GREECE.
Head of Jupiter to r. ; in field to L, ©01, to r. AT. B. AMANTiiN in two lines ;
between them, fulmen ; below, SE ; all within a garland of oak.
AMBRACIA Epiri.
Note.—Amhr&cia (now Arta), the greatest of the Corinthian colonies established near the
Ambracian Gulf, stood on the left bank of the river Araehthus, nine geographical miles above
its discharge into the gulf, in the midst of an extensive and fertile, but now marshy plain. For a
description of the extant remains of Ambracia, vide Tr. in N. Greece, I. p. 204, seq.
AMnPAKI. Head of Pallas to I. ; in field
to L— Electrotype.
r., mon. 14 (AN). B. Pegasus flying
[AMP]PAKmTA[N]. Same Corinthian type. B- Same Corinthian type ; below it, A.
A. Jlead of Pallas to r. ; before it, obelisk. R. Pegasus to r. ; below it, A.
Head of Pallas to I. ; on the top of the helmet, bull to I. ; in field to I., A. R. Pegasus
with curled wing flying to I. ; below it, tortoise on serpent ; near the horse's
neck, A.
Note.—The bull is typical probably of the river Araehthus.
Same type, with crest of hair to the helmet. B. Same type, with strait wing ; below,
A.
Same type, without crest ; behind it, shield, ft. Same type ; below, A.
Same type to r. ; before it a slender quadruped running to I.
; behind, A ; all in quad.
incus. B. Pegasus flying to r.
Head of Pallas to r. ; before it, a bee ; on the helmet, A. B. Pegasus flying
to I.
Same type ; before it, naked figure raising right foot on rock, left elbow on left knee ;
behind, the head of Pallas, A. B. Same type.
Female head, laureate and veiled to I. B- AM. Obelisk, with fillets hanging from
the top ; all in a wreath.
Similar head to r. B- AMBP, and obelisk, in a wreath.
Another.
Head of Pallas to r.
Head of Pallas to l.
Head of Apollo to I.
Another.
B. Same legend and type.
B. AM. Jupiter (Aetophorus ?) naked, and fulminating to r.
B. AMBP, and obelisk, in a wreath.
Radiate head of Apollo to r. B. AMBP. Apollo naked, stepping to r., bow in his
extended left hand, his right hand drawing an arrow from quiver.
Another similar.
Head of Jupiter to r. B. AMBP. A5?IOX02!. Gi-yphon walking to r.
Same type. B. Same type. AMBP. AAMIOS.
Bearded head of andromorphous bull (Araehthus) to r. B- AMBPA. Crab; above,
mon. 9.
Head of Hercules in lion's scalp to r. H. AMBP. Apollo seated on throne without
back to I. ; in right hand, bow.
AMPHAXII Macedonise.
Note.—From a comparison of Polybius, Strabo, and Ptolemy, it appears that Amphaxitis comprehended
all that portion of the great plain at the head of the Thermaic Gulf, which lies to the left
of the Axius, together with a portion of the country eastward of Thessalonica, as far as the Strymonic
Gulf. The towns ascribed to Amphaxitis by Ptolemy are Thessalonica, Stageira, and Arethusa. A
tetradrachmon, inscribed MAKEAONQN AM*ASIQN, published by Millingen, closely resembles
in size, weight, and style, those inscribed MAKKAONQN nPQTHS and MAKEAONQN AEYTEPA2,
which were certainly coined, the former at AmphipoUs, the latter at Thessalonica. The obverses