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

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Metal
JE
JE
M
M
M
Lead
M
JE
a:
JR
JR
JR.
JR
JR
Size
6
5
2
H
H
Weight
40-4
14-2
188-1
182-7
188
181-4
186-7
EUROPEAN GREECE.
Same type. B AKIN. The contest of Neptune and Minerva. To the I.,
Neptune, naked, holds up his right arm ; to the r,, Pallas, draped and armed
as usual, extends her right hand to the olive-tree between them ; a serpent
on the upper branches, an owl.
coiled round the lower part of the stem ;
Bust of Pallas to r. li. AGH. Warrior standing on a nine-oared galley to r. ; in
right hand, crown ; on left shoulder, trophy ; owl on prow before him.— Electro-
type from the B. M.
Same type in wreath. B. AGHNAIiiN. Trapeza, upon which is a bust of Pallas
between a crown to I., and an owl to r. Below the table, diota ; in field to /•.,
palm branch.— Electrotype from the B. M.
Head of Pallas to r. R. AeHNAiaN. Dionysiac theatre, with one diazoma, adv. ;
above it, caverns in the rock ; higher up, wall of Acropolis ; above which,
Parthenon ; and to the I., Propylsea (UafBtvUv inrtpKtifteiot r^ Gtarpy, vide
Topography of Athens, Second edition, pp. 170, 187).— Electrotype from the
B.M.
Same type. B. ABHN. Grotto of Pan in the rock of the Acropolis ; above which,
the wall ; and upon it, the colossal statue of Minerva Proraachus, to the left of
which, Parthenon ; to the n, Propylsea, with the steps leading up to it {vide
Topography of Athens, Second edition, p. 350).—
Electrotype from the Bibliothique
Nationale.
Bust of Pallas to I. ; part of the shield seen on the left shoulder. B. AeHNAIQN,
Apollo naked to r. ; in left hand, bow ; in right hand, arrows.
Helmet with crest and cheek-pieces, adv. B. No type or letter apparent. (Found
at Athens.)
ATRAX Thessalise.
Note.—Some vestiges of Atrax are found on the left bank of tlie Peueius, ten or twelve miles from
Larissa, to the west. Vide Travels in Northern Greece, III. p. 368.
Female head to I. B. ATPAnON. Free horse to r.— Electrotype from the Pern-
broke Collection.
EYBATA. Male beardless head, with short hair, to r. B. ATPAno. Horse to r.
Similar head to r. B. ATPAFiaN. Horseman to r., holding up his right hand.—
Electrotype from the B, M.
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BCEOTIA.
Note.—Some of the following coins have been ascribed to Thebes, and not without apparent reason,
from their great resemblance to those of Thebes. Indeed, it is more than probable that the greater
part of them, if not all, were struck in that city and that the ; magistrate whose name forms the only
legend of many of the coins, was the Archon Eponymus of the Boeotarchs of the several cities consti-
tuting the Boeotian league, and who was most commonly a Theban. But these coins are distinguishable
from those of Thebes by the legend BOIQTQN, or by the name, or generally the initial portion
of the name, of the Archon Eponymus. The name on the earlier of these coins is in the Bceotic dialect,
our knowledge of which is derived from numerous Boeotian inscriptions still extant.— Vidt
Travels in Northern Greece, vol. ii., and Boeckh, Corpus Ins. Gr., I. pars 5.
Boeotian shield. B- B in quadrate incuso.
Same type. B. ARKA. Decorated diota.
Same type. B- KAAI. Same type.
Same type. B. KAAAI. Same type.
Same type. B. KAia. Same type.
Note,—On a similar coin in Mionnet, II. p. 102, the legend is KAIQN, the Boaotic form of
KAEQN.
Same type. B. FA?T. Same type, and above it a grain of barley.