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

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Metal<br />

M<br />

/E<br />

M /E<br />

M<br />

M<br />

M<br />

M<br />

JE<br />

M<br />

Size<br />

5-<br />

5<br />

5<br />

5<br />

4-<br />

5*<br />

5i<br />

Weight<br />

EUROPEAN GREECE. SI<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> bearded Bacchus to r. B. BYTAN. Eni A2iiniO[Y] in three lines ; Neptune<br />

naked to I. ; in right hand, Victory 2 ; in left, trident.<br />

Bust <strong>of</strong> youthful Bacchus to r., thyrsus behind the shoulder. R. BYZANTiaN.<br />

Grapes.<br />

Similar head to r. Tfc. Same legend and type.<br />

Another similar.<br />

Feminine head <strong>of</strong> Bacchus to r. B. Same legend and type.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Diana to r. ; bow and quiver appearing behind the neck. R. BYZANTiaN.<br />

Star and crescent.<br />

BYZAI. Bearded helmeted head to r. (Byzas.) R. Fore-part <strong>of</strong> galley to I. ;<br />

above it, Eni MAPKOY TO B. ; below, BYZANTIilN.<br />

Note.— Byzas was the reputed founder <strong>of</strong> Byzantium, and leader <strong>of</strong> the colony from Megara.<br />

some <strong>of</strong> the <strong>coins</strong> he is represented <strong>with</strong> a diadem, as a king.<br />

Same legend and type.<br />

two letters united.<br />

R. Same type ; around it, eni AI. nONTIKOY HP., these<br />

Same legend and type. R. Same legend and type ; but upon the<br />

galley stands a<br />

warrior (Byzas?) <strong>with</strong> right hand extended ; in left hand, hasta.<br />

Galley, <strong>with</strong> eight oars, sailing to I. ; above, G. 0. 4>AY {lirl BiSlq ^avarhrit) ; below,<br />

BYZANTIiiN.<br />

N'ote.—The date <strong>of</strong> the four preceding <strong>coins</strong> is proved by the legends <strong>of</strong> the reverses. The name<br />

<strong>of</strong> Marcus occurs, as that <strong>of</strong> a chief magistrate <strong>of</strong> Byzantium, on <strong>coins</strong> <strong>of</strong> Antoninus Pius and Marcus<br />

Aurelius, and tTri MdpKov ro 6, on one <strong>of</strong> Faustina Junior. The names <strong>of</strong> Trajan and Caracalla<br />

occur lilvewise as chief magistrates <strong>of</strong> Byzantium ; but this, doubtless, was merely a nominal magistracy,<br />

and allowed as a favour to the Byzantines. EIII eEAC *AYCTeiNHC is found on the reverses <strong>of</strong><br />

M. Aurelius, Lucius Verus, Lucilla, and Comraodus. ^lius Pontjcus was a chief magistrate <strong>of</strong><br />

Byzantium, under Commodus (Mionnet, Sup. II. p. 248, seq.).<br />

Gallienus.<br />

no. AI. Er. I'AAAIHNOC ce[B]. Head <strong>of</strong> Gallienus to r. R. Instrument in the<br />

form <strong>of</strong> two acute cones, joined by their bases ; at the upper end, a hook ; in<br />

the middle, two handles.<br />

J^ote,—The Er. in the name <strong>of</strong> Gallienus, is on some <strong>coins</strong> <strong>of</strong> Nicsea, EFN ; whence it would<br />

seem that the complete name <strong>of</strong> that emperor was Publios Licinius Egnatius Gallienus.<br />

Same legend. R. NIKAIEflN BYZANTIiiN OMONOIA. Two instruments, <strong>of</strong> the<br />

same form, apparently baskets <strong>of</strong> wicker or iron.<br />

Note.— These instruments served probably in the fisheries, for which Byzantium was renowned.<br />

CALLATIS Moesise Inferioris.<br />

Note.—Callatis stood on the western shore <strong>of</strong> the Euxine Sea, to the southward <strong>of</strong> Tomi. The<br />

anonymous Periplus <strong>of</strong> the Euxine gives the distances <strong>of</strong> all the places between Odessus, now<br />

Varna, and the sacred or southernmost mouth <strong>of</strong> the Danube but as the ;<br />

physical change, incidental to<br />

all deltas in the course <strong>of</strong> ages, renders it impossible to determine exactly the ancient situation <strong>of</strong><br />

the sacred mouth, it is equally so to fix the positions <strong>of</strong> Istrus, Tomi, or Callatis, <strong>of</strong> all which<br />

cities <strong>coins</strong> are extant, until one <strong>of</strong> those sites, at least, is <strong>with</strong> certainty identified. Callatis<br />

was founded by the Heracleotce <strong>of</strong> Pontus, but claimed Hercules himself for its founder, as appears<br />

from a coin bearing his head and the legend KTICTHC (Mionnet, I. p. 354).<br />

Beardless head <strong>of</strong> Hercules, in lion's scalp, to r. B. KAAAATIA(i'

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