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

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Metal Size Weight<br />

M<br />

M<br />

JE<br />

JE<br />

N<br />

M<br />

M<br />

M<br />

JR<br />

N<br />

t>2<br />

3<br />

2<br />

7i<br />

41<br />

*2<br />

132-8<br />

260-3<br />

30-8<br />

256-6<br />

262-2<br />

127-2<br />

KINGS OF MACEDONIA. 11<br />

ALEXANDEUS IV.,<br />

Son <strong>of</strong> Cassandrus, began to reign b.c. 296.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> young Hercules to r. <strong>with</strong> narrow fillet. R. AAEgANAPoy. Horse to<br />

r.<br />

galloping ; below it a fulmen.<br />

Another ;<br />

Another ;<br />

Another ;<br />

Another ;<br />

under horse Boeotian buckler.<br />

under horse grapes.<br />

under horse torch in saucer.<br />

under horse A.<br />

DEMETRIUS I. (PoUorcetes),<br />

Son <strong>of</strong> Antigonus (king <strong>of</strong> Asia), began to reign b.c. 294.<br />

Diademate head <strong>of</strong> Demetrius to r. <strong>with</strong> a horn in front. B. BA€IAEQ? AHMHTPIoY.<br />

Horseman galloping to r. ; on his head the causia ; in his<br />

right hand a long<br />

spear; in field l. mon. 57; below horse mon. 58. Electrotype from the Bih-<br />

lioth^que Nationale, Paris.<br />

Prow <strong>of</strong> galley to I., on which a draped and winged figure is standing to I. blowing a<br />

trumpet ; in her left hand a vexillum ? B. [BA]SIAEQ[?] AHMHTPIOY. Neptune<br />

naked, standing to I. about to hurl his trident ; his pallium wound round<br />

his extended left arm ; the forked ends pendent ; in field I. mon. 59, on r. a<br />

star.<br />

iVote.—Eckhel (ii. p. 119) says "sinistra scipionem," but it is more probably a banner (vexillum) :<br />

he shows very clearly that the figure is Fame (*^/ji)). All the types <strong>of</strong> this coin, as well as the<br />

Neptune on those <strong>of</strong> Antigonus and <strong>of</strong> other <strong>coins</strong> <strong>of</strong> Demetrius, have reference to the naval victory<br />

which they gained over Ptolemseus Soter at Cyprus in the year B.C. 306 ; after which Antigonus and<br />

Demetrius, as well as Ptolemy and Lysimachus, assumed the regal title. The symbols and monograms<br />

on the <strong>coins</strong> <strong>of</strong> Demetrius being found on those <strong>of</strong> some <strong>of</strong> the preceding kings <strong>of</strong> Macedonia,<br />

seem to show that they were struck in that country.<br />

Same type, but the Fame is <strong>with</strong>out vexillum. IJ. Same legend and type ; in<br />

field on I. A, on r. mon. 5 in a circle.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Demetrius to r. <strong>with</strong> diadem and horn in front. R. BASIAEQS [A]HMH-<br />

TPIOY. Neptune naked, standing to I. his right foot on a rock, a trident in his<br />

left hand ; in field on I. mon. 14.<br />

Same type. R. AHMHTPIoY BASIAEQS. Neptune seated on a rock to I., the<br />

lower part <strong>of</strong> his body draped, in his extended right hand an acrostoliuni, in<br />

his left a trident ; in field on left mon. 60, below it X ; on r. mon. 61 (EY).<br />

PYRRHUS,<br />

Son <strong>of</strong>^acides, reigned seven months in Macedonia b.c. 287.<br />

(See Kings <strong>of</strong> Epirus.)<br />

LYSIMACHUS,<br />

Son <strong>of</strong> Agathocles, <strong>of</strong> Crannon in Thessaly, and one <strong>of</strong> the Sopv^opoi <strong>of</strong> Alexander<br />

the Great, assumed the title <strong>of</strong> BatTiAtuc in 306 b.c, and began<br />

to reign in Macedonia b.c. 286.<br />

Rude portrait<br />

<strong>of</strong> Alexander the Great to r., <strong>with</strong> diadem and ram's horn. H. BASI-<br />

AEQS AYSIMAXoY. Pallas Nicephorus seated to I., her spear by her side in a<br />

diagonal position ; her shield, on which is a star, is behind the throne, and<br />

supports her left arm ; under her right arm 0EO ; on the throne TO, below it<br />

a trident horizontally to I.

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