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

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Metal Size Weight<br />

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3i<br />

6i<br />

254<br />

EUROPEAN GREECE. 79<br />

H. vn QN nPOC ICTPON. Ceres, standing to L ; in<br />

right hand, three ears <strong>of</strong> corn ;<br />

in left hand, hasta.<br />

Diadummianus.<br />

K. M. onneA. ANXiiNINOC. Head <strong>of</strong> Diadumenianus to r. B. NIKOnOAITQN.<br />

Staff <strong>of</strong> Asclepius, <strong>with</strong> serpent twined round it.<br />

K. M. oneA. AlAAOYMENIANOC. Same type. B. NIKOnOAITQN HPOE ir.<br />

Same type.<br />

Gordianus Junior.<br />

AYT. K. M. ANXn. TOPAIANOC AYF. (in mon.) Bust <strong>of</strong> Gordian to r. B. YO.<br />

CAB. MOACCTOV NIKOPOAIXaN HPOC ICXPON. Asclepius, adv.<br />

ODESSUS Thraciffl.<br />

Note.—Odessus is shewn by the geographical evidence <strong>of</strong> Strabo, Scylax, and the anonymous<br />

Periplus, to have stood at the modern Varna.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Jupiter to r. B. GEOY MEFAAOY KYP2A OAHSIXiiN. Figure, in long<br />

drapery, <strong>with</strong> right shoulder bare, standing to I. ; in right hand, patera ; in<br />

left hand, cornucopise (Sarapis?). — Electrotype from the Bill. Nationale.<br />

iVbte.—Harduin resolves KTPSA into KrP(IOY) SA(PAniAOS), a conjecture supported by the<br />

head <strong>of</strong> Sarapis on the coin <strong>of</strong> Gordian which follows.<br />

Similar type to r. B. Horseman to r. ; below, OAHSIX.<br />

Female diademate head to r. B. Eiver god, recumbent to Z., on a narrow basis, on<br />

which is inscribed, OAHSIxaN ; in left hand, cornucopise ; vase reversed, pouring<br />

on his right hand ; below, a mon.<br />

Nate.—This probably was a type <strong>of</strong> the river Panysus, now the Kamtjik, which joins the sea<br />

between Odessus and Mesambria.<br />

Caracalla,<br />

AYX. K. M. AYP. ANXSiNEINOC. Head <strong>of</strong> Caracalla to r. B. OAHCrEIXflN.<br />

Figure, in long drapery, crowned <strong>with</strong> modius adv., looking to I. ; in right hand,<br />

patera; in left hand, cornucopiae (Sarapis ?).<br />

Gordianus.<br />

AYX. K. M. ANX. rOPAIANOG AYF. (in mon.) Busts <strong>of</strong> Gordian and Sarapis<br />

opposed. B. OAHCCEIXiiN. Hygieia, standing to r., and feeding serpent<br />

from patera in left hand ; in field to I., E.<br />

OENIAD/E Acarnanise.<br />

I^ote.—Remains <strong>of</strong> (Eniadee, comprehending the entire circuit <strong>of</strong> its walls, now called Trikardhtf-<br />

kastro, are situated between the lake anciently named Melite, and the right bank <strong>of</strong> the Achelous,<br />

ten or twelve miles above the mouth <strong>of</strong> that river.— Vide Tr. in N. Greece, III. p. 556. The<br />

following specimens contain all the varieties 1 could discover among about 800, which were found at<br />

Trikardhd.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Jupiter to r. ; below, AP, in mon. B. [OI]NIAAAN.<br />

head, <strong>with</strong> neck, ear, and horns <strong>of</strong> a bull (Achelous).<br />

Bearded human<br />

iV<strong>of</strong>c—This type represents the head <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> the forms under which Achelous appeared to<br />

Dejanira (Sophoc. Trachin., v. 9) :—<br />

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