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

104 EUROPEAN GREECE.
Metal
M
M
M
M
&
M
M
M M
M
M
JE
M
/E
JE
Size
6
4|
4i
5
5-
5
6-5
5 +
4+
4i
6i
5-4
4
4
5-4
4+
3+
3
Weight
[AY]T. K. no. A. rAAAIHNOC. Same type. R. Same legend, type, and letter.
Salonina.
KOPN. GAASiNINA. Head of Salonina to r. ; the horns of a crescent appearing
behind the shoulders, ft. Same legend, type, and letter.
THESSALONICA MacedoniEe.
Note.— Therme, the more ancient name of this city, was derived from the hot sources, which
issue at a short distance from Salonica, to the eastward and to the southward. That of Thessa-
loniceia was attached to it by Cassander, in lionour of his wife Tliessalonice, daughter of Pliilip II.,
whose birth was coeval with the victory gained in the year B.C. 352 by Philip over Onomarchus, near
the Pagasiean Gulf, by which he became master of Thessaly. Such, at least, seems to be the most
rational conclusion as to the origin of the name BtOffaXoviictia from a comparison of the ancient
authorities. At a later age, QtaaaXov'tKita became QKyaaXoviKti, which remains in use among the
Greeks to the present day, but by the Italians has been shortened into Salonica.
eecCAAONIKH. Veiled and turreted female head to r. ft. BECGAAGNIKGilN, in
four lines, in beaded circle.
Same legend and type. B. e£GCAAONIKeiUN, in four lines, in wreath; between
the ends of which, above, is an eagle with open wings, adv.
Same legend and type. ft. Same legend, in four lines, in wreath of larger leaves.
Another similar.
BEGCAAONIKeiiN. Same type.?, ft. KABGIPOG. Cabeirus, standing to /. ; in
right hand, goat-headed rhyton ; in left, mallet ; in field to I., crescent.
GECCAAGNIKH. Same type. >". ft. Same legend and type.
eGCCAAONIKeiLlN. Female bust to r". ft. KABIPOC. Cabirus, as before.
Note.— These coins shew that the Phcenician rites of the Cabiri, established at Samothrace, had
been adopted at Thessalonica.
Head of Bacchus to r. ft. GESSAAONIKHS, in two lines ; goat, standing to r. ; in
field above, mon. 94 ; to r., mon. 91.
Same type ft. Same legend and type ; in field above, KE, united.
Another similar.
Bearded Janiform heads, ft. GESSAAONIKHS, in two lines, above and below ;
between them, the Dioscuri, armed with spears, on horses, springing forward in
opposite directions ; above, two stars.
Same type, ft. Two centaurs, springing forward in opposite directions ; in the
in exergue, GESSAAO[NIKHS], in two lines.
right hand of each, a club ;
Another similar.
Head of Pallas to r. ft. GESSAAGNIKHS, in two lines; between them, bridled
horse, running to r. ; under it, caduceus.
Head of Jupiter to r. ft. Same legend, in three lines ; two goats opposed, rearing.
Same type. ft. GE2SA[AGNIKHS] in three lines. Bull, running to r.
Same type. ft. GESSAAONIKHS, in two lines ; between them, eagle on fulmen,
with open wing to r.
Another similar.
Same type. ft. [GECCAAOjNIKGUJN. Same type.
Similar head to r. (Neptune?) ft. GESSAAONIKHS, in two Hues; between them,
tripod.
Female head to r. ; hair, in curls, hanging over the neck (Diana!), ft. eESSAAO-
NIKEiiN. Quiver ; behind which, bow.
Another,
Another similar.