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

Metal
JE
M
JE
JE
JE
JE
JE
JE
JR
I
Size
5
4+
4
n
2_
4.i
*2
o
5-
Weight
ITALY. 143
Head of Jupiter to r. ; behind, K. R. Eagle, with expanded wings, on fulmen, to I. ;
in field to I., PYSf .
Note.—
'P«4' having been the gentile of Rhypce, we may suppose either Ztwf or vovjijios to be
here understood.
Same type, the K not visible. B. Same type and legend.
Same type ; in field to l, (D ; to r., O. B. Same type and legend ; in field to
n, O.
Head of Pallas to r. R. PYBA2TEINa[N]. Owl to r., on branch of olive ; in field
to r., AI.
Same type. B. PYBA. Victory, standing to I. ; in right hand, ? ; in left, palmbranch.
SALPE, sive Salapia Daunise.
Nate.— Salpe is a name still preserved in that of a village, and large lake or marsh, which extends
for twelve miles parallel to the shore, between the rivers Cerbalus and Aufidus. At its eastern
extremity are the Reali Salini, the largest saltworks in the Neapolitan dominions, and which are of
ancient date, Salini being a station in the Tabular Itinerary, six M. p. to the left of the Aufidus, and at
one-third of the distance from Sipontura to Barium. Salpe, or Salapia, is a name not occurring in
the Itinerary, but Sipontum is marked by a double tower, shewing that it was then a place of some
importance, which accords with some remauis still said to exist near Manfredonia (Keppel Craven,
p. 67), and with the name Nova Sipontum, which Manfred, son of the Emperor Frederick II., the
founder of Manfredonia, placed over the gate of that town. Nevertheless, no coins of Sipontum are
extant, while those of Salapia are not very rare. According to Strabo, Salapia was the navale of
Arpi ; we find, accordingly, on the coins of both places the boar, the horse, and the words AASOT,
nYAAOY, names of magistrates.
CAAPINiiN, in two lines; between them, horse to r., lifting up left foreleg; in
— Electrotypefrom the B. M.
field, Bii. B, , AAMAIPE , in two lines ; between them, dolphin to r.
SAAAFINiiN. Head of Apollo to r. ft. Free horse, running to r. ; above, trident ;
below, PYAAOY.
Another.
Same legend and type. li. Same type ; but above the horse, palm-branch
legend defaced ;
under the horse ?.
SEIGNIA Latii.
; above,
Nate.— Seignia, now Segni, was one of the many towns of Greek origin in middle Italy, which
resembled those of Greece by the smallness of their territories, their strong positions, and by those
massive Pelasgic walls, of which so many remains in both countries are still extant. Seignia was
among the cities which partly by their having been faithful to Roman alliance, and partly by their
strength, continued to govern themselves, and strike their own money, to a late period in the pro-
gress of Roman power.
Head of Mercury, with winged cap, to r. before the ; neck, caduceus. B. Boar's
head and foreleg to r., united to bearded human head to I. ; below, SEIC.—
Electrotype from the B. M.
SUESA.
N(ae.—Suesa was another of those strong positions which preserved their internal government and
local mint long after Rome had subdued and even colonized them. Suesa became the chief town of
the Aurunci, after their capital had been destroyed by the Sidicini (Liv. 8, 15). Some coins of the
earlier city are extant, with the legend in ordinary Greek characters, AYPYrKQN. The Suesani, on
the contrary, employed for their name the letters which the Latins had borrowed from the Greeks of