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

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Metal
M
Ri
M
M
M
Al
Al
AX
M
Size
Si
3+
2+
3
3',
1-
1-
3
3
Weight
120-8
165-S
7-2
7-9
15-9
12-9
ADDENDA.
PYXUS (Buxentum).
[nvl+OE $ . Andromorphous bull to r., with head reverted. R. The same figure to
I., incuse; above, two letters indistinct.— Electrotype from the B. M.
RHEGIUM.
Heads of the Dioscuri, with stars above them to r. R. PHriNilN. Naked figure
to I. ; on right arm, bird ; in right hand, branch, over tripod ; left resting on
ragged staff"; in field to ^., IIII (triens).
Head of Apollo to r. R. PHriNiiN, in two lines ; between, tripod.
Dove, flying
Three others.
SICYON.
to I. R. EY in wreath of olive.
Note.—From the perfect resemblance of these coins to some of those of Sicyon, with the exception
of EY in the place of S or 21, there can be no doubt that they are money of that city struck under
Eiiphron, who was at the head of the republic when in alliance with Sparta, in the time of Epami-
Dondas, and who after death received heroic honours from his fellow-citizens (Xenoph. Hell. 7i 3).
STYMPHALUS Arcadise.
Hercules, naked, on right knee, chlamys on left arm, drawing an arrow to r. R. Bird,
with large beak and long claws, flying to I.— in linear — square. Electrotype from
the Bill, Nat., Paris.
TARAS.
Head of Pallas, adv. R. [TA]PANTINiiN. Hercules, standing adv., strangling
between his
legs, AP, in mon.
lion ;
THYREA Argolidis.
Note.—In the national collections of London and Paris the following coins are attributed to Argos,
but they form at least a class capable of separation from the other coins of Argos. Supposing them to
be of Thyrea, the Argive types of the head of Juno and the wolf are accounted for by the Thyreatis
having been a part of the Argeia (Herodot. 1, 82), and which, although subject to Sparta in the height of
V its power, was always claimed by Argos, and was finally adjudged to it by the Roman emperors (Pausan.
2, 38). These coins differ from those of Argos in having for their principal type a quiver, the symbol of
Diana, and for their subordinate symbols the trident and a prow, accompanied generally by g.
That
this character was intended for a theta seems to follow from a comparison of the third and fourth
of the preceding coins, which are precisely alijje, except that where Q occurs on one, we find Q in
the same place on the other. In lilie manner on two archaic didrachma of Thebes, there is found on
one (g) in the center of four triangular indentations, and on another 0, similarly placed (European
Greece, p. 99). It is true that in Attica the latter character was in the fifth century B.C. employed as
the initial aspirate, but on Boeotian coins of the same ages and in Boeoto-^olic inscriptions, the aspirate
has the form H, as in the kindred yEolic alphabet of Italy. It seems not unlikely, however, that
the mint of Thyrea was united to that of Argos, and that in the latter city all the coins which are
here arranged under Thyrea were struck.
A ; above which, two square indentations. R. g.
Another similar.— These two coins are Electrotypes from the B. M.
Wolf, standing to I. ; above, ©. R. Helmet to I. ; across the field, IIY.
Same type ; above, B. R. Same type ; across the field, AP.
Note.—On specimens of the two latter coins in the Bibl. Nationale, the single letters on the obverses
are more clear.