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

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16<br />

Metal<br />

M<br />

JE<br />

JE<br />

JE<br />

M<br />

JE<br />

M<br />

JR<br />

JE<br />

JR<br />

Size<br />

4-<br />

3<br />

2<br />

a*<br />

3-<br />

1<br />

1 +<br />

7-6<br />

3-<br />

4<br />

Weight<br />

171-5<br />

5-3 83-5<br />

INSULAR GREECE.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Apollo to r. R. KY. Rhodian flower.<br />

Another similar.<br />

Bearded head to r. ; behind it, K. JJ. KY. Grapes.<br />

Note.—This coin bears a great resemblance to some <strong>of</strong> those <strong>of</strong> the neighbouring Ceos.<br />

DELUS.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Diana to I. R. AH. Palm tree ; on the summit <strong>of</strong> which, swan, <strong>with</strong><br />

open wings, to I.— Electrotype from the B. M.<br />

Note. —Latona is said to have given birth to Apollo under a palm-tree in Delus. Ulysses, in the<br />

Odyssey (Z, 162), compares Nausicaa to a young palm-tree in Delus. In a later age, Nicias dedicated<br />

a brazen palm-tree at Delus, which was blown down, and in falling threw down a colossal statue<br />

<strong>of</strong> Apollo {tide Tr. in N. Greece, III. p. 98). Concerning the swan, as a minister and symbol <strong>of</strong><br />

Apollo, tide sup. in Clazomense, Asiat. Gr. p. 43.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Apollo to I. R. AH. Lyre.<br />

Another similar.<br />

Another similar.<br />

Two others similar, but heads to r.<br />

EL^USA Ciliciffi.<br />

Note.—This island is now a promontory <strong>of</strong> the Cilician coast, opposite to the n. e. Cape <strong>of</strong> Cyprus.<br />

When an island, it was an important possession <strong>of</strong> Archelaus, king <strong>of</strong> Cappadocia, who founded a city<br />

on the adjacent shore, which he named Sebaste, in honour <strong>of</strong> Augustus, who had added all Cilicia<br />

Tracheia, except Seleuceia, to the kingdom <strong>of</strong> Archelaus.— Vide Asiatic Greece, p. 109.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Jupiter to r. R. EAAIOYSIQN. Victory to name in oriental characters.<br />

I., holding a wreath over a<br />

Anterior part <strong>of</strong> galley to r. ; taeniae flying behind from prow.<br />

two lines ; below which, mon. 15 ; all in wreath.<br />

R. EAAIOYSIflN, in<br />

ELEUTHERNJ]: Cretse.<br />

Note.—Like Axus, Eleuthernie preserves its ancient name, and is similarly situated on the<br />

northern falls <strong>of</strong> the Cretan Ida (Pashley, i. pp. 145, 310).<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Jupiter to r. R. EAEYGE. Apollo, naked to I. ; in right hand, small<br />

globe ; in left, bow.—<br />

Electrotype from the B. M.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Diana to r. R. EAEYGEPNA . . . Apollo, naked, seated on cortina ; in<br />

right hand, globe ; left, resting on bow.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Apollo to r. R. EAEYeEPNAliiN. Apollo, naked, seated on rock, to l;<br />

in right hand, globe ; left, resting on rock.—<br />

Electrotype from the Pemlroke<br />

Collection.<br />

Nate.—<br />

Elyrus was situated in<br />

ELYRUS Cretae.<br />

a mountainous part <strong>of</strong> Crete (Pausan. 10, 16), and had a harbour<br />

named Syia (Stephan. in 2ufa). With these data, assisted by Scylax, and the preservation <strong>of</strong> the<br />

name Siiia, Mr, Pashley (ii. p. 105) was enabled to fix the position, and describe the remains <strong>of</strong><br />

Elyrus, near KodhovAni, a village on the heights above Suia, and eleven geographical miles due east<br />

from Criu Metopon, the south-west cape <strong>of</strong> Crete.<br />

Bee, in dotted circle. R. Head <strong>of</strong> Cretan wild-goat to r. ; in field, in two lines,<br />

[E]AY[P]I»N ; all in dotted circle.—<br />

Electrotype from the B. M.

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