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

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105-8
50-4
57-4
54-3
35-5
33
34-6
37-6
37-6
37-2
34-2
36-1
29-9
37
33
INSULAR GREECE.
HIERAPYTNA Crete.
]!fote.—Tlirva was a Cretan form of irirpa, and Hierapytna is now called 'Iipdvirpa, but more
vulgarly KaarsXi. It was situated on the southern coast of Crete, on the isthmus of its eastern
peninsula, where there is a distance of six geographical miles between Hierapytna and the northern
shore, exactly equivalent to the sixty stades, which Strabo states to be the distance between Hierapytna
and Minoa.
Turreted female head to r, B. Palm-tree ; to I. of which, eagle, with open wings,
to r. ; in field to r., in two lines, IMEPAIOS DEI., the IIE united ; below,
lEPAnYTNI in two lines; all in a wreath.— Electrotype from the Pembroke
Collection (761).
HISTIuEA Euboese.
Note.—Possession of the most fertile part of the northern extremity of Euboca, together wil
large extent of sea-coast at the entrance of the strait, which conducts from the northern shores and
islands of the jEgaean to the Euripus, were advantages rivalling those of the two chief Kuboean
cities, Chalcis and Eretria, and gave Histiaa a high rank among the cities of Northern Greece. An
imprudent resistance to Athens in the height of its power, afforded Pericles a pretext for sending a
great number of Athenian cleruehi to occupy its lands, and forced many of the Histitcenscs to retire
into Macedonia. The name and site of Histiaea were then changed to those of Oreus, one of its
demi. Oreus, however, appears to have been nothing more than the maritime quarter of Histiaea
itself, and though 'Qpeoj appears, from the writers of the fifth and fourth centuries b. c , to
have been the name most commonly employed in Greece, it is evident from the Histiaean coins, many
of which are of those times, that the Histleeenses themselves never adopted it.
Feminine head to r., with earring, and bound with vine-leaves and grapes (Bacchi
"fcemineum caput"). R. Ox to r., with face adv. ; beyond it, vine with grapes
below, [IS]TI . ; in field to r., a raon.
Two others, medium weight 49 grains.
Same type. R. Same types and legend ; in field to r., torch, reversed.
Another similar.
Similar type ; hair bound with ivy (Bacchus ?) ; behind the neck, IIY. R. Female,
seated on prow, sailing to r. ; right hand resting on prow ; left holding mast,
with yard and sail ; around, I2TIAIEiiN ; below, a mon.
Similar type. R. Same legend and type ; on side of prow, bird to I. ; below, GEO.
Same type. R. Same legend and type ; on prow, star ; below, trident.
Same type. R. I2TI— HSlSlA. Same type ; on prow, bird ; below, SI, and
bipennis.
Another similar.
Same type. R. [ISTI]AIEQN. Same type ; on prow, wing; below, mon. 17.
Another similar.
Same type. R. Same legend and type ; below the prow, AP united, and bipennis.
Same type ; behind the head, T. R. ISTI. Same type.
Same type.
Two others similar ;
R. Same legend and type.
medium weight, 35'9 grains.
Same type, without symbol on prow ; below, ?.
Feminine head, crowned with grapes, to r. R. Ox to r., with head turned adv. ; in
field, to r. ? ; below, ISTI.
Same type. R. Anterior half of ox to r., with head turned adv.; above, club;
below, ISTI.
Same type. R. Same type and legend ; above the ox, two bunches of grapes, with
branch.