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

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^GiEAN SEA. 27
Head of Apollo to r. R. MY. Head and neck of ox, with horns, to r.
Another similar.
Bust of Diana to r., bow and quiver behind the neck. R. MYTI. Lyre.
Head of Diana to r. B. MYTI. Lyre, formed of cranium of ox ; in field to I, head
of ox, adv.
Same type. B. MYl'I. Lyre.
Female head to r. R. Same legend and type ; in field to I., mon. 18.
Head of Pallas to l. B- [A\]YTI. Owl, adv.
eEO*AN[HC] eEOC. Beardless head to r. B. APXEAAMIC GEA. Femalehead
to r.— Electrotype from the B. M.
HFSilAA NAYCIKAAN. Female head to r. B- eni CTPA(r>}7oi)) ICPOITA MYTIA.
Sappho, half-draped, seated to r., playing on lyre.
lOY. riPOKAAN HPaiAA. Bust of Julia Procla to r., with head dress like that
of Faustina senior. B. [GDI CT]PA. AnOAAilNiOY MYTIAHNAIiiN. Female,
seated to I. ; in right hand, patera ; left, resting on hasta.
HPQA CeSCTON. Bearded Roman head to r. B. *AA. NIKOMAXIC MYTI A.
Female head, dressed like that of Faustina junior.
Note.—In attesting its gratitude to benefactors, Mytilene seems to have gone beyond most of the
other states of Greece, The ordinary custom was to record the names of such persons as (ifpyerai
on pillars [arriKai). At Mytilene they were honoured on its coins as heroes, heroines, and one as a
god ; as appears from one of the preceding coins. This was Theophanes, the friend of Pompeius
Magnus, his companion in the East, the author of memoirs of those expeditions, and as such fre-
quently quoted by Strabo, who styles him irdvriav 'EWijvwv iiriij>avi