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

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Metal Size Weight
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M
M
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4-3
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4+
4
Si
M 2+
2-
2
2
165
38-2
24-4
27-5
23-1
31-7
INSULAR GREECE.
Hence it appears, that between the time of Strabo, who mentions Antissa, and that of Stephanus, the
name Antissa had become obsolete, and that city had been replaced by the still existing Sigri. It is
curious that Antissa and Nesiope, standing on the same harbour, should both have struck money.
Possibly Nesiope chiefly flourished after tlie decline of Antissa. The coins prove that the Ni/sw'ttij
of Stephanus is incorrect, and that the name was Ni)(Tiw')rij, or, in the Lesbian dialect, Nafftulirij.
Head of Apollo to r. R. NASI. Lyre ; in field to r., branch of vine ?
Female head (Diana ?), to r.
trident.
Another similar.
NISYRUS.
B. Dolphin to r. ; above, grapes and NICY ; below,
CENOE Icarise.
Youthful head of Bacchus to r. B. Grapes ; below, OINAISiN.
Same type. B. Same type, countermarked with amphora ? same legend.
Sfote.— Although ffinoe was a common name in Greece, there can be little hesitation in placing
these coins to QJnoe of Icaria, they having been found in that part of the ^grean, and CEnoc having
been mentioned by Strabo (p. 639), as a small city (TroXjo/iarioi') in that island.
OLUS Cretse.
Note.— Though little known to history, Olus ("OXotic) appears, from coins and from inscriptions
(Chishull, Antiq. Asiat. p. 134), to have been a Cretan city of some importance. It is placed by the
Stadiasmus, or anonymous Periplus, on the northern coast of Crete, at a distance of sixty stades to
the eastward of Chersonesus, which preserves its ancient name. Nearly in the position thus given,
Capt. Spratt, R.N., found some remains between Malia and Milato, which he supposes to be those of
Oliis. In the Periplus, this name is written 2oXo«e ; in like manner as Eteia, now Sitia, Itanus,
now Sitanos, and .lEgilia, now Seghilia.
Head of Diana to I., bound with a fillet and a crown of bay ; at her shoulder, quiver.
R. OAONTIilN. Jupiter Aetophorus, seated to I. ; in field to L, a men.—
Electrotype from the Bihliothique Nationale.
Note.—The statue of Diana Britomartis, at Olus, was said to have been one of the works of
Deedalus (Pausan. Bceot. 40, 3).
PALE, sive PALEA Cephallenise.
Note.—For a description of the site and vestiges of this city, called IlaXdc by Strabo, tide Tr.
in N. Greece, III. p. 64.
Rudder, between dolphin to /•., and spear-head. R. FA. Ear of corn.— Struck on
the hemidrachmion of a Philip, of which there remains part of a dotted circle on
the reverse; and on the obverse, *IAIPn.
Young male head, with horns (Pan), to r. ; below, PA. R- Naked figure, seated
on chlamys spread on rock ; right hand resting on rock ; in left, hasta ; along
which, in field to r., KE$A.
Same type, but upper part of head off the coin. R. Same type, but hasta held
upright between legs; in field to I., KE4A.
Head of Ceres to r. ; behind the neck, T. R. Same figure to I. ; in field to r.,
KE*AAO?.
KE*A. Young male head, in conical
cap, to r. R
; in field to /•., spear-head.
Female head, with sphendone, to I.—
Electrotype from the Pem-
IroJce Collection (752).