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

Metal Size Weight
M MMMM
M
M
JE
JE
M
2
3-2
3
3
3-
31
4-
3-
4+
1
38-
36'
125-3
6-5 235
iEGJEAN SEA. 87
SAME Cephalleniffi.
Note.—This name, in the form 2a>oc, was applied hy Homer to the whole of Kefalonia, the
Cephallenes having occupied Ithaca and some smaller isLinds, as well as Cephallenia (Od. A. 671).
The central situation of Same, in the most fertile part of the island, and the name itself, justify the
belief that it was the chief city of Cephallenia ; although in the time of Strabo it had become a ruin,
, and was then the only one of the four cities in that condition. For a description of the site of Same,
and of its remains of antiquity, tide Tr. in N. Greece, III. p. 55. Most of the types on the coins of
Same, as on those of Pale, refer to the mythus of Cephalus, or to the maritime situation of the place.
The ram was the usual symbol of Hermes, the reputed father of Cephalus. The dog was Laelaps,
presented to him by his wife Procris, and which, according to some mythologists, became the Canis
Major of the skies. The spear was another present from Frocris, and the unfortunate instrument of
her death. ....
Head of Pallas, adv. B. [S]A/AA. Earn to I.
Another similar.
Same type. B. SAMAISiN. Ram to r.
Head of ox, with pendent fillets, adv. B. SA.
Another similar.
Prow to r. B. Mon. 20 (SAMA) in wreath.
Prow to I. B- The same.
Beardless diademate head (Cephalus ?) to r,
in field to r., head of spear.
B. SAMAIfltN. Dog,
seated to r..
SAMOTHRACE.
Note.— Sa/ioSpoicij, in the Iliad Sa'/iof and 2o'/