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

50
M
JR
M M
Metal
JR
M
M
M
JE
JE
M
M
JE
M
Size
4-3
3
3
2i
1
i_
2
*2
6h
6
7
7i
6^
H
5
4
7
5
6
4+
41
^E 5-
Weight
31-«
28-3
9-6
8-1
5-2
52-6
28J-4
322-5
164
310
INSULAR GREECE.
Eagle to r., with hare as before. B. AKPA from r. to I. ; crab ; below, river-fish to I.
Two others similar, but fish to r. ; medium weight, 31'1.
Two others similar; eagle and hare to I. ; fish to r. ; medium weight, 31*2.
Horse, leaping to r. ; above, star. B. A ; crab.
Bearded head, bound with corn ? to r. R. [AKPA]rANTI[NaN]. Eagle, with open
to I.
wings, adv., looking
Eagle, on capital of column, to I. ; in field to r., AK ; to L, Afl. ft. Crab ; below
which, Ay.
Same legend and type. R. ;.* in concave field (vevrdyKtop).
Head of Jupiter to r. ; behind the head, *I. g.. AKPArANTINSiN. Eagle, with
open wings, standing to I. ; in field to I., T. *I. I.
AKPAFA?. Young diademate head, with short horns on the forehead (river
Acragas). B. 1 1 I (t)[ii\iTpov). Eagle, on capital of Ionic column, to L, head
turned to r. ; in field to I., crab.
Another similar.
Eagle, standing on hare to r., with open wings, and U. Triton to r. ; in right hand, large
throwing back its head.
conch-shell ; above, crab ; around, six
large globules, one of which off the coin {tfiAiXiTpov).
Note.—This Triton has the lower part of its body formed like the Scylla, and the Cetus or Pistrix,
but differs fi-om the Scylla in having no wolves or dogs at
youthful human head.
its sides, from the Pistrix in having a
Eagle, with open wings to r., head thrown back, standing on fish. B. Crab, holding
small eel in its claws; below, polypus; around, six globules, — one of which
defaced.
Eagle, on hare to I., with head bent downwards ;
around,
around, globules. R. Same types ;
six globules.
Eagle, on hare to r., with raised wings, and head bent down; in field to L, AKI'A.
U. Crab ; below, three globules, and cray-fish to I.
Same type ; in field to r., AKPA. B. Same type, globules, and symbol.
[AK]PA from r. to L; eagle, standing on duck? head bent down. R. Crab; below,
two river-fishes to r. ; in field, two globules.
Crab, and below it, cray-fish,
in small circular incuse ; the rest of the coin, on both
sides, smooth.
Head of Jupiter to r. R. AKPAFANTINliN. Eagle, with open wings, on fulmen,
adv.
Head of Apollo to r. R. AKPAPANTINilN, in two fines ; between, naked figure
on left arm, chlamys.
discharging javelin to r. ;
Same type. R. Two eagles, standing on hare to I., the further bending neck
towards hare ; the nearer throwing head back.
Head of Ceres or Proserpine to r. R. AKPArANTINQN, in two lines ; between,
figure in long drapery, adv. ; in extended right hand, patera ; in left, ?.
ADRANUM.
Note.— Adranum, now Ademd, stood at the foot of Mount ^tna, on the south-western side ;
above the left bank of the eastern branch of the Simsethus It was little more than a temple of
Adranus, one of the deities of the Siculi, until Dionysius I., in 400 B.C., founded here a city, which
was taken by Timoleou in B.C. 345, and again by the Romans at the beginning of the first Puuic war.
Some remains of the ancient town are still extant.
Diademate young head, with small horn on forehead, to I. R. Bull, butting to r. ;
around, AAPANITAN from r. to I.— Electrotype from the B. M.