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

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Metal<br />

M<br />

M<br />

M<br />

M<br />

M<br />

M M<br />

M<br />

M<br />

JE<br />

Size<br />

H<br />

5<br />

2<br />

1 +<br />

5+<br />

M 5<br />

7<br />

5<br />

4<br />

I<br />

Weight<br />

269-8<br />

260-4<br />

134-2<br />

134-7<br />

13<br />

5-5<br />

128-5<br />

220<br />

268<br />

129<br />

60<br />

SICILY AND ADJACENT ISLANDS. 61<br />

Same type. Ti. Same legend in one line ; lion's head to I., the whole surrounded<br />

by four grains <strong>of</strong> barley.<br />

Same type to r. ; hair behind, bushy. B. Same legend and type, surrounded by<br />

three grains <strong>of</strong> barley, and a river fish.<br />

Naked horseman to r. ; in left hand, bridle ; in right, short staff? R. Lion's head<br />

to r., surrounded by four grains <strong>of</strong> barley, mixed <strong>with</strong> the legend OHIT/.OaA.<br />

Another similar, but legend AEOA'TIA'OA'.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Apollo to r. ; hair in pendent plaits. B.. Grain <strong>of</strong> barley between ^ '^.<br />

Lion's head, adv. ft. Grain <strong>of</strong> barley between 5 ^.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Pallas to r.; in field to r. in half circle, AEONTINON; to l, grain <strong>of</strong><br />

barley. B. Pegasus, flying to I. (Corinthian types.) — Electrotype from the<br />

£.31.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Apollo to r. R. AEONTINQN, in two lines ; between, Ceres <strong>with</strong> modius<br />

and veil to I. ; in right hand, two ears <strong>of</strong> corn ; left resting on poppy-headed ?<br />

sceptre.<br />

Same type. B. Same legend, in two lines, differently divided; Ceres, <strong>with</strong> modius<br />

and veil, adv. ; in right hand, poppy ? left resting on knotted hasta, surmounted<br />

by bird ?<br />

Two laureate? heads to r. R. Two ears <strong>of</strong> corn ; around, AEONTINON.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> ? Apollo to ^. ;<br />

two fishes to I.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Apollo to I. ;<br />

two lines, TINON.<br />

behind, plough.<br />

behind, plough.<br />

B-<br />

R.<br />

AEONTINilN, in two lines ;<br />

Lion to I. ; above, AEON ;<br />

between,<br />

below, in<br />

Note.—The plough accords <strong>with</strong> the words <strong>of</strong> Cicero, cited above.<br />

LILYBzEUM.<br />

Note.—The position <strong>of</strong> Lilybseum has been questioned ; but the ancient remains still extant at<br />

Marsala, which stands on the western promontory <strong>of</strong> Sicily, compared <strong>with</strong> the historians, particularly<br />

Polybius (1, 42), leave no doubt that Lilybaeum, Cape Lilybseura, and Marsala, are all one and<br />

the same place. That there are no very ancient <strong>coins</strong> <strong>of</strong> this city, is not surprising, as it was not<br />

built until after the year 397 B.C., when Motya was taken and destroyed by Dionysius I., and retaken<br />

by Himilco, who removed the remaining inhabitants to Cape Lilybaium, where he founded a new<br />

city.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Apollo to r., in dotted circle. B. AIAYBAIITAN, in two lines; between,<br />

lyre,<br />

all in dotted circle.<br />

Two others similar ; but in all, <strong>with</strong> a different style <strong>of</strong> head.<br />

LIPAEA.<br />

iVote. —Lipara, now Lfpari, the largest and most central <strong>of</strong> the jEolian Islands, seems to have<br />

been the only one which struck money ; though the <strong>Greek</strong> colony, established here in the sixth<br />

century, chiefly it is said from Cnidus, obtained possession also <strong>of</strong> three other islands. All the extant<br />

<strong>coins</strong> <strong>of</strong> Lipara have the appearance <strong>of</strong> being <strong>of</strong> the fifth and fourth centuries B.C., and it is not<br />

unlikely that Lipara ceased to strike money soon after the fall <strong>of</strong> Carthage.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Vulcan to r. B. AIF, between two globules.<br />

Naked figure, seated to r. ; in right hand, hammer ;<br />

R. Dolphin<br />

in left, cantharus (^olus ?).<br />

to r. ; around, AIPAPAION.<br />

Same type. B. * *<br />

; around, same legend.<br />

Another similar.<br />

J<br />

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