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74<br />

Metal<br />

M<br />

JR<br />

M<br />

M<br />

JR<br />

M<br />

M<br />

M<br />

M<br />

M<br />

M<br />

M<br />

IE<br />

JE<br />

M MM<br />

M<br />

M MM<br />

M<br />

Size<br />

5<br />

4<br />

5-<br />

4+<br />

6<br />

5<br />

5-<br />

6-<br />

3<br />

3<br />

8<br />

8<br />

6<br />

H<br />

6-5<br />

5-<br />

4-<br />

5-4<br />

4+<br />

41<br />

4<br />

4<br />

5<br />

4+<br />

6h<br />

Weight<br />

127-7<br />

131-6<br />

132-4<br />

131-6<br />

155-2<br />

105-1<br />

98-6<br />

108-4<br />

52-5<br />

48-4<br />

484<br />

462<br />

242<br />

262<br />

238<br />

INSULAR GREECE.<br />

SYPAKOSION. Head <strong>of</strong> Pallas to r. ft. Pegasus to I. (Corinthian types.)<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Pallas to r. ; behind, trophy. B. Pegasus to l. ; above, triscelium ; around,<br />

SYPAKoSmN.<br />

Same type on ; helmet, winged horse to /•• ft. Same legend and ; type under the<br />

horse, triscelium.<br />

Same type. H. Same legend ; same type to r. ; same symbol.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Pallas to I. B. SYPAKoSION. Diana Venatrix to I., discharging an<br />

arrow ; at her feet, dog starting to l. ; in field to L, SA.<br />

Same type. B. Same legend. Winged fulmen ; in field below, 2ii.<br />

Diadeniate head <strong>of</strong> Gelon to I. R. SYPAKoSIoI TEAiiNoS, in two lines, above and<br />

below ; between them, winged figure, standing upright in biga, to r. ; horses<br />

above the horses, BA.<br />

stepping slowly ;<br />

Same type. IJ. Same legend; same type; but winged figure bending forwards,<br />

and horses in strong action.<br />

Same type. l\. Eagle on fulmen tor,; in field to I., BA; tor., K ; on the margin,<br />

?YPAKo2IoI TEAiiNo^.<br />

Same type. R. Same type ; in field to L, E ; to r., BA. Same legend.<br />

2^ote.— Tiie style <strong>of</strong> these <strong>coins</strong> forbids the supposition,<br />

thai they could have been cai-lier than the<br />

latter part <strong>of</strong> the reign <strong>of</strong> Hiero II. Gelon was the only tyrant <strong>of</strong> Syracuse whose memory was sanc-<br />

tified by heroic honours. These honours began at the battle <strong>of</strong> Himera in 480 B.C., and were<br />

confirmed by Tiraoleon in 343 B.C. With the exception <strong>of</strong> the mythical heads, therefore, that <strong>of</strong><br />

Gelon alone appears on Syracusan <strong>coins</strong>. The " Syracusans <strong>of</strong> Gelon " were probably the party<br />

who succeeded to the goyernment after the flight <strong>of</strong> Hieronymus to Leontium, and who so<br />

cruelly destroyed all the family <strong>of</strong> Hieron II.— Vide Trans, <strong>of</strong> the R. S. <strong>of</strong> Literature, 8vo. III.<br />

p. 374.<br />

2YPA. Head <strong>of</strong> Pallas to I. ; garland <strong>of</strong> olive round the helmet. R. Star between<br />

two dolphins opposed. (Ouyic/a.)<br />

Another similar.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Jupiter to r. ; around,<br />

SYPAKoCmN. ('HtiiSyKioy.)<br />

lEY? EAEYGEPIoS. R. Fulmen ; round it,<br />

Another similar ; to the right <strong>of</strong> fulmen, eagle to r.<br />

Another similar ; to the right <strong>of</strong> fulmen, grain <strong>of</strong> barley.<br />

lEY? EAEYGEPlo?.] Head <strong>of</strong> Jupiter<br />

Eleutherius to I. B. Sepia ; around,<br />

[?YPAKo5]iaN.<br />

iV^<strong>of</strong>e.—The worship <strong>of</strong> Jupiter Eleutherius was established on the restoration <strong>of</strong> democracy, after<br />

the exile <strong>of</strong> Tlirasybulus, in the year 466 B. c, when a colossal statue <strong>of</strong> the deity <strong>with</strong> this epithet<br />

was erected, and periodical games were instituted, named Eleutheria.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Jupiter to r. B. Quadriga to r., horses moving slowly ; in two lines, above<br />

and below, SYPAKoSIiiN.<br />

Same type ; behind the head, ear <strong>of</strong> corn. B- Biga to r., horses galloping ; below,<br />

^YPAKoSIilN.<br />

Same type. B. Victory in biga to r. ; above, same legend.<br />

Same type to I. B. Victory in biga to I. ; in field above, ?; in exergue, same legend.<br />

Same type to r. B- Female in long drapery to I.; in right hand, balance; left resting<br />

on hasta ; in field to r., prow ?<br />

Same type. B- Female in long drapery to I. ; in right hand, sistrum ; left resting<br />

on sceptre ; around, SYPAK<br />

Same type. B. Same legend and type ; in field to r., pomegranate !<br />

Same type. B. Eagle, <strong>with</strong> open wings, on fulmen to r. ; above, SYPAKoSlilN.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Jupiter to I. B. SYPAKoSiaN, in two lines ; between, fulmen.<br />

Similar type ; in field to r., star. B. Triscelium ; around, ?YPAKoSiaN.<br />

AIoS EAAANIoY. Juvenile male head, laureate (Apollo?), to r. B- SYPAKolION.<br />

Eagle, <strong>with</strong> open wings, on fulmen to I. ; in field to I., star.

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