03.04.2013 Views

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

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

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

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

Metal<br />

iE<br />

M M<br />

M<br />

M<br />

M<br />

M<br />

M M<br />

M<br />

N<br />

N<br />

N<br />

M<br />

Size<br />

7<br />

5<br />

5<br />

5<br />

5<br />

4<br />

4<br />

7<br />

H<br />

H 3<br />

H<br />

1<br />

1<br />

3+<br />

Weight<br />

208-3<br />

219-1<br />

209-7<br />

198<br />

58-6<br />

16-2<br />

16-1<br />

13-3<br />

4S-3<br />

SICILY AND ADJACENT ISLANDS. 77<br />

Another similar ; under the horse, TI.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Jupiter to ^. ft. lEPaNo? ; head <strong>of</strong> trident ; on either side, dolphin.<br />

Same type. ft. Same legend, type, and symbols ; in field below, HP, united.<br />

Same type. R. Same legend, type, and symbols ; in field below, A.<br />

Same type. B. Same legend, type, and symbols ; in field below, N.<br />

Same type. ft. Same legend, type, and symbols ; below, T.<br />

Same type to r. ft. Same legend, type, and symbols ; below, AT.<br />

Philistis.<br />

Note.— Although the name <strong>of</strong> Queen Philistis does not occur in history, the style <strong>of</strong> her <strong>coins</strong><br />

leaves little doubt that she lived in the latter part <strong>of</strong> the reign <strong>of</strong> Hiero II. ; and this is found to<br />

agree in a remarkable manner <strong>with</strong> monumental evidence still extant at Syracuse. Of the nine<br />

cunei <strong>of</strong> the ancient theatre, that in the center was distinguished as the cuneus <strong>of</strong> Jupiter Olympius<br />

(Aioc 'OXv/iTriov); the four on one side <strong>of</strong> it (the eastern) were named from deities, the four on the<br />

other side, from members <strong>of</strong> the reigning family ; three <strong>of</strong> the latter set <strong>of</strong> inscriptions are still<br />

legible ; the second from the western extremity <strong>of</strong> the theatre is BaaMaaaQ N))pi)tJoe ; the third,<br />

BaatXiaaac ^iXwridoe ; the fourth, or the cuneus next to the center, BairiXeos 'Ispwv<strong>of</strong>. Nereis bore<br />

the title <strong>of</strong> queen, not as daughter <strong>of</strong> Pyrrlms <strong>of</strong> Epirus, but as wife <strong>of</strong> Gelon, son <strong>of</strong> Hieron II. Phi-<br />

listis, therefore, was probably a wife <strong>of</strong> Hieron himself, who, having lived beyond the age <strong>of</strong> ninety,<br />

may have had a wife, whose name never occurs in the scanty fragments <strong>of</strong> Sicilian history which<br />

have reached us. It is not unlikely that she was descended from Pbilistug, the celebrated historian,<br />

who was minister <strong>of</strong> Dionysius II.<br />

Veiled diademate female head to I. ; behind, leaf <strong>of</strong> holly! ft. BA2IAI2SAS IAI-<br />

STIAoS, in two lines, above and below ; between them. Victory driving quadriga<br />

to r. ; horses in strong action ; in field to r., E.<br />

Same type ; behind, star. ft. Same legend, similar type, but Victory standing<br />

upright in car; horses stepping slowly ; in field to r., K.<br />

Same type ; behind, wreath <strong>of</strong> corn. ft. Same legend and type ; in field above the<br />

horses, *.<br />

Same type. ft. Same legend and type ; in place <strong>of</strong> *, star.<br />

Same type. ft. Biga to r. ; same type, <strong>with</strong>out the star; above, BASIAISSAS;<br />

below, <strong>of</strong>f the coin, [*IAISTIAoS.J<br />

Hieronymus.<br />

130-3 Diademate head <strong>of</strong> Gelon, <strong>with</strong> whisker, to /. ft. BASIAEoS lEPiiNYMoY, in two<br />

lines; between which, in smaller letters, SA, and winged fulmen.<br />

Same type. ft. Same legend and type ; in place <strong>of</strong> SA, *.<br />

TAUROMENIUM.<br />

Note.—In the year 396 B.C. Mount Taurus, which rises immediately above the site <strong>of</strong> Naxus, to the<br />

north, was occupied and fortified <strong>with</strong> a wall by some <strong>of</strong> the Siculi, when the place received the<br />

name Tauromenium airb rije iv Tavp(f noviJQ. In 358 Andromachus, father <strong>of</strong> the historian<br />

inhabitants <strong>of</strong> Naxus. In the<br />

Timteus, and dynast <strong>of</strong> Tauromenium, collected into it the remaining<br />

reign <strong>of</strong> Augustus it received a Roman colony. — (Diodor. 14, 59— 16, 7-)<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Apollo to r. ; behind, star. ft. TAYPoMENlTAN, in two lines ; between<br />

them, tripod ; to r. <strong>of</strong> which, lyre ?<br />

Same type to I. ; behind, bee. ft. Same legend and type ; in field to l., API (the<br />

AP in raon.).<br />

Same type ; behind, branch, ft. Same legend and type ; in field to l, near tripod,<br />

fruit <strong>of</strong> ivy ?<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Apollo to r. ; behind, star. ft. Same legend and type ; in field to /., AI<br />

united.— Electrotype.

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!