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

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monarchy under Diodotus about 255 B.C.; gold, silver,
and copper coins of most of its Greek princes extant,
K. 54, 55.
Balas, Alexander. See Alexander I. of Syria.
Bambyce the more ancient name of Hieropolis Cyrrhesticae.
As. 67.
Baf?8B (Lydise) on the right bank of the Hermus, opposite
to Sirghie, As. 31.
Balbura (Lycise), one of three Lycian cities forming a
tetrapolis, with Cibyra Phrygiae, As. 41.
Barce (Cyrenaicae) an offset from Cyrene ; entirely abandoned
at the time of the Roman empire, Af. 1.
Bargasa (Caria?) situated at the head of the Ceramic Gulf,
As. 31.
Barium (Peucetiae), now Bari, an early Greek settlement,
Eu. 113. 157.
Basileius, a tributary of the Euphrates, now called the
Beylik, As. 40.
BoffcXcvc, this title assumed the successors of
by
Alexander
306 B.C. ; hence all coins mscribed BaatXiojs i\i7r7roi;
belong to the later Philips, and those inscribed BaoiXsws
'AXf^dvSpov were struck after the death of Alexander
the Great, K. 9. 11.
Bellerophon alluded to by the Chimaera on the
Sicyon, Eu. 95.
Benevenlum (Samnii),
coins of
its coins, Eu. 113.
Berenice. See Evesperides.
I. of Egypt, wife and half-sister of Ptolemy I.,
deified after her death, K. 59.
II. of Egypt, daughter of Magas, king of Cyrene,
and a wife of Ptolemy III., K. 60.
, daughter of Ptolemy VIII., made queen by the
Alexandrians after the death of Ptolemy IX. ; married
to, and soon after murdered by, Ptolemy X., K. 62.
Berrhoea (Syriae), now Haleb, Italice Aleppo, called by the
Greeks Chalybon before the Macedonian conquest.
As. 32.
Berytus (Phoeniciae), its sera uncertain; sacred to the
Cabiri and to Neptune, As. 32.
Billaeus the river at Tium Bithyniae, As. 135.
Bipennis on a coin of Aphrodisias Cariae a type of Jupiter
of Labranda, As. 24 : on coins of Tenedus, and of
places founded by the Amazons ; originally introduced
from Thrace, Ins. 43.
Birytus (Troadis), its situation unknown, As. 33.
Bisaltae, resemblance of their coins to those of the Orescii,
and Edoni, all the three occupying the same argentiferous
range of mountains, K. 19. Eu. 81. 157.
Bithynia, the direct succession of its kings during 360
years remarkable; their history little known ; apparent
prosperity of the arts during their reigns; offer made by
one of them to purchase the statue of Venus at Cnidus
refused by the Cnidii, K. 41.
Bithyniae Commune, its coins. As. 34.
Bithynian aera made the same as that of Pontus by Nicomedes
II. its ; commencement 297 B.C., K. 42.
Bithynium, afterwards Claudiopolis,
INDEX TO THE NOTES.
not far from Nico-
media, eastward. As. 90.
Blaundus (Lydiae), its ruins at Sulimanli, on the Hippurius,
a tributary of the Upper Maeander; a Macedonian
colony there settled. As. 34.
Boeonus (Lydiae), in or near the lower valley of the Hermus,
As. 145.
Boeotian League, its coins distinguished from those of
Thebes by the word Boiwrwr, or by the name (often
in the Boeotian dialect) of the Archon Eponymus of
the league, Eu. 28.
Boreitene a Lydian epithet of Diana, As. 134.
Bosporus, this kingdom separated from that of Pontus
by the Emperor Claudius during the reign of Polemon
II., K. 48.
Bostra (Arabiae) still so called; a Roman colony under
M. Aurelius, As. 35.
Bottiaei or Bottiatae (Macedoniae) driven by the Macedones
from their territory on the Lydias into the Chalcidic
peninsula, where Spartolus became their chief city,
Eu. 29.
Brattia, now Bratza, an island on the Dalmatian coast noted
for its goats, Ins. 22.
Brauronia an epithet of Diana, whose statue was brought
to Brauron in Attica from theTauric Chersonese, Eu. 11.
Brentesium, Brundisium, or Brundu.«ium (Calaliriae) a
very ancient Greek city ; no coins of it extant hut as a
Roman colony ; references on them to the legend of
Areion and the dolphin, Eu. 113.
Brettii or Bruttii obtain possession of all the south-western
extremity of Italy ; defeat Alexander I. of Epirus ; their
money coined at their chief town Consentia, now Cosenza,
Eu. 113, 114.
Briana (Phrygiae), question whether the Tyaneius of Ovid
(Met. viii. 719) ought to be altered to Bryane'ius, and
thus refer to this city. As. 34.
Britomartis an epithet of Diana, Ins. 8.
Bruzus (Phrygiae) only known by its coins ; apparently
situated in the eastern part of Phrygia, As 35.
Bubon (Lyciae) one of three Lycian cities which formed
a tetrapolis with Cibyra Phrygiae, As. 41.
Bull, gibbous or Indian, common on coins of Seleucus I.,
K. 22 : found also on those of some of the other kings
of Syria, and on coins of Caria, Ionia, and Lydia; the
animal introduced probably by the Seleucidae into Syria,
and from thence into Asia Minor, As. 24 : on the coins
of Kadphises, K. 57.
Bunomus an ancient name of Pella Macedoniae, Eu. 85.
Buxentum. See Pyxiis.
Byblus (Phoeniciae) situated at the modern Ghebail, As. 35.
Byllis (Epiri sive Illyrici), now Gradista, situated on the
Aous ; its maritime dependency on the Gulf of Auloa,
Eu. 30.
Bytils or Butuntum (Calabriae) now Bitonto, its coins,
Eu. 115.
Byzantium (Thraciae), the letter Beta not sounded there as
in other parts of Greece, and hence represented on the
older coins by YII in monogram, Eu. 30 : colonized from
Megara by Byzas, and renowned for its fisheries, Eu. 31.
Cabeira or Cabera (Ponti), position of this city according
to Strabo, As. 30.
Cabeiri, their rites adopted at Thessalonica Macedoniae,
Eu. 104.
Cadi (Phrygiae), question as to the position of this city,
whether at the modern Ghiediz, As. 36 : its alliance with
iEzani, As. 37.
Caelia (Calabriae), now Ceglie, near Bari, its coins, 115.
Eu.
Caena (Siciliae) placed by the Antonine Itinerary at eighteen
M. p. west of Agrigentum ; this and its coins the only
evidence of its existence, Ins. 52.
Caesareia (Cappadociae), now Kesaria, its indigenous name
Mazaca named Eusebeia ; by Ariarathes Eusebes, and
Caesareia by Tiberius : Mount Argaeus with a statue or
eagle or star on its summit the chief type of its coins,
As. 37, 38. 139.
^— ad Anazarbum. See Anazarbus Ciliciae.