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

his nephew Eumenes ; his deified portrait the obverse
of all the coins of the dynasty, K. 43 : one coin
seemingly an exception to tins rule, K. 44.
Philip II. of Macedonia, Hercules and not Apollo represented
on the obverses of his gold coins ; error of
Eckhel on this point; the biga on the reverses allu-
sive to his Olympic victories ; copper money struck by
him, K. 3 : the capital of Macedonia removed by him
from JEgx to Pella, K. 4.
III. of Macedonia, all the coins inscribed Bao-iXIwc
*iXi'7r7rou coined by him or by the fourth or fifth Phihp,
K. 9.
IV. of Macedonia, rareness of his coins not sur-
prising in consequence of the shortness of his reign,
K. 10.
V. of Macedonia, claims descent from Perseus ;
assumes on his coins the attributes of the Argive
hero ; confirmed in his pretensions by the management
of the Hersean and Nemaean games being given to him
by the people of Argos, K. 15.
(Epiphanes, Philadelphus) of Syria : reigns in
conjunction with his brother Demetrius III. ; is over-
thrown by Tigranes, K. 3/.
Philippeia, all the gold didrachma of the Macedonian kings
so called after Philip II., by whom they were first
coined : immense quantity of them brought to Rome ;
a crown made of 20,000 of them presented to Rome
by Pamphylia, K. 4.
Philippi (Macedoniae), formerly Crenides, in the district
of Datus ; its new name received from Philip II., after
his discovery of the neighbouring gold mines, Eu. 90.
Philippopolis (Arabise) founded by the emperor Philip,
who was a native of the neighbouring Bostra, As. 100.
, Gomphi Thessalise and ThebsB Phthioticse
both so named by Philip, son of Demetrius, Eu. 91.
-, (Thraciie,) still so called; named from Philip
II. of Macedonia; the Roman Trimontium; the Hebrus
and its two branches which joined it at Philippopolis
personified on its coins ; the mountains Rhodope and
Htemus with the Porta Trajana between them also
represented on them, Eu. 92.
Philistion, numismatic artist of Hyele (Velia), Eu. 123.
Philistis, wife of Hieron II., and a descendant of the historian
Philistus (?), Ins. 77.
Philomelium (Phrygise), reasons for supposing its remains
to be at Ak-Sheher, As. 100.
Philometor, epithet of Ariarathes VII. of Cappadocia,
K. 46 : and of Ptolemy VI. of Egypt, K. 61.
Philopappus, grandson of Antiochus IV. of Commagene,
his monument still extant at Athens, K. 39.
Philopator, epithet of Seleucus IV. of Syria, K. 26 : of
Antiochus IX. and X., K. 35, 36 : of Demetrius III.
and Antiochus XII., K. 37: of Nicomedes III. of
Bithynia, K. 42: of Ariarathes V. and Ariobarzanes II.
of Cappadocia, K. 45, 46 : of Ptolemaeus IV. of Egypt
and his wife Arsinoe, K. 61.
Philoromseus, epithet of Ariobarzanes I. of Cappadocia,
K. 46.
Philoxenus, coin of a king of Bactria of that name, K. 56.
Phintias, now Licata or Alicata, at the mouth of the Himera,
founded by Phintias
and populated from Gela,
Phintias, Ins. 57. 67.
of Acragas about 2S2 b.c,
which was destroyed by
Phistelia (Campanise), in Oscan Phistluis, a Campanian
city founded by the Tyrrheni, situated probably between
the Vulturnus and Cumse, Eu. 135.
Phlius (Achaise), one of its coins as member of the Achaian
League, Eu. 4 : its remains at Polyfengo ; Asopus typified on its coins, Eu. 92.
the river
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Phocaea (loniae), its temple of Minerva, one of the most
ancient in Greece, burnt by Harpagus the Mede,
As. 101.
Phocis, its coins, Eu. 93.
Phoenice (Epiri), vestiges of it at Finiki, Eu. 93.
Phoenician language found on coins of Tarsus Cilicise as
late as the Seleucidse, As. 127.
Phrahates of Parthia releases Demetrius II. of Syria when
himself attacked by Antiochus Sidetes, K. 31.
Phriconis, surname of the city Larissa ^Eolidis, As. 75.
Phrygian language and character, specimens of them still
extant, As. 28. 86.
Phygela (Ionise), description of one of its coins. As. 151.
Phylacis and Phylandrus, children of Acacallis and Apollo,
represented at Delphi as being suckled by a goat ; allusion
to this mythus on coins of Elyrus Cretse, Ins. 17.
Physcon, See
Ptolemy.
Ptolemasus VII. of Egypt.
Pierium (Thessalise). See Cierium Thessalias.
Pimolisa (Ponti), description of one of its coins. As. 151.
Pincum (Moesiae Superioris), its position uncertain,
Eu. 163.
Pistrix or i:^rof , a symbol of Neptune, represented on the
coins of Acragas Sicilise, Cumse, Posidonia, and other
places, Ins. 49.
Pitane (Mysise) now Sandarlik ; its types the head of
Jupiter Ammon and the pentagon, a symbol of the
worship of iEsculapius, As. 101.
Pittacus. See Edoni.
Pixodarus, satrap of Halicarnassus and Caria, expels his
sister Ada, As. 63 : change of the written form
of the genitive from O to OY made in his time. As.
64.
Plarasa (Cariae), no coins of it as an independent state ;
joined Aphrodisias in the second century b.c. in consequence
of the decline of the two places; its name not
found on coins or inscriptions after the time of Augustus,
As. 101.
Platsese (Boeotise), its remains at Kokla, Eu. 94.
Pleminius, the lieutenant of P. Scipio, plunders the temple
of Proserpine at Locri, Eu. 1 27.
Pleuratus king of Illyria, Eu. 159.
Podares distinguished by his bravery at the battle of Mantineia
his heroura in the ;
agora of Mantineia, Eu. 69.
Poeeessa (Ceae), now Pises, a harbour with ruins on the
western coast of Cea ; its coins extant, Ins. 5.
of one of its
autonomous coins ;
Poemaneni (Mysiae), now Manias, description
others extant of the reign of Trajan,
As. 151.
Pogon, an epithet of Seleucus II. of Syria, reason thereof,
K. 24.
Polemon I. son of the rhetorician Zeno of Laodiceia Phrygise,
As. 73 : made king of Pontus by M. Antonius, As.
121 ; coins of this king extant, K. 47.
II., king of Pontus, founder of Polemonium on
the Euxine ; Pontus reduced to a Roman province after
his abdication in a.d. 62 ; receives a part of Cilicia in
lieu of the kingdom of Bosporus from the Emperor
Claudius, K. 48.
the sophist, coins dedicated by him to the
Smyrnaei, As. 121.
Polemonium, a district of Pontus, its name preserved in
that of the river Puleman-tehai, anciently the Sidenus,
As. 41.
Poliorcetes an epithet of Demetrius I. of Macedonia, K. 11.
Polyanthes, a tributary of the river Amantia Epiri, Eu. 8.
Aous, flowing by
Polydectes turned into stone at Seriphus by Perseus for
having ill-treated his mother Danae, Ins. 41.
Polypcetes said in the catalogue of the Iliad to have been