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

Sidon (Phoeniciee), origin there of the worship of the Btd
Swpia which became the Venus of Cythera, the Juno of
Samos, and the Diana of Ephesus ; Sidon still flourishing
in Strabo's time ; its aera that of the Seleucidac until
the year 110 b.c, when it became autonomous, As.
114, 115.
Sidyma Lyciae, the Cragus of the coins ; its position
proved by inscriptions among some ruins on summit of
Mount Cragus, As 47.
Sigeium (Troadis) chief town of the Trojan district
after the fall of Troy, As. 70 : Athenian types on its
coins accounted for by its having long been a dependency
of Athens; destroyed by the Ihenses, As. 115.
Silandus (Lydiae) known only by its coins and its Greek
bishoprick ; probably situated near the As. 115.
present Selenti,
Silaris, now Sele, this river typified
sidonia Italise, Eu. 137.
on the coins of Po-
Sillyum (Pamphyliae) on the Cestrus, As. 116.
Silo, Quintus Pompaedius, Consul of the Italian 80 B.C., Eu. 125.
League,
Silphium, this plant represented upon coins of Barce and
Cyrene, Af. I .
SimsBthus or Amenanus, a river of
coins of Catana, Ins. 54.
Sicily, symbolized on
Singara (Mesopotamiae) now called Sinjar; resemblance
of its situation to that of Rhesaina and of Nesibi,
As. 116.
Sinope (Paphlagonise sive Ponti) preserves
founded by the Argonautae, occupied and colonized by
the Milesii, and finally by the Romans in the time of
Julius Caesar, As. 116.
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its name :
Siphnus noted for its mines of silver and gold ; its treasury
at Delphi; traces of its mines and remains of round
towers for their protection, Ins. 41.
Sipontum, in Greek Sip6s, its remains still in existence
near Manfredonia ; said to have been founded by Diomedes,
Eu. 124. 143.
Sipylus the name of the tributary of the Maeander and of
the mountain at Magnesia Lydiae, As. 79.
Siris situated near the mouth of the river now called Sinno,
Eu. 122 : destroyed by an alliance of the forces of Cro-
ton, Sybaris, and Metapontium not later than 560 b.c,
Eu. 134 : its coins extant only in conjunction with PyxAs,
Eu. 138.
Sirrhae, now Serres, a chief city of Thracian Macedonia,
Eu. 64.
Siva, figure of this god on coins of Kadphises of Bactria,
K. 57.
Slingers represented on the coins of Aspendus and Selge
Pamphyliae, of Antiocheia Cariae, of the ^Enianes, and of
Othrys Phthiotidis, Eu. 163.
Smintheus, origin of this epithet of Apollo ; Apollo Smintheus
represented on coins of Alexandreia Troas,
As. 6.
Smordotormus, a Thracian name on a coin of Abdera
ThraciK, Eu. 1.
Smyrna (loniae), the most common types on its coins
Cybele, the Amazon Smyrna, Jupiter Acraeus, Apollo,
Bacchus, Nemesis and Fortune, or the two Nemeseis,
Hercules, and Homer, As. 117— 122 1 founded, according
to Pausanias, by Alexander the Great, As. 121.
Soli tCiliciae) founded by Achaeans and Rhodians of Lindus;
its prosperity before the Macedonian conquest proved
from its coins called ; Solopolis and Pompeiopolis after
its restoration by Pompey, As. 123.
Solium (Acarnaniae), a Corinthian colony, now Stravo-
limiona, Eu. 97.
Solon reduces the weight of the Attic drachma, and
causes the Attic monetary scale to coincide with that of
Corinth, 3].
Solymi, the people of Mount Solymus and Tcrmessus
Pisidiae so called. As. 133.
SolAs (Siciliae), in Latin Soluntum, its ancient name and
some remains of its buildings preserved between Panormus
and Thermae Himeraeae; long in possession of the
Carthaginians, whence the Punic letters on some of its
coins, Ins. 70.
Soter, epithet of Antiochus I. for his victories over the
Gauls in Asia Minor, K. 23 : of Seleucus III., according
to an inscription at Seleuceia on the Orontes, K. 24 :
of Demetrius I., son of Seleucus IV., for having expelled
the tyrant Heracleides from Babylon, K. 27 : of
Demetrius III. of Syria, K. 37 : of Ptolemaeus I. for hav-
ing saved the Rhodii from Demetrius Poliorcetes,
K 58.
Soter Megas, title assumed by a nameless king of Bactria,
K. 56 : great numbers of his coins found in various parts
of India ; types and legends on his coins generally Greek ;
proved thereby not to have been of late date, though
subsequent to Menander and his successors, K. 57.
Sosipolis, an epithet given to Proserpine, for some supposed
benefit, on a coin of Gela Siciliae, Ins. 57.
Sosthenes governs Macedonia two years, but without assuming
regal title, K. 12.
Spartacus, king of Pontus, coins of this king extant,
K. 47.
Spartolus the chief city of the Bottiaei in the Chalcidic
peninsula, Eu. 29.
Spasines, or Hyspasines, the restorer of Charax near the
junction of tlie Tigris and Eulaeus, K. 67.
Stageira or Stageirus, in the Chalcidic peninsula, a colony
of Andrus, Eu. 1 ; not the same place as Orthagoreia
Macedoniae, as supposed by Eckhel, Eu. 82.
Statues represented on coins :— of Apollo or Mithras on
coins of Tarsus, and of Antiochus IX. of Syria, K. 35 :
of Apollo Smintheus on coins of Alexandreia Troadis,
As. 6 : of Jupiter Nicephorus on coins of Antiocheia
Syriae, As. 13 : of Juno Samia or Pronuba on coins of
Apameia Phrygiae, As. 23 : of Diana Ephesia on coins
of Ephesus, As. 56, &c. : and Hypaepa, As. 69 : of Apollo
on coins of Caesareia Cappadociae, As. 38 : of Apollo
Amyclaeus on coins of Sparta,
Eu. 56 : of Athene on
coins of Pharcadon Thessaliae, Eu. 88 : of Juno on
coins of Samus, Ins. 39.
Stectorium (Phrygiae) situated probably to the south-west
of Sultan-dagh, As. 123.
Sterope, daughter of Cepheus, and priestess of Minerva,
represented on coins of Tegea Arcadiae, Eu. 99-
Stesicborus, the native poet of Himera, his statue restored
to that place by Scipio, Ins. 59.
Stiala, Styella, or Tiella, a fortified place in the Sicilian
Megaris ; resemblance of its coins in
style to those of
Syracuse of the time of Dionysius I., Ins. 70.
Stobi (Pelagoniae) on the river Erigon, Eu. 97.
Strabo a native of Amasia Ponti, As. 8.
Stratoniceia (Cariae) renewed by Antiochus I., and named
in honour of his wife Stratonice ; previously called
Idrias and Chrysaoris, As. 123.
Stymphalus (Arcadiae), its types allusive to its worship of
Diana, and to the birds Styraphalides destroyed by Her-
cules, Eu. 98.
Suesa self-governed and permitted to coin money long
after its subjugation and colonization by the Romans ;
the capital of the Aurunci after the destruction of their
previous capital by the Sidicini, Eu. 143, 144.
Sybaris situated near the junction of the rivers Sybaris
and Crathis ; colonized from Achaia ; overthrown by a