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

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Metal Size<br />

M<br />

JE<br />

M<br />

M<br />

M<br />

M<br />

M<br />

M<br />

4+<br />

7-6<br />

4+<br />

5<br />

7<br />

Weight<br />

252-1<br />

258-2<br />

KINGS.<br />

SELEUCUS VI.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Seleucus VI. to r. B. BASIAESiS SEAEYKOY Eni*AN0Y2 NIKATOPOS<br />

in four lines ; between the second and third, Jupiter Nicephorus on throne to I. ;<br />

in field to ^., P K A placed vertically. — Electrotype.<br />

Same type. R. Same legend ; between second and third line, tripod.<br />

COMMAGENE.<br />

ANTIOCHUS IV.<br />

Two horsemen to r. (Epiphanes and Callinicus, sons <strong>of</strong> Antiochus, as Dioscuri);<br />

countermark, eagle to r. R. BASIAEiiS ANTIOXOY in two lines; between<br />

them, Pallas Promachus standing on anchor to r. ; in the centre, a countermark.<br />

lOTAPE,<br />

Wife (and sister?) <strong>of</strong> Antiochm IV.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> lotape to r. ; around, BACIAICCA ia[TAnH IAA]AEAoC.<br />

pion; around, KoMMAI'HNoN ; all in wreath.<br />

KINGS OF BITHYNIA.<br />

NICOMEDES I.<br />

R. Scor-<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Nicomedes I. to r. R. BASIAEQS NIKOMHAOY in two lines ; between<br />

them, Bendis or the Diana <strong>of</strong> Thrace seated to /. on the trunk <strong>of</strong> a tree, right<br />

hand resting on two spears ; in left hand, short sword ; her right heel touching<br />

a decorated round shield, which rests against the trunk ; in field to I., Victory<br />

to I.— Electrotype.<br />

Nott.—Bendis or the Thracian Diana was honoured hy Nicomedes because his family traced its<br />

origin from Thrace. The extent <strong>of</strong> the worship <strong>of</strong> Bendis is shown by the Bendideium, or temple <strong>of</strong><br />

Bendis, at the Peirteeus, and its festival, the Bendideia. Her epithet SiXoyxoi is illustrated by this<br />

coin.— Hesych. in ^kvltc, 5iXoy;^<strong>of</strong>.<br />

PRUSIAS.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Bacchus to r. R. BASIAEns nPOYSIOY in two lines; between them,<br />

quiver.<br />

Same type. R. Same legend ; between the two lines, centaur to r. ; in field to r.,<br />

monogram.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Apollo to I. R. BASIAEQS riPOYSIOY in two lines ; between them.<br />

Victory, or fiUt] 'Adn^a, to I., crowning <strong>with</strong> right hand the name <strong>of</strong> Prusias;<br />

left hand resting on shield ; in field to /., S.<br />

Note.—To which <strong>of</strong> the two kings named Prusias these and many other copper <strong>coins</strong> <strong>with</strong> the<br />

name <strong>of</strong> Prusias belong is uncertain. There can be no doubt that the first Prusias deserved to be<br />

called victorious far better than his son, having enlarged and confirmed the boundaries <strong>of</strong> his<br />

kingdom by conquering all the Asiatic possessions <strong>of</strong> the Byzantines, and by destroying the Gauls<br />

whom Attains had invited into Asia; while all that Prusias II. performed was twice to force Attains<br />

to retire <strong>with</strong>in the walls <strong>of</strong> Pergamus : this conscious inferiority to his father may, however, have<br />

been exactly that which prompted him to record these victories on his money.<br />

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