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ASIA. 19<br />

AYP. OYHPOC KAIC. Head <strong>of</strong> L. Verus to r. B. ANTIOC . . . ACYA. Female<br />

in long drapery, crowned <strong>with</strong> modius ; in right hand, horse to I. ; in left hand;<br />

cornucopiEe.<br />

ANTIPHELLUS Lycise.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Diana to r. R. AYKIQN AN. Quiver and bow crossed.<br />

Note.—For a description <strong>of</strong> the situation and remains <strong>of</strong> Antiphellus, wliich preserves its ancient<br />

name, see my " Journal <strong>of</strong> a Tour in Asia Minor," pp. 127. 185. On some <strong>of</strong> the tombs at Antiphellus<br />

the ethnic ANTI*EAAEITHS occurs, heing the same form given to it by Stephanus, and found on a<br />

coin i£ 9 <strong>of</strong> Gordian III. (Miunnet, iii. p. 431).<br />

APAMEIA Phiygiae.<br />

Note.—V. Nuraisraata Hellenica, p. 22.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Jupiter to r. R. An.\ME. I1P.\K. Archaic statue <strong>of</strong> Jilno Pronuba ! ««?«>.<br />

Same type. B. AOAM. ANAPOM. AAKIOY. Same type.<br />

Same type. ft. AllAMESlN between the bonnets and stars <strong>of</strong> the Dioscuri ; all in<br />

wreath.<br />

Head <strong>of</strong> Pallas to r. B. HAM . . . ANTIOii. [ME]NEK.. Eagle flying to r. over<br />

symbol <strong>of</strong> Mseander. On either side a bonnet <strong>of</strong> the Dioscuri, surmounted by<br />

a star.<br />

AMAMEflN. Turreted 1 head to r. B. ATTAAOS AlOTPE*. in two lines; between,<br />

two ears <strong>of</strong> corn ; below, symbol <strong>of</strong> Mseander.<br />

R. [A]nA. Two serpents, entwined round quiver, their heads rising on either side ;<br />

above, LENTVLVS IMPERATOR; below, MYISKOY. (Cistophorus, the obverse<br />

almost defaced.)<br />

Note.— Publius Cornelius Lentulus, sumamed Spinther, was Consul in B.C. 57 after which lie was<br />

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Proconsul <strong>of</strong> Cilicia, a province v/hich then comprehended the district <strong>of</strong> Apameia. He was succeeded<br />

in this government in B.C. 53 by Appius Claudius Pulcher, and the latter by M. Tullius Cicero in 51<br />

B.C. See bis letters to Atticus, i. 5 & 6 ; and Eckhel, iv. p. 360.<br />

Philippus Senior.<br />

AYT. K. M. lOYA. *IAinnOG AYP. Head <strong>of</strong> Philip Senior to r. R. Rivers<br />

Mseander and Marsyas seated on ground, opposed. In four lines, 6III M. AYP.<br />

AAGSANAPOY B rP(a^/iartwc) APXI(Ept(.)c) AQAMeiiN.<br />

Otacilia.<br />

MAPK. iiTAKIA. ceBHPA CGB. Bust <strong>of</strong> Otacilia to r. R. 6. AAGflJANAPOY B.<br />

APXI. AIIAMeiiN. Naked male figure<br />

hand, chlamys<br />

to /. ; in right hand, patera ; in left<br />

and spear ; at his feet?<br />

APAMEIA Syrise.<br />

Note.—V. <strong>Numismata</strong> Hellenica, p. 23.<br />

Turreted female head <strong>with</strong> veil to r. R. AHAMEiiN TH2 lEPAS KAI ASYAOY in<br />

four hues ; between second and third line. Victory to I. IA2 (237 <strong>of</strong> the Seleucid<br />

sera, b.c. 75). By a double striking the date occurs twice.<br />

APHRODISIAS Cariae.<br />

Nate.— Aphrodisias, in the time <strong>of</strong> the Roman Empire, was the most renowned city in the south-<br />

western part <strong>of</strong> Asia Minor. As a school <strong>of</strong> literature and philosophy it exceeded Ephesus, while

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