The numismatic chronicle and journal of the Royal Numismatic Society

94 E. S. G. KOBIXSON.
of the magistrate's name which would require more
room than was available round the head. To the
Vienna coin I would add the following :
42. Obi\ Triple silphium
; linear circle.
y,v,. Head of young Ammon r., beardless and horned ;
"
in front, KYfEAfl. 3;
dotted border.
B. M. M. 04. Wt. 11-3 grs. Samian trihemi-
obol(?).
Of AKE3IOS, so far as I know, only tetradrachms
exist. T:>' The facing head on some of his coins would
presumably date them to the turn of the century when
the enterprise of the Syracusan engravers had brought
this position into popularity.
Lastly, I would assign the following coin to Barce :
43. Olv. Triple silphium;
dotted border.
ftcv> Head of young Ammon r. ; behind neck C AAA ;
in front, I outwards ;
dotted border.
B. M. A\. 0-35. Wt. 12-7 grs. Samian trihemi-
obol(?).
There are two reasons for assigning this coin to
Barce. Most of the other coins with the types of the
head of Ammon, and the triple silphium, can be defi-
nitely connected with this city, either by
the ethnic
or by a magistrate ; and the name AAAI at once
suggests 'AXageip, which is a good Barcaean name, as-
sociated in a previous generation with the royal house. 74
The denomination of these little pieces with the
triple silphium is puzzling ; the type
itself is unusual.
occurring only twice apart from this group on an isolated
73 M. i. 318-21.
74 Herodotus iv. 164. The restoration of the name is indeed
practically certain, for there seems to be no other proper name
in Greek beginning with the same four letters.