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QUAESTIONES CYRENAICAE. 139
an ancient Greek goddess as Studniczka argues, at least
her sphere was wider than that of a mere city-eponym.
This well-marked type of head with the curious arrangement
of the hair occurs, it is true, on later gold coins
of the same denomination, bearing the signature I A,
presumably the Cyrenaean magistrate IA3HN, but it
is also found on the following which belong to the
close of the second or beginning of the third period
at Barce.
60. Olv. Head of nymph as on Nos. 57-9 ; behind,
BAPK C; dotted border.
Eev. Head of bearded Ammon r., hair and beard in
heavy curls, eye three-quarter face ; dotted
square, in corners of which "0 00 ; incuse
square. N 2>
B. M. JR. 04. Wt. 12-6 grs. Samian trihemiobol?
This coin certainly connects the nymph type defi-
nitely with Barce. The appearance of the inscription on
both sides is not unusual but on the obverse there seem
;
to be traces of a fifth letter which cannot but be A. May
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not the obverse inscription refer closely to the type
and give us here the name of a nymph Barce made to
match Gyrene ?
Nos. 56-9 are the first of a long series of which the
normal weight seems to be 13-13-5, though
some of
the earliest, e.g. No. 58, weigh a little more. It is
obvious that this weight can be very easily related
to the hemidrachms, Nos. 54 and 55, and to the drachm
of the last period. It is exactly a quarter of the
Samian drachm of 53-4 max., so that the coins are
trihemiobols. Thus the early gold series consisted of
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Cp. KYPANA above,
No. 10.
L 2