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QUAESTIONES CYRENAICAE. 173
reverse, would suggest that it is contemporary with
the nOAIANGEYS issues. The weight of the coin
is 159-8 grs., but it has lost a certain amount by
oxydization. In this connexion may be noted another
issue, of somewhat later style, the weights of which
are 80-90 grs. 135 The standard which appears here
will be discussed later.
Three copper coins are assigned to Barce by Miiller. 136
The first shows the same types as the copper ofCyrene M. i. 247-9, and it may be surmised (especially as the
publication is due to Sestini) that it properly belongs
there. The last is a coin formerly in the possession of
the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and published in
the Numismatic Chronicle The types are Obv. Head
of bearded Ammon r., Rev. Eagle 1.; to 1. upwards,
BAPKAI. The flan of the coin is, as the illustration
shows, of the regular Ptolemaic form with bevelled edge
and cracked rim, and the piece belongs to the third or
second century. No other example is forthcoming,
and this one has disappeared from sight. It may be
suggested that the inscription is simply I1TOAEmisread
the whole of the field
MAI[OY BASIAEHS]
behind the eagle where BA^IAEH^ would have stood
is off the coin and that the coin is really a common
Ptolemaic coin such as Svoronos, op. tit., No. 453. The
description of the second of the three (M. i. 330)
follows :
is as
80. Obv. Free horse r. cantering above BA dotted border.
; ;
Rev. Earn standing r. ; above HP ? A ; dotted border.
Paris. JE. 0-65. Wt. 105 grs. = M., No. 330.
135 M. i. 47, &c.
13G M. i. 239-331.
137 Num. Chron., 1852, p. 144 (fig.).