The numismatic chronicle and journal of the Royal Numismatic Society

174: E. S. G. KOBINSON.
Unfortunately the inscription
on the reverse is not
clear: the A is certain, and the preceding letter has
been read as a B by Muller, who regards it as the initial,
thus producing the same inscription on both sides.
On a close examination of the coin I think HPA may
be the true reading. The following would support this
view.
81. Obv. Head of Ammon bearded r. ; dotted border.
Eei\ Ram r. ; above HPAKAEIA.
Paris. M. 04. Wt. 187 grs. = M., No. 343.
No. 81 was published by Muller doubtfully as of
the town Heraclea, 138 but the last letter is certainly
a A, and the inscription must therefore be a name ;
there would be room for an ethnic on the obverse in
front of the face (but on this unique specimen that
portion of the field is off the flan). The type of the
ram is proved for Barce as well by the archaic silver
drachm 139 as by our No. 80. These two bronze coins
would belong to the end of the fourth or the beginning
of the third century.
Euesperides,
Later Issues.
The coinage of Euesperides, like that of Barce, practically
ceases during the fourth century. There is, how-
ever, in the Turin Library 140 a tetradrachm of Samian
weight, which to judge by the triple border U1 of the
obverse and the full inscription EYE^FIEPITAN should
la M. i. 343.
139 M., Suppl., 290 A (Brit. Mus.).
140 Imhoof in Z.f. JV., vii. p. 30, No. 3. I have been unable to
get a cast of this coin.
141 Cf. the triple border on the coins of Barce with the facing
head under AKESIOS (M. i. 321).