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QUAESTIONES CYKENAICAE. 175
belong to the first half of the fourth century. There
is also another silver coin of later date in the Luynes
collection, Paris :
wreath of
82. Olv. Head of river nymph r., wearing
lilies (?) and water plants the hair ;
and falls on either side of the neck ;
is long
behind,
ESflEPl C outwards; dotted border.
Eei: Goat r. ; before him silphium with three whorls ;
beneath, silphium with two whorls; behind,
TIMAmPA C linear border.
;
Paris (Luynes). M. i. 334. M. 0-8. Wt. 130 grs.
The animal on the reverse has been explained as a
gazelle, 142 but its awkward motions, its characteristic
attitude, its tail and possible beard all seem rather to
suggest (as Miiller noted U3 ) a goat.
The head on the
obverse has been described as the river-god Lethon.
Doubtless it is to be brought into connexion with the
copper
coins 144
showing
a head inscribed AHTHN or
AH0J1N, but both of these heads seem to be feminine.
The only real difference between the two types is that
the one has long hair, while on the other the hair is
rolled ; both seem to have a wreath of water plants,
though on the copper it is not so elaborate. As
for the alleged horn on the silver coin, which is
the real ground for the designation river-god, it
seems to be merely the bud of some water plant,
perhaps a lily. The weight of this coin and its
style especially such a detail as the appearance of
the hair on either side of the neck bring it into line
with the issues of nOAIANeEY$-0EYEIAEY^.
42 Imhoof-Blumer u. Keller, Tier- und Pftanzenlilder, PI. iii. 4.
143
Miiller, op. cit., i. 92, note 3.
144 M. i. 338-9, where the wreath is called a diadem.