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320 E. T. NEWELL.<br />

corroborated by one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> coins in <strong>the</strong> writer's collection<br />

which has <strong>the</strong> letters PA roughly scratched<br />

by some idle h<strong>and</strong> into <strong>the</strong> surface alongside <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

monogram in question. Of <strong>the</strong> four symbols to be<br />

seen beneath <strong>the</strong> throne <strong>of</strong> Zeus, <strong>the</strong> rose occurs as <strong>the</strong><br />

reverse type on certain 27 autonomous bronze coins<br />

<strong>of</strong> Paphos <strong>of</strong> about this same period. It is curious<br />

to note that <strong>the</strong> symbol laurel branch occurs on <strong>the</strong><br />

justly suspected tetradrachm (?) <strong>of</strong> Nikokles <strong>of</strong> Paphos<br />

in <strong>the</strong> Florence collection. Perhaps this latter specimen<br />

was an imitation <strong>of</strong> a genuine coin now lost ?<br />

1. TETRADRACHM.<br />

MARION.<br />

Olv. Head <strong>of</strong> youthful Herakles r. Circle <strong>of</strong> dots.<br />

.to.AAEZAN APOY to right <strong>of</strong> sceptre. BA5IAEHS<br />

to left <strong>of</strong> sceptre. Zeus enthroned to left, holds<br />

eagle in outstretched right, sceptre in left. Feet<br />

rest on foot-stool. In field : THUNDERBOLT.<br />

London ; E. T. N. [PI. XV. 14.]<br />

<strong>The</strong> placing <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> inscription on this coin betrays<br />

its Cypriote origin. <strong>The</strong> style, though <strong>of</strong> lower relief,<br />

is not unlike some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Paphian Alex<strong>and</strong>ers, while<br />

<strong>the</strong> throne is identical in shape with that found on<br />

<strong>the</strong>se latter. Judging from <strong>the</strong> issues <strong>of</strong> Salamis,<br />

Kition, <strong>and</strong> Paphos, <strong>the</strong> thunderbolt in <strong>the</strong> field would<br />

in this case be a mint <strong>and</strong> not a magistrate's symbol.<br />

<strong>The</strong> thunderbolt occurs only once as a type on <strong>the</strong><br />

coins <strong>of</strong> Cyprus, namely on certain bronze coins <strong>of</strong><br />

Marion struck in <strong>the</strong> reign <strong>of</strong> Stasioikos II (from<br />

27 Hill, loc. cit., PI. VIII, 11.

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