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hemidrachms as compared with the abundance of tetra-
drachms, is certainly a remarkable fact. But it is probable
that this is owing, in part at least, to the greater amount
of degradation to which such small pieces are always
liable, so that the magistrates' names would be rapidly
effaced, and coins in this condition are not usually pre-
served in collections. There can be little doubt that if
more attention were paid to these smaller coins the num-
ber of varieties would be materially increased. It is
a sufficient proof of this that out of the small number of
them in my own cabinet, considerably more than half are
not to be found in M. Beule*'s work.
I proceed to describe the one tetradrachm in my posses-
sion, which belongs to a series wholly different from any
of those described by M. Beule".
Obv. Head of Pallas of later style, with helmet ornamented
as usual on the corns of this class.
Rev. Owl standing on amphora : in the field to right
Bacchus standing, full front, holding a thyrsus in
his left hand, and a cantharus in his right. The
magistrates' names AIONYZIOZ . MNA-
ZAFOPAZ are both written at full, with no
third name : the letter on the amphora is A :
those beneath too indistinct to be legible.
Wt. 250* grs. PI. IV. fig. 3.
The coin is very well preserved, though in great part
coated with a black oxide, and both the legend and the
standing figure are perfectly distinct.
Both the magistrates' names are found on coins of other
series, though not in combination with one another. That
of Dionysius, indeed, is so common that no inference at all
can be drawn from it ; that of Mnasagoras, on the other
hand, is not a name of frequent occurrence, but is found
on another series of tetradrachms, associated with that of