THE COIN COLLECTOR - World eBook Library

TERMINOLOGY
Stephartophoros—A type of high-priest among the
ancient Greeks, who wore a crown, sometimes of gold,
in the public processions, and had his name inscribed
on certain coins of Lydia, See. The office was capable
of being held with that of archon.
Styca (from the Teutonic stilk, piece)—A Northum-
brian coinage extending from the seventh to the ninth
century, and of a uniform fabric but of uncertain
standard, the usual proportion being about 70 per cent,
of copper, 20 of zinc, 10 of silver, and some fractional
ingredients of gold, lead, and tin. The stycas of
many reigns are tolerably common owing to modern
finds, but others are extremely rare—that is to say, the
survival in actual currency was very small, and the
abundance in certain cases is due to treasure trove.
The stycas of Ecgfrith (670-685) were, for example,
unknown prior to the Heworth find, 1813, and those
of Heerdulf (794-806) till the Hexham one, 1833. A
supposed unique one of Osred II., 789-90, occurs in
the Montagu Catalogue, Part I., No. 384.
Siilz, Wurtemberg—One of the mints of the Dukes
of Wurtemberg.
Surcharged—An additional quarter laid on an escut-
cheon, generally in the centre, to denote the connection
of a coinage with a special district or dynasty.
Suskin and Dodk'm—The Galley halfpence offered
in payment at the Galley Quay, as mentioned under
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