THE COIN COLLECTOR - World eBook Library

DESCRIPTION OF PLATES
PLATE I.
1. Persia.—Gold daric, 4th c. B.C.
2. Hellespont (Lampsacus). Gold oblong stater, usual type,
6th or 5th c. B.C.
3. Silver coin of Boeotia, 6th or 5th c. B.C.
4. Silver coin of iEgina, 5th c. B.C.
5. Billon coin of Mitylene in Lesbos, 4th c. B.C.
6. Silver tetradrachm of Athens, archaic style, 5th c. B.C.
7. Hemiekton of same, 4th c. B.C. Gold.
8. Ekta or hecta of Cyzicus in Mysia, 4th c. B.C. Electruni.
9. One-third silver incuse stater of Metapontum in Lucania,
5th or 4th c. B.C.
10. Gold stater of Philip of Macedon, 4th c. B.C.
11. Silver didrachm of Syracuse, 4th c. B.C.
12. Silver tetradrachm of Philistis, wife of Hieron, King of
Syracuse, 3rd c. B.C.
13. Hemidrachma of Argolis, 5th c. B.C. Silver.
14. Silver drachma of Larissa, in Thessaly, 4th c. B.C.
15. Silver drachma of Ephesus, in Ionia, 3rd c. B.C.
16. Silver tetradrachm of Alexander ^Egus, son of Alexander
the Great by Roxana.
17. Bronze coin of Arcadia, 4th c. B.C.
PLATE II.
18. Silver tetradrachm of Macedon, under Roman rule, with a
supposed head of Alexander the Great on obverse.
19. Silver stater of Locri Opuntii, 4th c. B.C.
20. Gold octadrachm of Egypt, with veiled head of Arsinoe.
Theta issue.
21. Bronze coin with veiled bust of the celebrated Cleojmtra.
22. Bronze coin of Cnossus in Crete, shewing the Minotaur and
the Labyrinth, 3rd c. B.C.
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