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<strong>HISTORICAL</strong> <strong>GREEK</strong> <strong>COINS</strong>the title of ' King' in 306, and since there was nothe name oflonger any necessity for perpetuatingAlexander on the coinage, the inscription is nowPTOAEMAIOY BAIAEA. Ptolemy's name withoutthe royal title had already appeared on someearlier coins, issued after the death of Alexander iv.;but these were unimportant and probably localissues.AGATHOCLES, TYRANT OF SYRACUSE317-289 B.C.64. Obv. Young male head 1., laureate (as on coinsof Philipii. of Macedon, No. 43).Rev. ^YPAKOSHAN Two-horse chariot to r. ;below, triskeles symbol.British Museum. Gold Drachm, 4'29 <strong>gr</strong>ammes. B. V. Head, Coinageof Syracuse, p. 43 ; C. A., PI. 35, 27 ; Gardner, Types, PI. xi. 24.65. Obv. Young male head r. wearing elephant'sskin head-dress.Rev. ArA0OKAEOWinged Athena fightin<strong>gr</strong>. with spear and shield ;at her feet,owl.Vienna Cabinet. Gold Stater, 8 '45 <strong>gr</strong>ammes. Imhoof-Blumer, Num.Zt. t iii. p. 4; Head, Syr., p. 46 f. ; Hill, Coins of Ancient Sicily,PI. xi. 12.66. Obv. |

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