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GREEK COINS ACQUIRED BY BRITISH MUSEUM. 5Rev. OAPX IAA E HN Dolphin r. ; above, a fish1. on its back ; below, a similar fish r.M. f 25 mm. Wt. 1314 grains (8-51 grammes).[PI. I. 8.]A good specimen of No. 604 in the Berlin Corpus.LYSIMACHEIA.Obv. Head of young Herakles r., wearing lion-skin.Rev- AYZIMA on 1. downwards, XEflN in exergue;Nike standing L, holding wreath in outstretchedr., palm-branch in 1. ;in field r. two monograms,A/ and $JE. f 17 mm. Wt. 67-2 grains (4-35 grammes).[PI. I. 9.] Presented by Mr. W. H. Buckler,with six others similar.These seven coins were selected for the Museumfrom what was evidently a small find which had beenin the possession of the late Mr. A. 0. van Lennep ofSmyrna. The interest of them lies in the fact thatthey are all restruck on Seleucid coins of the followingtypes :Obv. Head of Apollo r., laureate.Rev. BAZIAEHZ on r.downwards, ANTIOXOYon 1. downwards. Tripod.Similar restrikes have been noted byvon Sallet.8These types are found on bronze coins of Antiochus I,II, and III. It is natural to assume that these coinswere overstruck after the evacuation of Lysimacheiaby Antiochus III in 190 B. c. But the only coin ofthese types which has been attributed to Antiochus IIIis of a much larger module,9and it would seem that" Berlin Beschr. d. ant. Munzen, i, p. 268, No. 24.9Babelon, Bois de Syne, PI. x. 9.