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184 Sc W. GROSE.much, later type of Athena head, with a figure of Scyllathrowing a stone in place of the griffin or the Scyllawith a rudder. We can hardly date them earlier thanc. 350 B.C. But if EY on these coins is identical withEYP, who is the EY on the much later coins ofreduced weight (2 a, 6, c) ?EY.He must be a later artistHis credentials to that rank are very sound, forhe appears after the longer abbreviation, AAE.Thuson the theory of Sir A. Evans AAE is the magistrate,EY the artist, perhaps the "artist" who appears at'Tarentum " shortly before the reduction of thstandard". We are justified in asking whether the EYF*who appears on the mediocre distaters and staters ofThurium is also to be identified with this "later EY ",or whether he is a third artist. His style might besaid to resemble that of EY on the Leake coinalready mentioned above. But with regard to the EYcoins of Heraclea c. 400-350 B.C., why should thesenot be connected with the abbreviation EY0Y (5 I)or the EY4>A mentioned by Imhoof-Blumer (see under5 o). I must here admit that my examples of EYshow the letters on the obverse, and that I have beenunable to find a specimen of the coin upon whichSir A. Evans lays so much stress (with EY just abovethe exergual lineof the reverse) other than Imhoof-Blumer, M. Gr., p. 2, 8 = Carelli, PL clx. 13 (3 e).As both this and the EY0P coin (5 -o)read Z on theobverse they suit his argument very well, 12 but it willhardly be maintained that a distinction can be drawnbetween coins with EY on the obverse and those with12But on reading this article in proof, I notice that the Leakecoin also reads Z on the reverse (4 I),and thus confirms myargument, for it is of poor style.