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GREEK COINS ACQUIRED BY THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 145and himation and veil, standing r., holdingapple in her 1.,and pointing to it with her r./^JE. 28-5 mm. Wt. 14-09 grm. (217'4 grs.).[PI. VII. 7.] Similar to the coin noted inB. M. C., Lycia, p. Ixi.TELMESSUS.24. Olv. Head of Alexander the Great r., with ram's horn,as on coins of Lysimachus.Rev. Lion walking 1., r. fore-leg raised; in exergue,[T]EAEMHZZE[nN]; above, TF/1\^E. 16'mm. Wt. 3-71 grm. (57'3 grs.).[PI. VII. 8.]The head of Alexander the Greatwhich appears onthis interesting coin may allude to his acquisition of thecity by treaty at the outset of his Persian expedition.It is clearly copied from the type on coins of Lysimachus.On the reverse of the coin appears a monogramwhich may be resolved into PT. Now, an inscription12of Telmessus of the year 241-0 B.C. records that attime one Ptolemy son of Lysimachussomehad received thecity of Telmessus from Ptolemy II of Egypt, whetheras a gift or otherwise is not certain. Mahaffy suggeststhat this Ptolemy was the eldest son of Lysimachus ofThrace and Arsinoe Philadelphus.13If so, what morenatural than that he should have borrowed a type fromhis father's coins? Even the lion of the reverse mayhave been suggested by the type of the bronze coins ofLysimachus, althoughits attitude is different. I would12 V. B6rard in B. C. H., xiv. 162 f . ; Mahaffy in Grenfell, RevenueLaws of Ptolemy Philadelphia, pp. lii. f .13This is declared impossible by BSrard, on account of the absenceof the title Bao-tAe'ws before the name of Lysimachus.VOL. XII., SERIES IV. L