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COINS OF THE SELEUCID KINGS OF SYRIA. 239day to be carefully tabulated, and a really scientificclassification of this most interesting and importantseries would be the outcome.Mycollection is a comparatively small one, just overtwo hundred and fifty specimens; and yet it presentsvarieties which, without egotism, I may claim will add tothe general study of the series. The Seleucid coins occurin considerable numbers in gold, silver, and copper.SELEJJCUS I(NICATOE).1-32 A.S. 312-280 B.C.1. Obv. Laureate head of bearded Zeus to r. Border ofdots.Rev. Athene standing, fighting in a car to r., drawn byfour horned elephants. She wears Corinthianhelmet ;her r. hand holds a thunderbolt ;inher 1. a shield. Above, in field r., anchor withring. BAZIAEHZ (1.) ;ZEAEYKOY (r.).M. 0-6. Attic drachm. Wt. 55 grs.[PL IX. 4.]This drachm presents neither symbol nor monogram,nor the letter 0, a most unusual phenomenon. Possiblythe ring of the anchor arises from a confusion in themind of the designer, who had the ordinary piece withthe before him ;and attached the circle of the tothe anchor, which would be intelligible realism. 22. Obv. Tripod-lebes with cover handles\ joined by wreath.Border of dots.Eev. Inverted anchor, flanked on r. by monogram B,on 1.by bunch of grapes. Border of dots.BAZIAEOZ (r.);ZEAEYKOY (1.).M. 0-4. Attic obol. Wt. 9J grs.[PL IX. 1.]2Cf. Mr. E. J. Seltman's article in the Revue Numismatigue, 1911,pp. 161 ff. K 2