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COINS OF THE SELEUCID KINGS OF SYKIA. 249bow. In field r., cornucopiae ; 1., monogram,^j;below monogram, n. BAZIAEOZ (r.) ;ANTIOXOY (1.).JR. 0-7. Attic drachm. Wt. 52 grs.The portrait of Antiochus is barely idealized :[PI. X. 3.]this factand the characteristic appearance of the reverse suggestEastern workmanship, especially in the treatment of thebow, which is similar to bows appearing on Parthiancoins. Its peculiarity* consists in the position of thecornucopiae, and its interest lies in the monogram ^~j.I suggest that this is a barbarous imitation of A/ forAntioch, and M for Metropolis, and in connexion withthis that AN or Ai are merely barbarous imitations ofA/ and do not stand for any city whose name begins withA/, and that coinsbearing these monograms purport tobe minted at Antioch, while in fact they are really veryEastern workmanship or barbarous. Probably other monogramsof well-known mints are so imitated with no realknowledge, and this may be part of the key to the puzzleof the infinite variety of monograms, which occur on theseries.I have carefully examined about twenty differentspecimens of similar workmanship. They are fromdifferent dies, but all exhibit the same monogram ^and are obviously Eastern in fabric.DEMETRIUS I(SOTER).151-162 A.S. 162-150 B.C.17. Obv. Head of King to r., diademed; clear traces ofoverstriking. Fillet border.Rev. Apollo seated on omphalos 1., diademed, andwearing chlamys folded on omphalos and over