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No.
850
PL 34
852
PI. 54
Wt.
46.6
3.02
98.6
6.39
125
8.09
Metal
Size.
J£ 15
JR. 29
JK2 7
LUCANIA
DESCRIPTION
RL. P S. Temple of two storeys, each with sloping roof, with door;
S C in centre of lower one : border of dots.
Cf. B. M. Cat., p. 282, n" 77.
Car., PI. cxxxv, 106.
Inscription illegible. Head of Juno Moneta, to r.
(Found at Paestum, 1879.)
RL. Similar. (Present from Sir John Evans.)
B. M. Cat., p. 282, n° 77.
Car., PI. cxxxv, 107.
Siris and Pyxus.
The territories of Siris and Pixus were probably adjacent to one another,
a fact which may serve to explain a monetary alliance between them
{Hist. Num., p. 83).
Circ. B. C. 560-510.
MO 1 £"1£M (ex.). Bull standing to 1. turning head round and biting
his back; double line of exergue, the upper one dotted : dotted
cable border.
RL. PV+ OEM. Same type as obv., incuse and reversed : incuse
wreath border. — Didrachm.
B. M. Cat., Italy, p. 283, n° I.
Babelon, Traite, 20S5, PI. lxvii, 3.
Car., op. tit., cxxv, 1.
Sybaris.
1 (Gen Moore coll., 1889.)
The most splendid andflourishing Achaean colony in Italy, in early times
destroyed by the Crotoniates in B. C. $10 ; rebuilt in B. C. 453 {Hist.
Num., p. 84).
Sixth Century B.C.
Bull to 1., with head reverted (River-god Krathis ?) ; above, YM ;
dotted line of exergue between two lines : dotted border between
two lines.
179 —
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