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No.
1074
PI. 41
1075
PI. 41
1076
PI. 41
Wt.
94-6
6.13
Plated
160
IO.36
Il8
7.64
Metal
Size.
A2I
JE 24
JK20
BRUTTIUM
DESCRIPTION
fy.. Pegasos flying to i. ; beneath, AOKPHN and #.
B. M. Cat., p. 96, n° 23.
(Lake Price sale.)
" It seems misleading to put n° 1073 under the heading of " Corinthian Staters ",
and 1 doubt whether, being JE, it was struck for foreign commerce. They are mis-
leadingly catalogued in B. M. C." (E. S. G. Robinson).
(/>) Italic Standard for home trade.
(I) Che. B. C. 350-332.
Head of Zeus, laureate, to r., with short, curly hair; beneath, traces
of IEYI.
]}£.. Eirene, wearing long chiton and peplos over knees, holding
caduceus in r., and seated to 1. on cippus, the front of which is
ornamented with bucranium ; to r., AOkPflN ; beneath Eirene.
EIPHNH.— Didrachm (Jourre).
(E. Stevens, Naples, 1887.)
B. M. Cat., Italy, p. 364, n° 1.
Car., PI. clxxxix, 13.
Jameson Cat., PI. xxn, 442.
A contemporary plated coin. " The reverse type of this coin", points out
D r Head in Hist. Niimorum, 1899, P- I02 > " ' s connected with the beginning of an
era of internal peace and prosperity, such as that which may well have followed
the expulsion of the younger Dionysius "
Head of Zeus to 1., laureate, with short hair.
T$L. Eagle with closed wings standing to r. on rock.
B. M. Cat., p. 366, n° 23.
Cf. also n° 1084 of similar type.
(II) Cite. B.C. 332-326.
AOKPHN (to 1.). Head of Zeus to 1., laureate.
(L. Gabrielli, Naples, 1889.)
Eagle to 1., devouring hare ; behind, thunderbolt; beneath tail, H ;
in field below, a pellet. — Stater.
B. M. Cat., p. 364, n° 6.
B. M. Guide, PI. xxxiv, 26.
Jameson Cat., PI. xxn, 443.
224
(Montagu sale, 1896 ; lot 78.)