The Weber collection; Greek coins ... - Forvm Ancient Coins

No. Wt.
2I 5
PI. 12
216
Pi. 12
Il6
7-51
6240
404 . 3 5
217 3275
Pi- 13 212.2:
218
PL 13
2790
180.79
Metal
Size.
JE 20
M 76
£ 60
/£ 59
PICENUM
DESCRIPTION
PICENUM
Ancona
Circ. B. C. 268.
Female head (Aphrodite) to r., with laurel-wreath, and wearing
earring; behind 2-
tyL- ATKHN. Right arm, bent to I., holding a branch; above, two
stars :
border of dots.
Sambon, Monn. ant. de FItalie, p. 93, n° 159.
Cf. B. M. Cat., Italy, p. 40, n° 1.
(W. T. Ready, 1890.)
The arm is bent in allusion to the position of the town in a bend of the coast;
the stars indicate the worship of the Dioscuri (H. A 7
., p. 23).
Hatria
Circ. B . C. 289 and after.
Head of bearded Seilenos, facing, with long ears, bound with ivy
in field to r., \,
T$L. HAT. Dog, sleeping to r. ; in field 1. V- — As.
Cf. B. M. Cat., Italy, p. 42, no I.
Haeb., Aes Grave, p. 205, n° 2, PI. 74, n° 1 (this coin).
Garr., Mon. delVIt. antica, PI. LX, 6.
HAT. Head with flowing hair, issuing from murex shell.
(Barone, Naples, 1887.)
R£. Pegasos, flying to r. ; beneath, •••••. — Quincunx (^ As).
B. M. Cat., p. 42, 4.
Haeb., PI. 75, 7 (p. 206, n° 5 ; (this coin).
Garr., PI. lxi, 2.
(J. Daviessale, 1881.)
J.
Young male head to 1. with long hair falling down neck ; in front, \
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