Gardner (Types of Greek Coins, p. 87), regards the position as simply relative to the requirements of the composition on a limited space, an explanation which will also apply to others of the subjects found on the Cyzicene staters. Though a seated figure of Zeus would have equally well fitted the space at the artist's disposal, it is probable that the subject was in this case accommodated to suit the coin. On a coin of Trajan is a figure of Zeus, with sceptre and eagle, and having an inscription, ZEY[E] ENTHP ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ. 3. Bearded head to right, with ram's ear and horn. Beneath, tunny right. W. G. (b), 248 grs. [Pl. I. 3]. Brit. Mus. (a), 247-1. Paris (c), 247. Vienna, 247.2. Weber, 247-2 (Whittall sale, 1884, No. 743). Lambros (a). (a) same die, (b), (c), different dies.32 Engr. Mionnet, Suppl. v., Pl. II. 8. Num. Chron., N.S. xvi., Pl. VIII. 10. Noted. Brandis, Das Münz-Mass- und Gewichtswesen, p. 408. Mr. Head (Num. Chron. N.S., xvi., p. 280) believes the head to be of Dionysus Ammon rather than of Zeus Ammon, but there does not appear to be any sufficient reason to separate it from Zeus. On a coin of Macrinus, struck at Cyzicus, together with a laureate head, possibly of the Emperor, is one of Zeus-Ammon (Mionn., Suppl., v. p. 341, No. 385). 4. Bearded head to left, laureate, with ram's ear and horn, hair hanging behind in three long curls. Beneath, tunny left. 32 The letters (b) (c), &c., designate a die different from that noted (a), and also from each other. Paris (De L.), (a), 247-6 grs. [Pl. I. 4]. St. Pet. (a) 246-8. W. G. (b), 245·2. (a), same die, (b), diff. die. Engr. Mém. de la Soc. Imp. d'Archéol. (1852), vi., Noted. Brandis, p. 408. The head on this stater differs much in treatment from that on the last coin, and appears to be of an earlier date. Though the long flowing and curled hair is more in character with Dionysus than with Zeus, there do not appear to be any adequate grounds for attributing it to the former god. 5. Bearded head to left, wearing a wreath of marine plants; behind the neck the head of trident. Beneath, tunny left. Berlin (Prokesch-Osten), 248-7 grs. [Pl. I. 5]. Engr. Revue Numis., N.S. ix., Pl. I. 7. Hecta. Dupré sale (1869), No. 258. As might be expected, Poseidon is likely to occur on the coinage of a great maritime state, and several staters will be found to contain the figure of the god, or, as in this case, his head, or some subject connected with him. 6. Bearded figure, kneeling on right knee to right, on tunny. On his extended right hand he holds a dolphin, and in his left a trident downwards. He wears a chlamys, ending in a tassel, which does not appear to pass round the neck, but over the left shoulder. Brit. Mus., 2474 grs. [Pl. I. 6]. One (248.7) noted Num. Engr. Num. Chron., N.S., xvi., Pl. VIII. 12. Poseidon is frequently represented on vases holding a dolphin, but on one (Lenormant and De Witte, Élite des Mon. Céram., iii., Pl. VIII), he holds a fish, possibly a tunny. 7. Bearded figure, wearing chlamys wrapped round left arm and flying behind, seated right on sea-horse, and striking with a trident, held in right hand. Beneath, tunny right. St. Pet., 247 grs. [Pl. I. 7]. This stater was found near Engr. Ant. du Bosphore Cimmér., ii., p. 154. Wieseler, Poseidon occurs twice on a cylix (671) in the Brit. Mus., wearing chlamys, riding on a sea-horse, and carrying a trident over his shoulder, in one case upwards, in the other downwards. (Lenormant and De Witte, Élite des Mon. Céram., iii., Pt. I., Pl. I. A, and Gerhard, Griech. Vasenbilder, Pl. VIII. 8. Bearded figure, half-draped, riding on dolphin, left, and holding a tunny by the tail in right hand. Paris (De L.), 40-2 grs. [Pl. I. 8]. Though without a trident or any other distinctive characteristic, the figure is probably Poseidon. 9. Youthful male figure, naked, riding on dolphin, left, and holding a tunny by the tail in right hand. W. G. (a), 245-2 grs., [Pl. I. 9]. Brit. Mus. (b), 247, Engr. Mém. de la Soc. Imp. d'Archéol, vi. Pl. XXI. Noted. Mionnet, Suppl., x. p. 228. No. 8. Brandis, p. 405. VOL. VII. THIRD SERIES. H The type, a figure of Taras, son of Poseidon, is almost identical with the well-known one of the Tarentine didrachms, from which it differs only in having the tunny in addition. This coin, like others of the staters and as that next to be described, is essentially a copy of a subject occurring on the money of another state. 10. Naked youth on horseback to left; his right arm is stretched out over the head of the horse, which he is about to crown. Beneath, tunny left. St. Pet., 228-8 grs.33 [Pl. I. 10]. Engr. Mém. de la Soc. Imp. d'Archéol., vol. vi. (1852), Like the last described stater this is a direct copy of one of the common types of Tarentum; not a singular instance, as will be seen in the sequel, where types belonging to Gela, &c., are found on the staters. 11. Bearded human figure naked, the lower part ending in the tail of a fish, reclining in a fronting position, but to the left, on the right arm; the left hand is raised and holds a wreath or ring. Beneath, tunny left. Brit. Mus. 246 grs. [Pl. I. 11]. Engr. Sestini, Stat. Ant., Pl. V. 15. Noted. Num. Vet. R. P. K., p. 59. Mionnet, vol. vi., 616, Hecta. Carfrae (a), 41 grs. (Dundas sale, No. 21). [Pl. I. (a), (b), diff. dies. Engr. Prokesch-Osten, Inéd. (1854), Pl. IV. 3. Noted. Brandis, p. 406. 33 Unless the weight is incorrectly given, this coin is probably plated. The left hand on the stater is off the flan of the coin, but on the hecta in Mr. Carfrae's collection it distinctly holds a wreath or ring. The subject is probably Triton, and corresponds to many representations of the son of Poseidon. It is difficult to explain what is held in the left hand, nor do other figures of Triton throw any light upon it. On a coin wrongly attributed by Combe to Corcyra is a figure of Dagon much like this, holding a trident in his right hand with which he is striking, whilst the left holds up a round object (Museum Hunter., Pl. XIX., No. 12). Dagon is somewhat similarly represented, and holds what looks like a wreath, upon a coin of Aradus (Millingen, Sylloge, p. 81, Pl. IV. 61), and on a coin which M. Six (Num. Chron., N.S., vol. xviii. p. 125, Pl. VI. 3), is inclined to attribute to Azotus, he holds a trident in his right hand and a wreath in his left. On the coins of Itanus the figure which ends in a fish tail, and is not unlike that on the staters, is called by Mr. Wroth, though with a query, Glaucus. (Brit. Mus. Cat. of Cretan Coins, p. 51, Pl. XIII. 1, 2, 3). 12. Female head to left, wearing a veil with corn-wreath over it, the ears of corn projecting in front. Beneath, tunny left. Paris (De L.) (a), 246-9 grs., [Pl. I. 13]. Brit. Mus. (b), 247-4, (Thomas sale, No. 1778, Northwick, No. 958). Paris, 246.9. (a), (b), diff. dies. Engr. Rev. Num. N.S., vol. i. Pl. II. 9. Brit. Mus. This beautiful head of Demeter belongs to the later |