coins from lycia and pamphylia / e.s.g. robinson

COINS FRONM LYCIA AND PAMPHYLIA.

[PLATE I.]

THE following list of coins bought on our journey may be of interest as showing what the currency of the districts must have been. Only Greek coins are here treated; of Roman coins it was noticed that denarii rarely occur earlier than Trajan, after whom they become increasingly common, while the copper hardly appears till the second quarter of the third century.'

Where the coin has already been described in any of the British Museum Catalogues, the Inventaire de la Collection Waddington, Imhoof-Blumer's Monnaies grecques, Griechische Miinzen, Kleinasiatische Miinzen, or Zur griechischen nd r6mischen Mirnzkunde references are given to those works.2 Where the coin is a minor variety of one described in any of these works, the reference is preceded by ' as' and followed by the point of difference. When the coin seems to be new or to call for fuller treat- ment the number is printed in heavy type and a description given at the end. The provenance of each piece is added in brackets, modern nalnes (except such as Makri, Adalia, Elmaly) being as far as possible avoided; for example if a coin was obtained within two or three miles of a classical site the name of the site is given.

But it must be borne in mind that a coin is often bought some way from the place where it was found. There are three classes from whom coins were obtained, (a) money changers and dealers in the larger towns, (/8) people moving up and down the main roads, (ey) the peasants them- selves. As a rule class (,8) buys from (ry) and (a) from both, so that the information is proportionately inexact. In the districts traversed there were three main roads, Adalia-Istanoz-Elmaly, Phineka-Elmaly and Makri- Elmaly, and the provenance of coins bought upon them is marked accordingly.3

1 At Kalamaki we came across what looked like the remains of a hoard of Roman JE of Gordian III., Tranquillina, Maximinus; possibly part of the find noted by Woodward (R.S.A. xvi. p. 135) at Elmaly.

2 Referred to as B.M.C., Wadd., Imh.a, Imh.b, Imli.c, Imh.d, respectively. Occasional

references have been given to Babelon's Traitd des Monnaies and to Macdonald's Catalogue of the Hunterian Collection (Hunter).

3 A certain number of coins (marked with an asterisk) were purchased on a subsequent journey undertakeni by Mr. Ormerod alone in Pisidia and Eastern Pamphylia.

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COINS FROM LYCIA AND PAMPHYLIA

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THRACE (?).-Hadrianopolis. 1 : Commodus (Castelloryzo.)

LESBOs.-.Methymna. 2: 4th cent.4 as Hunter 7, but on obv. in countermark (a) pomegranate; (g) lyre (Adalia). See P1. I.

CARIA.- Uncertain. 3: 6th cent. _R Traite, 2i me partie, Tom. I. p. 454,

No. 742 (Adalia).5 Caunus. 4: 4th cent. B.M.C. 7 (two specimens, Makri and Pinara). Mylasa. 5: 4th cent. B.M.C. 1 (Pinara). Stratonicea. 6: 1st cent. R J Imh.a, p. 315, No. 80 (Makri). 7: 1st cent. AR Wadd. 2558 (Makri). 8: 2nd cent. A.D. B.M.C. 41 (Makri-Elmaly).

LYDIA.-9*: Croesus, 6th cent. AL B.M.C. 37 (Akseki).

PHRYGIA.-Aparmea. 10: 2nd-1st cent. B.M.C. 67 (three specimens, Adalia and Phineka-Elmaly). Cibyra. 11: 2nd-1st cent. B.M.C. 17 (Makri). 12: Domitian, as B.M.C. 41, but on obv. in countermark eagle 1. (Makri). 13: Domitian and Domitia, B.M.C. 43 (Makri). 14: Diadumenian, B.M.C. 57 (Makri). 15: Julia Soaemias, B.M.C. 68

(Elmaly). Docimeium, 15a*: 2nd cent. A.D. (Isbarta). Hadriano- polis. 16: Geta, B.M.C. 5 (Adalia). Laodicea. 17: 2nd cent. A.D.

B.M.C. 96 (Adalia). 18: Philip II. B.M.C. 260 (Castelloryzo). Peltae. 19: 2nd cent. Wadd. 6373 (Adalia). 20: Caracalla (Phineka). Sebaste. 21: Augustus, B.M.C. 21 (Adalia). Sibidunda. 22: Maxi- mus Imh.c p. 289, No. 1. (Adalia-Istanoz). 22a: Gordian III. Wadd. 6488 (Elmaly). Synnada. 23: 2nd-3rd cent. A.D. B.M.C. 27 (Side). See P1. I. 24: Gallienus, as B.M.C. 66, but rev. without cippus and position of animals varied (Adalia).

LYCIA.-- Uncertain. 25: 6th cent. AR Traite', 2ilme Partie, Torn. I. p. 635, No. 10036 (Castelloryzo). See Pl. I. 26: 6th cent. AR ibid. p. 634, No. 10017 (Makri). See P1. I. 27: 5th cent. Az (Makri). 28: Teththiveibi. A2 as Traite', 2ilme Partie, Tom. II. p. 259, No. 331, but rev. triskeles to 1. See P1. I. 29: Mithrapata. AR (Phineka). 30: Mithrapata. 2R as ibid. p. 315, No. 453, but rev. MEX P (Elmaly). 31: Pericles. At ibid. p. 330, No. 493 (Adalia). 32: Pericles, B.M.C. 158 (two specimens, Gagae and Kestep).8 In genere, 33: 2nd cent. 2R (Arsada). -34: 2nd cent. (Kestep). 85: 2nd cent. (Xanthus). 36: Claudius. A Imh.d, p. 21, 2 (Kalamaki). See P1. I. 37: Imh.d, p. 23, 10 (Adalia). 38: Claudius, Imh.d, p. 23, 7 (Castelloryzo).

4 Unless otherwise stated all coins are JE and all dates B.C.

? Though these coins (with forepart of a lion) are generally assigned to Caria, they turn up not infrequently in Adalia, and I was told that they generally came from the neighbourhood of Side.

6 Cp. B.M.C. Ionia, Phocoea 80. 7 Though bought at Makri this coin, like

others of its class, was said to have been found in Nisyros.

8 These little bronze coins are commonly found all over Lycia proper (Gagae and Kestep are at opposite ends of the country), thus con- firming the view that Pericles became ruler of all Lycia. Small bronze coins are not found in large numbers outside the territory within which they circulate.

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Antiphellus. 39: Gordian III. B.M.C. (Castelloryzo), Ap.... 40: (Phellus).9 Arycanda. 41: 2nd-1st cent. B.M.C. 1 (Phineka-Elmaly). Balbura. 42: 2nd cent. B.M.C. 1 (two specimens, Makri-Elmaly and Makri). 43: Caligula, B.M.C. 3 (two specimens, Kestep and Makri). Cragus. 44: 1st cent. AR (Kalamaki). 45: 1st cent. At as B.M.C. 15, but rev. above AY below KP (Tlos.). 46: 1st cent. A.D. (Makri- Elmaly). Cragus-Ttos. 47: 1st cent. B.C. R Wadd. 3044 (Makri). Cragus-Xanthus. 48: 1st cent. A.D. B.M.C. 5 (Antiphellus); see P1. I. 1st cent. A.D. B.M.G. 28 (Castelloryzo). Cyaneae. 49: 2nd cent. At as

B.M.C. 1, but without symbol on rev. (Makri). 50: 2nd-1st cent. (two specimens, Cyaneae and Castelloryzo). Limnyra. 51: 2nd-lst cent. AR B.M.C. 4 (Castelloryzo). Masicytes. 52: 2nd cent. 2A [plated] B.M.C. 3 (Adalia-Istanoz). 53: 2nd-ist cent. tR B.M.C. 24 (two specimens, Myra and Kalamaki). 54: 2nd-ist cent. B.M.C. 26

(Castelloryzo). 55: 2nd-lst cent. as B.M.O. 26,20 but head on obv. laureate (Makri-Elmaly). See P1. I. 56: 2nd-ist cent. as Hunter II. Myra 2 (but rev. symbol star r.)"n (Antiphellus). See P1. I. 57 : 2nd- 1st cent. (Phineka-Elmaly); 1st cent. B.M.C. 28 (Makri-Elmaly). Myra. 58: Gordian III. B.M.C. 15 (Myra). Olympus. 59: 2nd-ist cent. iR as B.M.C. 1, but rev. sword and shield 1. torch r. (Makri). Patara. 60: 2nd-lst cent. B.M.C. 2 (Makri). 61: 1st cent. B.M.C. 6 (Kalamaki). Pinara. 62: 2nd cent. B.M.C. 1 (Makri). Telmessus. 63: 2nd cent. B.M.C. 1 (Makri-Elmaly). 64: 2nd-ist cent. B.M.C. 2 (three specimens, Makri and Pinara (2)). Tlos. 65: 1st cent. Wadd. 3190 (Xanthus). Tr ... 66: 2nd-1st cent. B.M.C. 1 (Phineka-Elmaly) Xanthus. 67 : 2nd cent. B.M.C. 1 (two specimens, Xanthus and Makri-Elmaly).

PAMPHYLIA.-Aspendus. 68: 4th cent. At as B.M.C. 33, but rev. without letter (Adalia). 69: 4th cent. At as B.M.C. 35, but rev. in countermark helmet. 70: 4th-3rd cent. as B.M.C. 71, but obv. eagle r. in countermark (Perge). 71: similar, but letters M4( (Adalia). 72: similar, but obv. in countermark eagle r. (Aspendus). 73: similar, but rev. letters 0 (Adalia). 74: similar, but obv. letters obliterated, rev. in countermark eagle r. (Adalia). 75: 4th-3rd cent. B.M.C. Selge 5312

(Aspendus). 76: 4th-3rd cent. B.M.C. Selge 5512 (Adalia). 77: 4th-3rd cent. B.M.C. Selge 5812 (Side). 78: 4th-3rd cent. 1-13 Imh.d, p. 123, 2,13 (Adalia). 79: 3rd-2nd cent. as B.M.C. 74, but rev. AC TTE N (Adalia). 80: 3rd-2nd cent. Imh.c, p. 319, No. 35 (Aspendus), 80a: Hadrian.

9 As marked in Kiepert's 1890 Map. 10 The figure of Apollo on the rev. is radiate,

a feature which does not appear on the B.M. specimens.

11 On the Hunter coin the only letter to be read is M on the rev., but on the present

specimen the y of A y can be read on the obv.

and MA on the reverse, which destroys the

attribution to Myra. 12 These coins are assigned to Selge in the

British Museum Catalogue, but, as Imhoof (Imb.c, pp. 316-319) has noted, the monograms

T'o, O , bring them in line with the con- temporary silver and bronze coins of Aspendus.

13 Catalogued in the British Museum under Sciathus Thessaliae.


B.M.C. 79 (Aspendus). 81: Severus Alexander (Adalia). 82: Gor- dian III. B.M.C. 93 (Adalia). 83: Philip II. (Adalia). 84 : Valerian I. (Adalia). 85*: Gallienus (Aspendus). Attaleia. 86: 2nd-ist cent. B.M.C. 1 (Adalia). 87: 2nd-ist cent. B.M.C. 2 (Perge). 88: 2nd-Ist cent. as B.M.C. 2, but rev. in field A in place of B (Adalia-Istanoz). 89: Claudius, B.M.C. 13 (Adalia). 90: Antoninus Pius, B.M.C. 18 (Adalia). 91: Commodus Caesar as B.M.C. 21, but obv. Ko0M[Mo[A]oC KAIC (Adalia-Istanoz). 92*: Valerian II. as B.M.C. 27, but rev.

o0 A Y MI A can be read on the prize urn (Side). See P1. I. MIagydus. 93: Antoninus Plus (Magydus). Perge. 94: 2nd cent. as B.M.C. 10, but obv. in countermark sphinx r. (Adalia). 95: 2nd cent. B.M.C. 12 (Adalia-Istanoz). 96: 2nd cent. as B.M.C. 12, but rev. in countermark stag r. (Elmaly). 97: 2nd-1st cent. B.M.C. 15 (two specimens, Adalia). 98: Trajan (Adalia). 99: Antoninus Pius (Side). 100: Marcus Aurelius (Side). 101 : Marcus Aurelius (Adalia). 102: Julia Domna, B.M.C. 35 (Adalia). 103: Commodus ? (Perga). 104: Commodus ? (Side). 105: Geta (Adalia). 106: Elagabalus, as B.M.C. 41, but obv. countermarks (1) eagle with spread wings, r.; (2) 3 (Elmaly). 107: Elagabalus (Adalia). 108: Elagabalus

1 (Elmaly). 109: Elaga- balus 14 (Adalia-Istanoz). 110: Philip I. B.M.C. 54 (Adalia). 111: Gallienus, B.M.C. 75 (Adalia). Side. 112: 3rd cent. B.M.C. 59 (Adalia). 113: 3rd cent. as B.M.C. 59, but rev. in field 1. A (Perga). 114: 3rd cent. as B.M.C. 59, but smaller denomination -5 in.15 (Adalia). 115: 2nd- 1st cent. B.M.C. 69 (Side). 116: Domitian, Imh.c, p. 336, No. 13 (Side). 1 17: Caracalla (Side). 1 18: Severus Alexander (Side). 1 19: Severus Alexander (Adalia). 120: Severus Alexander (Adalia). 121: Philip II. Wadd. 3478 (Adalia). 122*: Gallienus (Aspendus). 123: Gallienus, as B.M.C. 108, but rev. inscription CIAHTnN (Side). 124: Salonina, obv. as B.M.C. 126, rev. as B.M.C. 128, but in field 1. A

(Adalia). 125: Valerian II. as B.M.C. 128, but rev. inscription CI AHTnN (Side). Sillyum. 126: 1st cent. A.D. Imh.c, p. 350, No. 3 (Perga). 127 : Sept. Severus (Adalia). 128: Gordian III. Wadd. 3536 (Adalia). 129: Philip II. (Side). 130: Gallienus. Wadd. 3541 (Side). See Pl. I.

PIsIDIA -Adada. 131"*: Gordian III. (Aspendus). Antioch. 132: Antoninus Pius, Imh.c, p. 359, No. 11 (Adalia-Istanoz). Apollonia. 133: Caracalla? Imh.d, p. 184, No. 5 (Smyrna). 134*: Ariassus. Antoninus Pius, B.M.C. 2 (Akseki). Ceraitae. 135: as B.M.C. 1, but rev. p for K (Castelloryzo). Cremna. 136: Tranquillina, Imh.c, p. 383, No. 9 (Aspendus). Etenna. 137: 1st cent. B.M.C. 1 (Adalia). 1 38: Philip II. (Adalia). Isinda. 139: 1st cent. B.M.C. 1 (Istanoz). 140: 1st cent. as B.M.C. 5, but rev. in field 1. A (Adalia). 141: 1st cent. as B.M.C. 5, but obv. head diademned, rev. snake in countermark

" Possibly Caracalla. 15 The half of the preceding pieces ?


(Adalia-Istanoz). 142: 1st cent. as B.M.C. 8, but rev. in f. 1. K A (Adalia). 143: Trajan Decius. Wadd. 3751 (Antiphellus).16 Pedne- lissus. 144*: Salonina (Isbarta). Sagalassus. 145*: Nerva, B.M.C. 10 (Isbarta). 146: Commodus ? (Adalia). 147*: Valerian II. Wadd. 3882 (Aspendus). 148*: Claudius II. as B.M.C. 45, but rev. in front of throne humped bull 1. (Isbarta). See P1. f. Selge. 149*: 4th cent. At Wadd. 3934 (Isbarta). See Pl. I. 149a*: 2nd-ist cent. AR B.M.C. 37 (Aspendus). 150: 2nd-1st cent. B.M.C. 38 (two specimens, Side). 151: 2nd-lst cent. B.M.C. 47 (Aspendus). 152: 2nd-ist cent. as B.M.C. 47, but rev. in field 1. Al inscr. [CEA]rE (Side). 153: 1st cent. A.D. as B.M.C. 67, but rev. above CE, below star (Adalia). 154: L. Verus, B.M.C. 75 (Side). 155: Maximus, B.M.C. 80 (Adalia), Termessus Major. 156: 1st cent, as B.M.C. 1, but rev. above bull crescent (Adalia). 157: 1st cent. B.M.C. 3 (Istanoz). 158: 1st cent. as B.M.C. 12, rev. in countermark bee (Istanoz). 159: 1st cent. B.M.C. 23 (Adalia-Istanoz). 160: 1st cent. similar type, but date on rev. obliterated by countermarks (a) spearhead (Adalia); (,) thunder- bolt (two specimens, Adalia and Adalia-Istanoz); (7) bucranium (Elmaly). 161: 2nd cent. A.D. B.M.C. 26 (Elmaly). 162: 2nd-3rd cent. A.D. B.M.C. 29 (Makri-Elmaly). 163: 2nd-3rd cent. A.D. B.M.C. 32 (Adalia-Istanoz). 164: 2nd-3rd cent. A.D. (Adalia-Istanoz). 165: 2nd-3rd cent. A.D. (Adalia). 166: 2nd-3rd cent. A.D. Imh.c, p. 410, No. 5 (Emedjik). Termessus Minor. 167: 1st cent. B.M.C. 1 (two specimens, Makri). 168: 1st cent. as B.M.C. 4, with eountermark bee (three specimens (a) countermark on obv. (Pinara); (/) on rev.

(Makri-Elmaly); (e) on both sides (Kestep). 169: 1st cent. as B.M.C. 9, obv. in countermark bee (Phineka-Elmaly). Tityassus. 170*: 2nd cent. A.D. B.M.C. 1 (Aspendus). Verbe. 171 *: Commodus. Wadd. 4035 (Isbarta). See P1. I. 171a: Caracalla, Imh.d, p. 199, No. 1 (Adalia).

CILICIA.-Aegeae. 172*: 2nd cent. as B.M.C. 7, but rev. KAI A Y I ToNoMoy, in field r. AAO. Antioch (Tarsus). 173*: 3rd cent. as Imh.a, p. 366, No. 54, but obv. monogram , rev. 8 and H. (Aspendus). 174: Cestrus. Sabina (Adalia). Syedra. 175 : Faustina jun. Imh.c, p. 491, No. 8. 176 : Treb. Gallus (Side).

GALATIA.-177 : Amyntas as B.M.C. 15, obv. countermarks pruning hook and a (Antiphellus).

CAPPADOCIA.-Caesarea. 178: Hadrian. IR B.M.C. 146 (Castelloryzo). 1] 79: Severus Alexander, B.M.C. 308 (Adalia). Tyana. 180: Marcus Aurelius, B.M.C. 7 (Adalia).

16 This reverse type, a sandalled foot, seems otherwise quite unknown at the Pisidian Isinda, and the provenance of this specimen suggests that it may really belong to the Lycian Isinda

which lay a few miles from Antiphellus, though as a rule the imperial coinage of Lycia is con- fined to the reigni of Gordian III. No other coins are known of this city.


SYRIA.-Antioch. 181: 1st cent. A.D. B.M.C. 91 (Antiphellus). 182: Antiochus III. B.M.C. 55 (Pinara).

PHOENICIA.-Sidon. 183: 1st cent. B.M.C. 134 (Kestep).

ALEXANDRIA.-184: Hadrian, as B.M.C. 426, but head 1. (Adalia).

UNCERTAIN.-185 : Roman Colonial 1st cent. (Elmaly).

The following coins I have thought worthy of fuller description, as they have not yet found their way into any of the standard works cited above. The measurements are in inches.

1. Hadrianopolis (Thraciae?) Obv. MAYPKAIANTKoMMoA... Bare bust, r. laur. Rev. AAPIANoTToAEITfN. Tyche 1. E "75.

The absence of CEB or of a magistrate's name (though neither of these is decisive) and the fabric would place this coin among those attributed to Hadrianopolis Thraciae. But the provenance suggests that it, with others of the same class (e.g. B.M.C. 4 with the character- istic Asiatic type of Apollo shooting), may really belong to the other Hadrianopolis in Phrygia.

15 bis. Docimeium. Obv. AoKIMoC. Head of youthful hero r. Rev. AoKIMEflN MAKEAoNfN, in exergue TEPCIC. Cybele turreted standing to front holding in r. phiale, in 1. tympanum, behind her on either side rise two peaks (Mt. Persis). zE

1"3. See P1. I.

20. Peltae. Obv. as B.M.G. 26 (Caracalla). Rev. as B.M.C. 24 (Severus); but without ToB after APXIoYNIoY. JE "8.

Coins of Junius' first archonship seem to be unknown.17

27. Lycia. Obv. Forepart of boar, r. Rev. Tortoise in dotted square, all in incuse square. IA "35,

wt. 10 grs. See Pl. I. This completes the series, the stater, tetrobol and diobol of the

same types being already known (Traite', 2i-le Partie, Tom. II. pp. 185-6.)

29. Mithrapata. Obv. Astragalus. Rev. MEX Triskeles, in f. 1. helmet.

?zJ -5, wt. 10-5 grs.

33. Lycia in genere. [Rhodes]. Obv. Facing head of Helios radiate; across the face in countermark chimaera r. Rev. Rose almost obliterated. AtR 55, wt.

30"5 grs.

34. Obv. Head of Heracles bearded facing. Rev. A YKIrN Chimaera r.

JE '55. See Pl. I.

For No. 33 cp. B.M.C. Rhodes, No. 203,zs a coin of the class on which the letters Po are wanting; whether this is so on the present

17 B.M.C. Phrygia, Introd. lxxxviii. is Where the chimaera is described as a lion.


coin cannot be determined. The class to which B.M.C. 203 belongs is

supposed to have been struck for Rhodian possessions on the mainland and the countermark would give some ground for assigning it more

definitely to -Lycia beneath Rhodian rule (188-168 B.c.) This is confirmed by the fact that the coin bears the name IAXfN which is

characteristically Lycian. No. 3419 bears the chimaera as its reverse type;. that the obverse type shows a facing head and that the ethnic is AYK IflN without mention of the later monetary districts would put it at the beginning of the series, a date which the style confirms, and it

may be suggested that these copper coins with the countermarked Rhodian silver formed the earliest currency of Lycia after the liberation of the country in B.C. 168.

35. Obv. Head of Artemis (?) facing, over r. shoulder bow and quiver. Rev. AY K I lN Apollo standing to front holding bow (?) in 1. E "4.

This coin belongs to the series 1-4 on p. 38 of B.M.C. Lycia, but the reverse type is new. The obverse seems to be the same as that of

B.M.C. ib. No. 1, there described as an Apollo. The facing head type and the unqualified ethnic would put this series in line with Nos. 33, 34 above.

40. Ap. .. Obv. Head of Apollo r. diademed, hair in formal curls. Rev.

AYKIflN. Bust of Artemis r. with quiver at shoulder to 1. and r. A TT all in incuse square. E "55.

See P1. I. As both Apollonia and Aperlae are equally near to the place where

the coin was found no attribution can be based-on provenance, but

Aperlae is to be preferred as being the more important town.

44. Crag'ws. Obv. AY. Head of Apollo r. laur. hair in formal curls. Rev.

AYKIRN below, KPAroC to r. up. Lyre, in f. 1. ear of barley, all in shallow incuse square. AR (broken) "65,

wt. 20 grs. See P1. I.

46. Cragus, as B.M.C. Dias-Cragus 1; but on obv. ETT instead of A 1..20 2E -75. See Pl. I.

These two coins are too close to each other not to come from the same mint; if so ETT and A I must both be magistrates21 and B.M.C. Dias-Cragus 1 should be assigned to Cragus. There are no other coins of Dias, and the town itself is only known to us from a reference in

Stephanus (s.v.), which does not specify even whether it lay in the Cragus district.

19 Already published by Babelon, B.N. 1893, P1. IX, No. 12, where the obv. is described as a head of Helios. Another example which I saw in the possession of M. Diamantaras of Castelloryzo shows the bearded head even more clearly than the coin here published. The type seems to-be suggested by the silver of Selge, B. M. C. 35.

20 For the symbol (mallet or plectrum ?) in the exergue of rev., cp. B.M.C. P1. XLIII. 4 (Masicytes Augustus). These two bronze coins would belong to the same period.

21 Magistrates, though rare, are not unknown -in Lycia, cp. IrTTTOAO in the Masicytes district, B.M.C. 28.


50. Cyaneae. Obv. Head of Apollo r. Rev. above A YKIl N below KY bow and quiver in saltire. AE 4.

57. Masicytes. Obv. Head of Apollo r. laur. dotted border. Rev. Above Inl Uo, below M A, bow and quiver in saltire, all in incuse square. 2E "65.

For this magistrate v. B.M.C. 28 (with different types).

81. Aspendus. Obv. AYKMAYPCEoY[AAEE_]ANAPoCCEB. Bust r. laur.

in paludamentum, etc. Rev. [AC]TE NAlN N. Tyche of City, seated 1. on rocks with rivergod at her feet. YE "95.

83. Obv. MA loY.CEoYHP( lA I UTO N KA C. Bareheaded bust r. in paludamentum, etc. Rev. ACTTEN AI N. Pallas (?) standing 1. in helmet (?) and long chiton, holding palm in 1. and dropping pebble into urn with r. .E

1"2. 84. Obv. as B.M.C. 98 (Valerian I.). Rev. ACTTEN AIN. Hephaestus

seated r. on rock, 1. supports shield on knee, r. holds hammer. AE 1"3. The same reverse type occurs at Perge (B.M.C. 62).

85. Obv. AYTK A I TTo A IAAI H NoCCEB. Bust r. laur. in paludamentum, in front H. Rev.

ACTTENAI.N. Wreath within which CE I MNHC I K AI

EN TIMoYI .- T o. E 1-1. See P1. I. T o0 A on the reverse is obviously a date and must refer to the local

eBtv/t cp. OEMIAoCT-O, ToB, TOE.22 The stop on either side of the

T (each quite certain) confirms Head's suggestion 2 that T is an abbreviation for To Iwhile the two last letters contain the date.

OEMIAoC then must be understood with T .oA and the year on Domaszewski's reckoning would be 256.24

93. Magydus. Obv. Head of Antoninus Pius, r. without inscription. Rev. MAr Y A. Hermes standing to front holding purse in r. and in 1. wrapped in chlamys, caduceus. AE "85.

98. Perga. TPAIANoC KAICAP. Bust r. laur. Rev. APT TTEP simul- acrum of Artemis in distyle Ionic temple. zE "6.

99. Obv. as B.M.C. 28 (Antoninus Pius). Rev. as last, but inscription TTEPrA[InN]. ~z 6.

100. Obv. as B.M.C. 29 (Marcus Aurelius). Rev. as last. zE '55.

101. Obv. as B.M.C. 29. Rev. as last, but on either side sphinx on pedestal, in pediment eagle. iE 1"4.

" B.M.C. Introd. lxxiv. 23 Ibid. and Domaszewski, 'Festara der

Pamphylischen Stadte' (Num. Zeit., 1911, p. 1).

24 The wreath which encircles the inscription has doubtless an agonistic significance.


103. Obv. ? ?

ANT a .

. Bust of Commodus (?) r. laur. in paludamentum, etc. Rev. TEPF - -. Turreted veiled bust of City. r. AE "8.

104. Obv. AYT ANTf N. as last. Rev. TTEPFAIf1N Nike going 1. AE -5.

105. Obv. . . AC K CEB. Bare head bust of Geta r. in paludamentum, etc. Rev. TTEPF AliN. Apollo standing 1. over 1. which rests on tripod, cloak, in r. outstretched branch. AE "7.

107. Obv. as B.M.C. 41 (Elagabalus), with two uncertain countermarks. Rev. TEPrAlnN. Draped female figure wearing modius, seated 1. on throne; facing her stands r. a similar figure, behind whom stands

humped bull r. AE -1.

108. Obv. as last, countermarks (a) eagle with spread wings r.; (P) AP (?) Rev. TTEPIFAIfIN Tyche. 1. AE -1.

109. Obv. - . ANTa. Bust of Elagabalus (?) 2 radiate r. Rev. TTEPFAIflN.

River-god reclining 1. on urn. tE "95.

117. Side. Obv. [AY]KMAYCEoANTrfNEIN. Bust of Caracalla r. laur. in

paludamentum, etc. Rev. [NAY A P]X IC (?) round. Galley with vexil- lum at stern, in full sail right, on the sails IAHI TaN. 2E

"9. See P1. I.

If the reading N A Y APX I C be correct, and it is supported by the

type (cf. B.M.C. 113), it would show the existence of a naval station at Side as early as Caracalla, a fact only proved previously for the reign of Gallienus.26

118. Obv. MACEoYHAAEZANAPO. Bareheaded boyish bust r. in paludamentum, etc. Rev. CIAHTf N. Agonistic crown from which rise two palms. AE

"75.

119. Obv. MAYAA[E]ZANAP - - as last, in countermark B. Rev. CIAHTfN. Athena helmeted, standing 1. holds in 1. palm branch and drops with r. pebble into urn. AE 105.

120. Obv. . AE~ ANA. Bust of Alexander with slight beard, laur. r. in

paludamentum, etc. Rev. CIAHTfIN. The Graces, linked, the two outer 'holding in 1. and r. respectively urn and one handled jug. AE

1"05. See P1. I.

Cp. Imh. Nymphen und Chariten, p. 203, No. 15 (Makrinus), where the objects held are a crown and flower.

25 Possibly Caracalla. 26 Victor Tourneur in Revue Belge de N.umismatique, 1913, pp. 415 seqq.


122. Obv. as B.M.C. 10. Rev. Tyche of City seated 1. on rocks; beneath pomegranate. A E 1 25.

127. Sillyum. Obv. ACECEoYH PoCTTEP. Bust r. laur. in paludamentum, etc. Rev. CI AAYEfN. Goddess ? standing r. in veil and long chiton, holding with both hands shrine with pediment. AE "8.

129. Obv. AY.K.M.loY.CEoY.--IAITro NN.CE. Bust of Philip II. r. laur. Rev. CIAAYE SN. Men standing r. with sceptre and pine cone, his r. foot on bull's head. AE "85.

131. Adada. Obv. A Y K A I M A YANT r o P I A N. Bust r. laur. in paludamentum, etc. Rev. AAAAE[nN]. Tyche i. AE "9.

138. Etenna. Obv. ?

CEYH4IAIHToTNKAICAP. Bareheaded bust r. in paludamentum, etc. in countermark B. Rev. ETEN NEflN. Diony- sius (?) standing to front, with 1. hand raised to his head and r. hanging, at his feet panther (?) 1.27 E "9.

144. Pednelissus. Obv. KoP CAA NINAN--. Bust r. with stephane and crescent between shoulders. Rev. THEANHAICCE fN. Zeus holding eagle and sceptre, seated 1. on throne. AE '85.

146. Sagalassus. Obv. KoANTN E I. Bust of Commodus r. laur. in paludamentum, etc. Rev. - - - A CC EfN. Warrior standing to front 1. rests on spear, in r. patera. AE 5.

164. Termessus Major. Obv. Bust of Artemis r. wearing crescent between shoulders. Rev. Nike 1. TEP. JE

"55. 165. Obv. [TE]PMHCCEfN. Bust of Zeus r. laur. Rev. [TfON MEIZ]

ON -N. Nike standing 1., in 1. palm, with r. crowns female figure who stands to front holding cornucopiae in 1. E 1-2. See P1. I.

174. Cestrus. Obv. CEBACTH CABEINA. Bust r. with stephane. Rev. KECTPHNWN. Six-rayed star within horns of crescent. zE

"8. See P1. I.

There is a coin of Lucilla with the same rev. types published by Svoronos from the Mavromichaelis Collection (Journ. Internat. vi. p. 252, No. 712). The coin in the British Museum of Antoninus Pius is false, and recognized by M. Hadji Nicolas as the product of an Armenian forger of Adalia.

176. Syedra. Obv. AYToKPAKAICAPoYTPEBFAAAoN. Bust r. laur. in

paludamentum. Rev. C YEA PE, in exergue f N. Hades carrying off Persephone in quadriga galloping r. AE 1"3.

For this type ep. B.M.C. No. 11, but the animal bears little resemblance to a panther.

46 COINS FROM LYCIA AND PAMPHYLIA

185. Uncertain Roman Colonial. Obv. M-RVTILVS-PROCOS -COLIVL. ". Portrait head r. Rev. above

" *FERIDIVS. Oekist ploughing with

yoke of humped oxen 1. 2E "7. See P1. I.

This specimen has been already published by Imhoof, Revue Suisse, 1913, p. 115, No. 302. From his coin the words IIVIREXDD may be made out in the exergue of the reverse and what is probably A in front of the F. Of the missing letters of the obverse, the first seems to have been square (e.g. B, D, E or L), while the third was

possibly an N. Rutilus is otherwise unknown. Imhoof suggests Sinope, Apamea, or Parium as the mint, but though the piece certainly belongs to Asia Minor, the provenance of this specimen and the humped bull of the reverse suggest the South-West. The humped bull is never found in Europe, and not universally distributed in Asia Minor,2 occurring rarely in the North,"2 but generally in Caria, Lycia, Pisidia and Lycaonia.30 Possibly the coin is to be attributed to one of the Pisidian colonies.

E. S. G. ROBINSON.

a Keller, Tiere des Klass. Altertums, p. 69. 29 Once on a coin of Cyzicus, and on a relief

at Lesbcs.

30 Cp. the colonial coins of Pailais, Lystra, and Iconium.

coins from lycia and pamphylia / e.s.g. robinson

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