42
I'ERIOD
III.
B.
B.
III.
Plates 21-23. Plate
21.
1.
Panticapaeum.
N.
2.
Panticapaeum.
N.
Obv. Head of Satyr, facing, with pointecf ears and dishevelled hair and beard. Bev. PAN. Griffin, holding spear in his mouth ; beneath, a stalk of corn. Wt. 140-5 grs.
wearing wreath of
Head of bearded Satyr, in profile, Eev. Similar to last. Wt. 140*5 grs.
Obv.
ivy.
Panticapgeiim, on the Cimmerian Bosporus, the modern Kertch, was an important commercial city. It began to coin gold money about the same time as Philip in Macedon,
or earlier. 3.
Abdera.
JR.
Obv.
EPI IKEZIOY. 4.
ABAHPITEQN. Griffin.
Wt. 175-9
Head of Apollo.
Bev.
grs.
Aenus. JR. Obv. Head of Hermes, facing, wearing AINION. Goat in field, torch. Wt. 242-2 grs.
petasus.
Bev.
;
Among
the coins of Aenus are to be found some of the full face on ancient coins. The practice of representing the human face in this manner upon coins is peculiar to the best period of art. Cf. Rhodes, Amphipolis, Syracuse, &c.
examples of the
finest
5.
Maronea. IKEZIO.
JR.
MAPH. Prancing horse. symbol, caduceus. Wt. 169-4 grs.
Obv.
Vine
;
Bev.
Em
The coinage of Maronea, like that of all the other cities, of Thrace and Macedon, was put an end to by Philip about B.C. 350. 6.
Paeonia.
Lycceius.
AYKKEIOY.
JR.
Obv.
Herakles and Lion.
Head
of
198
grs.
Wfc.
Apollo.
Bev..
Lycceius (b.c. 359-340) was the first of the independent kings of Pseonia. The coins of this district are semibarbarous. 7.
8.
Amphipolis.
JR.
Obv.
Head
of
Apollo,
facing.
Bev
AM<t>inOAlTEnN. incuse square.
Race-torch within a frame, the whole ia Wts. 220-5 grs. and 217*5 grs.
Amphipolis was founded in B.C. 437, and it ceased toautonomous coins when it became subject to Philip
strike
of Macedon in 358. The fine silver staters of this city are remarkable for intensity of expression.