Poole, Reginald S. [Hrsg.]; British Museum [Hrsg.]; Head, Barclay V. [Bearb.]; Wroth, Warwick William [Bearb.]; Hill, George Francis [Bearb.]: A catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum: Catalogue of Greek coins: Attica, Megaris, Aegina (London: Longmans, 1888)

MEGARIS.

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must be attributed, for they are all certainly subsequent to b.c. 400
and nos. 1—7 (pl. xxi. 1—4), apparently previous to its surrender
to Philip of Macedon b.c. 338.
The weights of these coins of Megara are very perplexing, for

Weights of coins
of Megara.
they correspond neither with the Attic standard nor
with the Aeginetic, nor even are they consistent
with one another. The largest coin weighs 122

grs. (pl. xxi. 1); the next, with five crescents on the reverse (pl.
xxi. 2), weighs 50‘2 grs; and the following coin, with three cresents,
22’8 grs. (pl. xxi. 3). The remaining denominations are identical
with the Attic obol and hemiobol.
After an interval of about thirty years the silver coinage begins

Period II., circ.
B.C. 307—243.
again, probably circ. B.c. 307, when Demetrius Po-
liorcetes conferred freedom on the town, for the head
of Apollo on pl. xxi. 5 seems to be assimilated to

that of Demetrius. The standard of the coins of this period is the
Attic.
In B.C. 243 Megara, which had meanwhile again fallen under the
power of the kings of Macedon, joined the Achaean League, and from
this time until B.c. 146 its coins bore the Federal types (Cat. Pelop.

Period III.,
after B.C. 146.
pp. 2, 12). The only coins which on grounds of style
are assignable to the period between B.C. 146 and the
Empire are represented on pl. xxi. 14-16. The Im-
perial coins range from Antoninus Pius to Geta. The
Period IV.,
Imperial.
types of the coins of Megara which represent ancient
monuments are noted in the body of the Catalogue.
§ 10. Pagae.

This town, which was originally the port of Megara on the Corin-
thian Gulf, became a member of the Achaean League in b.c. 243, and,