LYCIA.
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as occurring on some Turko-Chinese coins (dating from about
100—300 a.d.). The custom of bearing devices on shields was
invented by the neighbouring Carians,* and there is no connection
between the numerous Lyman coins with shield-types and the
similar coinage of Elis, which is later.
A new stater of this series, in the possession of Dr. H. Weber,
has for obverse type a lion devouring the haunch of an animal
(Pl. xliv. 2, 135-3 grs.).
SERIES IV.
The Fourth Series (Pl. iii.-vii.) extends over about a century
(circ. 480—390 b.c.), and includes mainly (1) the remaining coins
with the triskeles, with the exception of those which have the
lion’s scalp for the obverse type; and (2) a series with heads of
deities and dynasts. These are all inscribed, or resemble others
which bear inscriptions. There is little doubt that most of the
names are personal, although on the other hand one or two are
names of places. The following list includes all the names and
groups that have been published up to the present date f:—
(1) χΕΒφΜ (HI. F). This is read by Diatnantaras on a tetrobol
published by him.| The type is the cock’s-head triskeles. The
true reading is probably ν\ψΉ3χ (see Pl. xliv. 3, and p. 9, note *).
The majority of the coins with a similar type (nos. 41-44, Pl. iii.
1-4) bear other letters, which are, however, somewhat uncertain.
* Herod., i. 171.
f The references III. F, IV. A, &c., are to my classification in the Num. Chron.,
1895, pp. 15 ff. Other constant references are to J. P. Six’s article in the Rev.
Num., 1886, 1887, and to E. Babeion’s Catalogue of the Paris Collection (Les
Perses Achemenides, 1893).
+ Bull. Corr. Nellen., 1893, p. 557. See Num. Chron., 1895, p. 15.
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as occurring on some Turko-Chinese coins (dating from about
100—300 a.d.). The custom of bearing devices on shields was
invented by the neighbouring Carians,* and there is no connection
between the numerous Lyman coins with shield-types and the
similar coinage of Elis, which is later.
A new stater of this series, in the possession of Dr. H. Weber,
has for obverse type a lion devouring the haunch of an animal
(Pl. xliv. 2, 135-3 grs.).
SERIES IV.
The Fourth Series (Pl. iii.-vii.) extends over about a century
(circ. 480—390 b.c.), and includes mainly (1) the remaining coins
with the triskeles, with the exception of those which have the
lion’s scalp for the obverse type; and (2) a series with heads of
deities and dynasts. These are all inscribed, or resemble others
which bear inscriptions. There is little doubt that most of the
names are personal, although on the other hand one or two are
names of places. The following list includes all the names and
groups that have been published up to the present date f:—
(1) χΕΒφΜ (HI. F). This is read by Diatnantaras on a tetrobol
published by him.| The type is the cock’s-head triskeles. The
true reading is probably ν\ψΉ3χ (see Pl. xliv. 3, and p. 9, note *).
The majority of the coins with a similar type (nos. 41-44, Pl. iii.
1-4) bear other letters, which are, however, somewhat uncertain.
* Herod., i. 171.
f The references III. F, IV. A, &c., are to my classification in the Num. Chron.,
1895, pp. 15 ff. Other constant references are to J. P. Six’s article in the Rev.
Num., 1886, 1887, and to E. Babeion’s Catalogue of the Paris Collection (Les
Perses Achemenides, 1893).
+ Bull. Corr. Nellen., 1893, p. 557. See Num. Chron., 1895, p. 15.