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LYCIA.
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Xanthus, the most important city of Lycia, was situated on the
Xanthus or Sirbis (Eschen-Tchai).* * * § Its Lycian
XANTHUS.
name, according to Stephanus Byzantinus,was’Xpi'a,
which appears on the early coins as ΡΡΞΜ1* (see pp. xxxv., xxxvi.,
22, 23). The question which other coins, besides those bearing the
city name, were struck at Xanthus, has been discussed above.f
The bronze coinage of Xanthus begins in the second century
with Apolline types (nos. 1, 2, Pl. xviii. 5). Contemporary with or
slightly earlier than those catalogued here is the coin with the
Chimaera already mentioned; J for this was probably struck at
Xanthus. No silver coinage of the league with the name of
Xanthus is known, but the kitharephoroi§ reading merely ΛΥ and the
small bronze coins catalogued on p. 38 (Pl. ix. 8, 9) were probably
struck there. Xanthus was in the monetary district of’ Cragus, as
is shown by the coins reading ΞΑ KP, or KP ΞΑΝ (Cragus, nos.
28-30, Xanthus, no. 5, Pl. xii. 5, xviii. 8) ; and some of the Cragus
coins may therefore have been issued thence. Finally it is natural
to suppose that Xanthus was the mint of the silver coins struck for
Lycia as a whole after the dissolution of the league in a.d. 43
(pp. 38, 39, nos. 5-11, Pl. ix. 10, 11).
The site of Patara is at Gelemisch, on the coast, near the mouth of
the Xanthus. It was one of the most important
PATARA. 1
cities of Lycia,|| and especially famous for its oracle
of Apollo. Apolline types are most frequent on its later coins.
In the early period, however, the types of Athena and Hermes
* Strabo, xiv. 665.
f Pp. xxii., &c.
I Above, p. xxii., note, and Pl. xliv. 14; Babeion, Mel. Num., p. 306, no. 22,
Pl. ix. 12.
§ Borrell, Num. Chron., x., p. 80, no. 1.
|| With the title “ Metropolis,” Heiseit, i., p. 116,
li
Xanthus, the most important city of Lycia, was situated on the
Xanthus or Sirbis (Eschen-Tchai).* * * § Its Lycian
XANTHUS.
name, according to Stephanus Byzantinus,was’Xpi'a,
which appears on the early coins as ΡΡΞΜ1* (see pp. xxxv., xxxvi.,
22, 23). The question which other coins, besides those bearing the
city name, were struck at Xanthus, has been discussed above.f
The bronze coinage of Xanthus begins in the second century
with Apolline types (nos. 1, 2, Pl. xviii. 5). Contemporary with or
slightly earlier than those catalogued here is the coin with the
Chimaera already mentioned; J for this was probably struck at
Xanthus. No silver coinage of the league with the name of
Xanthus is known, but the kitharephoroi§ reading merely ΛΥ and the
small bronze coins catalogued on p. 38 (Pl. ix. 8, 9) were probably
struck there. Xanthus was in the monetary district of’ Cragus, as
is shown by the coins reading ΞΑ KP, or KP ΞΑΝ (Cragus, nos.
28-30, Xanthus, no. 5, Pl. xii. 5, xviii. 8) ; and some of the Cragus
coins may therefore have been issued thence. Finally it is natural
to suppose that Xanthus was the mint of the silver coins struck for
Lycia as a whole after the dissolution of the league in a.d. 43
(pp. 38, 39, nos. 5-11, Pl. ix. 10, 11).
The site of Patara is at Gelemisch, on the coast, near the mouth of
the Xanthus. It was one of the most important
PATARA. 1
cities of Lycia,|| and especially famous for its oracle
of Apollo. Apolline types are most frequent on its later coins.
In the early period, however, the types of Athena and Hermes
* Strabo, xiv. 665.
f Pp. xxii., &c.
I Above, p. xxii., note, and Pl. xliv. 14; Babeion, Mel. Num., p. 306, no. 22,
Pl. ix. 12.
§ Borrell, Num. Chron., x., p. 80, no. 1.
|| With the title “ Metropolis,” Heiseit, i., p. 116,