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APULIA.
3rd Series. Struck coins. Sextantai System, before b. c. 217.
Quincunx. Head of Pallas • • « • •
Triens. Head of Herakles ....
Quadrans. Head of Poseidon • • •
Sextans. Head of Demeter • •
Uncia. Head of Apollo •
Semuncialf) Heads of the Dioskuri.
,, Head of Artemis.
bOVCERI Wheel.
„ Quiver, club, and bow.
„ Dolphin and trident.
„ Cockle-shell.
„ Toad.
,, Horses of the Dioskuri.
,, Crescent.
In addition to these autonomous coins of Luceria there is a series of
Roman coins both of silver and copper, with the inscription ROMA, and
the mint-mark of Luceria (h), which we may call Romano-Lucerian.
Mateola. (Pliny, iii. u, s. 16.) Perhaps the modern Matera, near the
frontiers of Lucania.
Bronze coins with marks of value, circ. b. c. 250-217.
Sextans. Head of Pallas. • ♦ MAT (in monogram). Lion seated with
spear in mouth.
Uncia. „ • „ Herakles leaning on club in the
attitude of the Farnese Herakles.
Neapolis Peucetiae. The modern Polignano, a town not mentioned
by any writer. The attribution of the coins rests upon the evidence of
numerous finds.
Bronze, with Greek types, circ. B. C. 300.
Head of Dionysos.
Female head in stephanos.
Veiled head.
NEAP Vine-branch and grapes. AS • 7
N E APO A Trident.7E-5
,, Ear of corn . . . . fiE -6
Rubi, between Canusium and Butuntum, is one of the few Apulian
towns of which silver coins are known. They consist of nummi and
J nummi. There are also bronze coins of late style.
Silver. Circ. b.c. 300.
Head of Pallas.
5 5
Bull’s head facing.
n
Head of Helios.
PY Ear of corn. zR, Diobol (minimus).
,, Herakles and lion. ,,
,, Lyre. dR Obol.
,, Fulmen. „
„ Two crescents . „
Bronze. Circ. b.c. 300-200.
Head of Pallas.
Head of Zeus.
Head of Herakles (1).
Head of Pallas.
Head of Zeus.
PYBA Nike with wreath and palm
tE -45
PYY Eagle on fulmen . . . 2E -75
PYY Club, bow, and quiver . JE -7
PYBA^TElNflN Owl on olive-branch
ZE -6
PY Female figure with patera and
cornucopiae ..AS -6
Salapia. The bronze coins of this town belong to the same time as
those of Arpi; it would seem indeed from the occurrence of the two names,
Pyllus and Dazus (or Daxus), on the coins of both cities that they were
at one time closely united, not only commercially but politically.
APULIA.
3rd Series. Struck coins. Sextantai System, before b. c. 217.
Quincunx. Head of Pallas • • « • •
Triens. Head of Herakles ....
Quadrans. Head of Poseidon • • •
Sextans. Head of Demeter • •
Uncia. Head of Apollo •
Semuncialf) Heads of the Dioskuri.
,, Head of Artemis.
bOVCERI Wheel.
„ Quiver, club, and bow.
„ Dolphin and trident.
„ Cockle-shell.
„ Toad.
,, Horses of the Dioskuri.
,, Crescent.
In addition to these autonomous coins of Luceria there is a series of
Roman coins both of silver and copper, with the inscription ROMA, and
the mint-mark of Luceria (h), which we may call Romano-Lucerian.
Mateola. (Pliny, iii. u, s. 16.) Perhaps the modern Matera, near the
frontiers of Lucania.
Bronze coins with marks of value, circ. b. c. 250-217.
Sextans. Head of Pallas. • ♦ MAT (in monogram). Lion seated with
spear in mouth.
Uncia. „ • „ Herakles leaning on club in the
attitude of the Farnese Herakles.
Neapolis Peucetiae. The modern Polignano, a town not mentioned
by any writer. The attribution of the coins rests upon the evidence of
numerous finds.
Bronze, with Greek types, circ. B. C. 300.
Head of Dionysos.
Female head in stephanos.
Veiled head.
NEAP Vine-branch and grapes. AS • 7
N E APO A Trident.7E-5
,, Ear of corn . . . . fiE -6
Rubi, between Canusium and Butuntum, is one of the few Apulian
towns of which silver coins are known. They consist of nummi and
J nummi. There are also bronze coins of late style.
Silver. Circ. b.c. 300.
Head of Pallas.
5 5
Bull’s head facing.
n
Head of Helios.
PY Ear of corn. zR, Diobol (minimus).
,, Herakles and lion. ,,
,, Lyre. dR Obol.
,, Fulmen. „
„ Two crescents . „
Bronze. Circ. b.c. 300-200.
Head of Pallas.
Head of Zeus.
Head of Herakles (1).
Head of Pallas.
Head of Zeus.
PYBA Nike with wreath and palm
tE -45
PYY Eagle on fulmen . . . 2E -75
PYY Club, bow, and quiver . JE -7
PYBA^TElNflN Owl on olive-branch
ZE -6
PY Female figure with patera and
cornucopiae ..AS -6
Salapia. The bronze coins of this town belong to the same time as
those of Arpi; it would seem indeed from the occurrence of the two names,
Pyllus and Dazus (or Daxus), on the coins of both cities that they were
at one time closely united, not only commercially but politically.