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THE CYCLADES.
Gyaros, a mere barren rock, and poorly inhabited even in ancient
times.
Turreted female head.
Circ. b. c. 300-200.
TYAPinN
Head of Artemis.
(B. M. Cat., Pl. XXIII. 7.)
Id.
Stag.
Perseuswith patera (?) and
harpa . .
AE -65
Quiver with strap
JE .5
Harpa of Perseus
JE -5
Ear of corn . .
tE .5
Ios, south of the Cyclades and north of Thera, derived its chief fame
from its ancient traditions respecting the birth of Homer of an Ietan
mother and of his burial in the island. Hence the poet’s head upon its
coins.
Circ. b. c. 300-200. Ptolemaic or Rhodian Standard.
OMHPOY Head of Homer, diad.
(Z./. A, v. Pl. I. 3.)
„ Id.
„ Id.
„ Id.
(B. M. Cat., Pl. XXIII. 11.)
IHTI1N In laurel-wreath JR 104 grs.
„ Id. . . .. . JR 54 grs.
,, Athena Polias, in front, palm-
tree JE -85
(Ross, Inscr. Gr. ined., Fasc. II. n. 93.)
IHTAN Palm-tree AE -65- -4
The Palm-tree alludes to the more ancient name of the island, Phoenice
(Steph. Byz., s.v.).
Imperial—Trajan to Faustina Jun. and Lucilla. Inscr., IHTI1N. Similar
types.
Melos. This important island, first colonized from Phoenicia, and at
a later period Hellenized by Dorians, is one of the seven or eight Aegaean
islands of which silver coins of the archaic period are still extant. Two
such are preserved in the Hunter Collection (T. 36, Nos. 26 and 27), and
a third is at Berlin. The weight-standard in this island is the Phoe-
nician, which must have survived in Melos from remote times.
Circ. b. c. 500. Phoenician Standard.
Fruit, prjKov (pomegranate ?)
(Berlin, Munz-Kab., Pl. I. 3.)
No inscr. Id.
M A Id.
Incuse square, halved and adorned with
three rings . . JR Stater 213 grs.
M Incuse circle, quartered by broad
bands . ... AR Stater 221 grs.
No letter. Id. . Al Stater 222 grs.
The type of these early Melian coins, iDjhov Dorice /zaXop, may possibly
have a religious meaning, but it must be confessed that it seems to be a
good example of what the French call a 4type parlant’, or of what is
known in heraldry as a ‘ canting device.’
In b, c. 416 the city of Melos was taken by the Athenians and its male
inhabitants put to the sword. A remnant of the unfortunate population
THE CYCLADES.
Gyaros, a mere barren rock, and poorly inhabited even in ancient
times.
Turreted female head.
Circ. b. c. 300-200.
TYAPinN
Head of Artemis.
(B. M. Cat., Pl. XXIII. 7.)
Id.
Stag.
Perseuswith patera (?) and
harpa . .
AE -65
Quiver with strap
JE .5
Harpa of Perseus
JE -5
Ear of corn . .
tE .5
Ios, south of the Cyclades and north of Thera, derived its chief fame
from its ancient traditions respecting the birth of Homer of an Ietan
mother and of his burial in the island. Hence the poet’s head upon its
coins.
Circ. b. c. 300-200. Ptolemaic or Rhodian Standard.
OMHPOY Head of Homer, diad.
(Z./. A, v. Pl. I. 3.)
„ Id.
„ Id.
„ Id.
(B. M. Cat., Pl. XXIII. 11.)
IHTI1N In laurel-wreath JR 104 grs.
„ Id. . . .. . JR 54 grs.
,, Athena Polias, in front, palm-
tree JE -85
(Ross, Inscr. Gr. ined., Fasc. II. n. 93.)
IHTAN Palm-tree AE -65- -4
The Palm-tree alludes to the more ancient name of the island, Phoenice
(Steph. Byz., s.v.).
Imperial—Trajan to Faustina Jun. and Lucilla. Inscr., IHTI1N. Similar
types.
Melos. This important island, first colonized from Phoenicia, and at
a later period Hellenized by Dorians, is one of the seven or eight Aegaean
islands of which silver coins of the archaic period are still extant. Two
such are preserved in the Hunter Collection (T. 36, Nos. 26 and 27), and
a third is at Berlin. The weight-standard in this island is the Phoe-
nician, which must have survived in Melos from remote times.
Circ. b. c. 500. Phoenician Standard.
Fruit, prjKov (pomegranate ?)
(Berlin, Munz-Kab., Pl. I. 3.)
No inscr. Id.
M A Id.
Incuse square, halved and adorned with
three rings . . JR Stater 213 grs.
M Incuse circle, quartered by broad
bands . ... AR Stater 221 grs.
No letter. Id. . Al Stater 222 grs.
The type of these early Melian coins, iDjhov Dorice /zaXop, may possibly
have a religious meaning, but it must be confessed that it seems to be a
good example of what the French call a 4type parlant’, or of what is
known in heraldry as a ‘ canting device.’
In b, c. 416 the city of Melos was taken by the Athenians and its male
inhabitants put to the sword. A remnant of the unfortunate population