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ISLANDS OFF CARIA.
Circ. B.c. 300-200.
During the third century Cos, under the mild rule of the Ptolemies,
retained, like Ephesus, its right of coinage.
Head of young Herakles, in lion’s skin.
(B. M. Guide, Pl. XXIX. 32.)
Id. (Hunter, 3, 6.)
Id., facing.
Id., facing.
KDI 0 N Crab and bow in case ; magis-
trate’s name
JI Rhodian tetradr. 230 grs.
,, Crab and club: magistrate’s
name JI Rhodian didrachm 102 grs.
KOI ON Id. . JI Rhodian didrachm.
,, Club and bow in case JI -7.
With several other varieties.
Circ. B. c. 200-88.
In this period, as at Ephesus, etc., the Attic standard takes the place
of the Rhodian. Tetradrachms of Alexander’s types occur with the
Crab as a symbol in the field. Also the following remarkable tetradrachm
now in the Hunter Museum at Glasgow: —
Head of Aphrodite, in myrtle-wreath. Kill ON Asklepios standing, resting on
(Hunter, 112, 1.) his staff. Magistrate, NIKOZTPA-
TOZ JI 256 grs.
The head on this coin is perhaps that of the famous statue of Aphrodite
which Praxiteles made for the Coans, a work which was ranked by the
artist on an equality with the Aphrodite of Cnidus (Pliny, Id. N., xxxvi.
5. 4). The smaller coinage of the second century resembles in fabric the
contemporary Rhodian money, the reverse type being enclosed in a
shallow incuse square, which must not be mistaken for an indication
of antiquity.
Head of young Herakles.
Head of Asklepios, bearded and lau-
reate.
Id.
KIII ON Crab and club in shallow
incuse square. Magistrate’s name .
JI Tetrobol.
KU or K D10 N Coiled serpent and
magistrate’s name in shallow incuse
square . . . . JI Dr. 32 grs.
KD Serpent-staff or coiled serpent.
Magistrate’s name . . . . JI -9
Circ. b. C. 88-50.
From the time of the Mithradatic war to the middle of the first century
the coinage of Cos resembles the contemporary Federal money of Lycia,
having on the obverse the Head of Apollo, and on the reverse a Lyre.
Only small divisions are known in silver, the mass of the currency having
been of bronze.
ISLANDS OFF CARIA.
Circ. B.c. 300-200.
During the third century Cos, under the mild rule of the Ptolemies,
retained, like Ephesus, its right of coinage.
Head of young Herakles, in lion’s skin.
(B. M. Guide, Pl. XXIX. 32.)
Id. (Hunter, 3, 6.)
Id., facing.
Id., facing.
KDI 0 N Crab and bow in case ; magis-
trate’s name
JI Rhodian tetradr. 230 grs.
,, Crab and club: magistrate’s
name JI Rhodian didrachm 102 grs.
KOI ON Id. . JI Rhodian didrachm.
,, Club and bow in case JI -7.
With several other varieties.
Circ. B. c. 200-88.
In this period, as at Ephesus, etc., the Attic standard takes the place
of the Rhodian. Tetradrachms of Alexander’s types occur with the
Crab as a symbol in the field. Also the following remarkable tetradrachm
now in the Hunter Museum at Glasgow: —
Head of Aphrodite, in myrtle-wreath. Kill ON Asklepios standing, resting on
(Hunter, 112, 1.) his staff. Magistrate, NIKOZTPA-
TOZ JI 256 grs.
The head on this coin is perhaps that of the famous statue of Aphrodite
which Praxiteles made for the Coans, a work which was ranked by the
artist on an equality with the Aphrodite of Cnidus (Pliny, Id. N., xxxvi.
5. 4). The smaller coinage of the second century resembles in fabric the
contemporary Rhodian money, the reverse type being enclosed in a
shallow incuse square, which must not be mistaken for an indication
of antiquity.
Head of young Herakles.
Head of Asklepios, bearded and lau-
reate.
Id.
KIII ON Crab and club in shallow
incuse square. Magistrate’s name .
JI Tetrobol.
KU or K D10 N Coiled serpent and
magistrate’s name in shallow incuse
square . . . . JI Dr. 32 grs.
KD Serpent-staff or coiled serpent.
Magistrate’s name . . . . JI -9
Circ. b. C. 88-50.
From the time of the Mithradatic war to the middle of the first century
the coinage of Cos resembles the contemporary Federal money of Lycia,
having on the obverse the Head of Apollo, and on the reverse a Lyre.
Only small divisions are known in silver, the mass of the currency having
been of bronze.