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.HERM0CAPELIA—NY8A.
551
Magnesia ad Sipylum. Autonomous bronze coins of the second and
first centuries B. C.
Head of city, turreted.
Head of bearded Herakles.
Head of Zeus.
MATNHTHN ZHIYAOY Zeus stand¬
ing, holding eagle and sceptre ZE -8
,, ., Pallas stand-
ing, holding Nike . . . . JE -8g
„ ,, Omphalos with
serpent twined round it . . ZE -55
Imperial—-Augustus to Salonina. Inscr., MATNHCIA, MATNHTZ1N
CHTYAOY, MATNHTnN TON ATTO CHTYAOY, MATNHTCC AF1O C„ etc.
Magistrates—Asiarch, Hiereus, Strategos, Hippikos. Types—MAP KOS
TYAAIOS KIKEPC1N, Bare head of the younger Cicero, Proconsul of Asia
shortly after his Consulship, b. c. 30. CP MOC, River Hermus. ClfTYAOC,
Bust of Mount Sipylus. HPAC. ZCYC CACYOCPIOC. Kybelo enthroned
or in biga of lions. CIPHNH CCBACTH (Pax Augusta), OCAN POMHN,
ICPA CYNKAHTOC, OCON CYNKAHTON, ICPOC AHMOC, with many
others of no special interest. Games—OAYMTHA, AAPIANA, AAC[HAN-
APCIA], ANTONJlNlANA 1] and CNMONlACI A, the last peculiar to this
city. It is possible, however, that the word does not refer to games so
called, but to the place of their celebration, MozaScia. Cf. Ko8piyais
on coins of Tarsus.
Alliance coins with Smyrna.
Mastaura, situate on a small tributary of the Maeander called the
Chrysorrhoas in a valley of Mount Messogis. Imperial times—Tiberius
to Valerian, with or without Emperors’ heads. Inscr., MACTAYPA or
MACTAYPEITflN. Magistrates, sometimes with title CFIIMCAHTHC
TTANAOHNAIHN. Types—-Amazon on horseback, with Carian double
axe over her shoulder; Leto carrying her two children ; Artemis with
two torches in biga drawn by humped bulls ; I CP A CYNKAHTOC, etc.
Mosteni, in the Hyrcanian Plain. Imperial, with heads of Zeus,
Demeter, or Emperor—-Claudius to Salonina. Inscr., MOCTHNHN,
MOCTHNflN AYAHN, or KAICAPGHN MOCTHNilN and MOCCHNDN,
Magistrates—Archon and Strategos. The most remarkable type is an
Amazon on horseback, with a bipennis on her shoulder, and an altar and
a cypress tree in front. On a coin in the Munich Cabinet Hermes seizes
the horse by the bridle (Imhoof, Mon. Gr., p. 387). Other types are
Bipennis, Head of Demeter, Ear of corn, AHMOC, OCA PCI MH, OCON
CYNKAHTON, etc.
Nacrasa, in the north of Lydia, on the road from Thyatira to Per-
gamum. Imperial times—Heads of Senate, I CP A CYNKAHTOC and OCON
CYNKAHTON ; Bearded Herakles; or Emperors Domitian to Geta.
Inscr., NAKPACCITC1N or NAKPACCO.N. Magistrates sometimes with
title Strategos. Predominant types—Artemis Ephesia ; Kybele enthroned ;
Serpent rising from altar, etc.
Nysa, on the southern slope of Mount Messogis, north of the Maeander,
was originally founded by a Spartan named Athymbros. The name of
the town was changed from Athymbra to Nysa in the reign of Antiochus T.
after Nysa, one of his wives. The only silver coins of Nysa are
551
Magnesia ad Sipylum. Autonomous bronze coins of the second and
first centuries B. C.
Head of city, turreted.
Head of bearded Herakles.
Head of Zeus.
MATNHTHN ZHIYAOY Zeus stand¬
ing, holding eagle and sceptre ZE -8
,, ., Pallas stand-
ing, holding Nike . . . . JE -8g
„ ,, Omphalos with
serpent twined round it . . ZE -55
Imperial—-Augustus to Salonina. Inscr., MATNHCIA, MATNHTZ1N
CHTYAOY, MATNHTnN TON ATTO CHTYAOY, MATNHTCC AF1O C„ etc.
Magistrates—Asiarch, Hiereus, Strategos, Hippikos. Types—MAP KOS
TYAAIOS KIKEPC1N, Bare head of the younger Cicero, Proconsul of Asia
shortly after his Consulship, b. c. 30. CP MOC, River Hermus. ClfTYAOC,
Bust of Mount Sipylus. HPAC. ZCYC CACYOCPIOC. Kybelo enthroned
or in biga of lions. CIPHNH CCBACTH (Pax Augusta), OCAN POMHN,
ICPA CYNKAHTOC, OCON CYNKAHTON, ICPOC AHMOC, with many
others of no special interest. Games—OAYMTHA, AAPIANA, AAC[HAN-
APCIA], ANTONJlNlANA 1] and CNMONlACI A, the last peculiar to this
city. It is possible, however, that the word does not refer to games so
called, but to the place of their celebration, MozaScia. Cf. Ko8piyais
on coins of Tarsus.
Alliance coins with Smyrna.
Mastaura, situate on a small tributary of the Maeander called the
Chrysorrhoas in a valley of Mount Messogis. Imperial times—Tiberius
to Valerian, with or without Emperors’ heads. Inscr., MACTAYPA or
MACTAYPEITflN. Magistrates, sometimes with title CFIIMCAHTHC
TTANAOHNAIHN. Types—-Amazon on horseback, with Carian double
axe over her shoulder; Leto carrying her two children ; Artemis with
two torches in biga drawn by humped bulls ; I CP A CYNKAHTOC, etc.
Mosteni, in the Hyrcanian Plain. Imperial, with heads of Zeus,
Demeter, or Emperor—-Claudius to Salonina. Inscr., MOCTHNHN,
MOCTHNflN AYAHN, or KAICAPGHN MOCTHNilN and MOCCHNDN,
Magistrates—Archon and Strategos. The most remarkable type is an
Amazon on horseback, with a bipennis on her shoulder, and an altar and
a cypress tree in front. On a coin in the Munich Cabinet Hermes seizes
the horse by the bridle (Imhoof, Mon. Gr., p. 387). Other types are
Bipennis, Head of Demeter, Ear of corn, AHMOC, OCA PCI MH, OCON
CYNKAHTON, etc.
Nacrasa, in the north of Lydia, on the road from Thyatira to Per-
gamum. Imperial times—Heads of Senate, I CP A CYNKAHTOC and OCON
CYNKAHTON ; Bearded Herakles; or Emperors Domitian to Geta.
Inscr., NAKPACCITC1N or NAKPACCO.N. Magistrates sometimes with
title Strategos. Predominant types—Artemis Ephesia ; Kybele enthroned ;
Serpent rising from altar, etc.
Nysa, on the southern slope of Mount Messogis, north of the Maeander,
was originally founded by a Spartan named Athymbros. The name of
the town was changed from Athymbra to Nysa in the reign of Antiochus T.
after Nysa, one of his wives. The only silver coins of Nysa are