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NAUKKATIS.
them at least two unpublished coins), as because
they reflect to some extent the material prosperity
of the place, indicating with what regions the
merchants of Naukratis carried on their business
transactions, and, by the comparative frequency
of their occurrence in successive centuries, the
space of time over which the commercial activity
of the city extended.
Eoughly speaking, the series of coins which have
been found at Naukratis fall into seven chrono-
logical periods somewhat as follows:—
B.C. 520—350. Greek Autonomous silver, about 97 coins.
B.C. 350—300. Greek Autonomous bronze, „ 90 „
B.C. 300—30. Ptolemaic bronze, „ 150 „
B.C.30—A.D.190. Imperial bronze of Alexandria, „ 530 „
A.D. 190—300. Imperial potin of Alexandria, „ 12 „
a.d. 300—340. Constantine family small bronze „ 12 „
After a.d. 340. Byzantine, Arabic,
and Turkish bronze, „ 18 „
These numbers are not in all cases exact, as the
condition of many of the bronze coins does not
admit of a precise classification. In fact, until
they had been soaked for some days in a solution
of hydrochloric acid and water, and then carefully
washed and brushed coin by coin, it was impossible
to classify them at all, however roughly.
The process of cleaning to which they have been
subjected is, however, quite sufficient to show that
Naukratis ceased to exist as a centre of com-
mercial life about a.d. 190; the few coins which
are subsequent to that date serve only to prove
the poverty and insignificance of the village, which
continued, perhaps, for some time longer to bear
the ancient and illustrious name of Naukratis.
I will now proceed to describe in greater detail
all such coins of the above classes as I have been
able to identify.
I. THE SILVEKSMITH'S HOAKD.
80. On the east side of the town, Mr. Petrie
discovered a hoard of fifteen archaic Greek silver
coins, together with 42 oz. of roughly cast and
cut up lumps of silver. This he supposes to have
been a portion of a silversmith's stock-in-trade.
The coins are from various parts of the Greek
world, ranging from Cilicia in the east to Sicily
in the west, but in point of time they belong
almost wholly to the first half of the fifth
century B.C. They are as follows:—
Malltjs Ciliciae.
Circ. b.c. 520—485.
Four-winged female figure
clad in chiton, in running
or kneeling attitude, 1.,
with arms extended, and
with an object (stone or
fish) in her left hand.
Incuse square, within which
is a conical stone.
JR Stater, 1857 grs.
This coin differs from the specimens hitherto
published by Dr. Imhoof-Blumer (Annuaire de
Numismatique, 1883, PI. v. 1—4), in that the
figure seems to have had four wings, of which
three are visible, and that she holds something
in her hand resembling a fish. The date assigned
by Dr. Imhoof to the earliest coins of Mallus, of
the class to which this specimen belongs, is
B.C. 520—485.
Lycia.
Circ. B.C. 450.
Foreparts of two bulls, back
to back, and joined by
their necks ; in field above
them a triskelis ?
•"1051 between the three
limbs of a triskelis, the
whole in circle of dots en-
closed in an incuse circle.
M Stater, 131 -8 grs.
(Fellows' Lydan Coins, PI. ix. 9.)
Whether the legend on this coin, which often
occurs at full length as KOrPAAE, is the name of
a town or of a dynast is still a matter of dispute.
It is remarkable that all the coins reading
KOrPAAE are of about the same date, none being
much later than the middle of the fifth century.
Chios.
Circ. b.c. 500.
Sphinx seated L, with am-
phora before her.
Quadripartite incuse square,
the four quarters roughly
and deeply indented.
JR. 119 grs.
This coin was in all probability struck before
the Persian conquest of Chios in B.C. 490, for
NAUKKATIS.
them at least two unpublished coins), as because
they reflect to some extent the material prosperity
of the place, indicating with what regions the
merchants of Naukratis carried on their business
transactions, and, by the comparative frequency
of their occurrence in successive centuries, the
space of time over which the commercial activity
of the city extended.
Eoughly speaking, the series of coins which have
been found at Naukratis fall into seven chrono-
logical periods somewhat as follows:—
B.C. 520—350. Greek Autonomous silver, about 97 coins.
B.C. 350—300. Greek Autonomous bronze, „ 90 „
B.C. 300—30. Ptolemaic bronze, „ 150 „
B.C.30—A.D.190. Imperial bronze of Alexandria, „ 530 „
A.D. 190—300. Imperial potin of Alexandria, „ 12 „
a.d. 300—340. Constantine family small bronze „ 12 „
After a.d. 340. Byzantine, Arabic,
and Turkish bronze, „ 18 „
These numbers are not in all cases exact, as the
condition of many of the bronze coins does not
admit of a precise classification. In fact, until
they had been soaked for some days in a solution
of hydrochloric acid and water, and then carefully
washed and brushed coin by coin, it was impossible
to classify them at all, however roughly.
The process of cleaning to which they have been
subjected is, however, quite sufficient to show that
Naukratis ceased to exist as a centre of com-
mercial life about a.d. 190; the few coins which
are subsequent to that date serve only to prove
the poverty and insignificance of the village, which
continued, perhaps, for some time longer to bear
the ancient and illustrious name of Naukratis.
I will now proceed to describe in greater detail
all such coins of the above classes as I have been
able to identify.
I. THE SILVEKSMITH'S HOAKD.
80. On the east side of the town, Mr. Petrie
discovered a hoard of fifteen archaic Greek silver
coins, together with 42 oz. of roughly cast and
cut up lumps of silver. This he supposes to have
been a portion of a silversmith's stock-in-trade.
The coins are from various parts of the Greek
world, ranging from Cilicia in the east to Sicily
in the west, but in point of time they belong
almost wholly to the first half of the fifth
century B.C. They are as follows:—
Malltjs Ciliciae.
Circ. b.c. 520—485.
Four-winged female figure
clad in chiton, in running
or kneeling attitude, 1.,
with arms extended, and
with an object (stone or
fish) in her left hand.
Incuse square, within which
is a conical stone.
JR Stater, 1857 grs.
This coin differs from the specimens hitherto
published by Dr. Imhoof-Blumer (Annuaire de
Numismatique, 1883, PI. v. 1—4), in that the
figure seems to have had four wings, of which
three are visible, and that she holds something
in her hand resembling a fish. The date assigned
by Dr. Imhoof to the earliest coins of Mallus, of
the class to which this specimen belongs, is
B.C. 520—485.
Lycia.
Circ. B.C. 450.
Foreparts of two bulls, back
to back, and joined by
their necks ; in field above
them a triskelis ?
•"1051 between the three
limbs of a triskelis, the
whole in circle of dots en-
closed in an incuse circle.
M Stater, 131 -8 grs.
(Fellows' Lydan Coins, PI. ix. 9.)
Whether the legend on this coin, which often
occurs at full length as KOrPAAE, is the name of
a town or of a dynast is still a matter of dispute.
It is remarkable that all the coins reading
KOrPAAE are of about the same date, none being
much later than the middle of the fifth century.
Chios.
Circ. b.c. 500.
Sphinx seated L, with am-
phora before her.
Quadripartite incuse square,
the four quarters roughly
and deeply indented.
JR. 119 grs.
This coin was in all probability struck before
the Persian conquest of Chios in B.C. 490, for