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COINS FROM THE ARGIVE HERAEUM
By HERBERT FLETCHER DbCOU
The coins described in the following list were found in the excavations on the site of
the Argive Heraeum, 1892-1895.
The finding-places are given so far as they are known. When they are omitted, it is
to be assumed that no record exists. Details of finding-place, depth, etc., are not indi-
cated.
Of the 1(5 coins of known provenience, 21 come from the West Building, 9 from the
South slope, and 2 from the same neighborhood, i. e. from back of the South Building.
The remainder are from various parts of the excavation. No relations between the
period of the coins and the building in which they were found can be established. It
may, however, be noticed that the Byzantine coins are with one exception probably from
the Lower Stoa (X).
The small proportion (about X) of the coins belonging to the period of free Greece
is somewhat remarkable, as well as the fact that for the archaic period Corinth alone is
represented. However, it scarcely needs to be pointed out that the circumstances do not
in this case warrant any conclusions based on negative evidence. For the later period,
in particular, it would be quite futile to attempt to explain the absence of any particular
pieces, and nearly so to explain their presence. Nevertheless, though the coins tell us
nothing about the later history of the Heraeum, or of its condition at the period they
were minted, still in the obscuritv which enshrouds the latter days of the sanctuary, even
these slight records of the occasional presence of human beings on the site are not with-
out a certain interest.
CATALOGUE
A. GREECE (AUTONOMOUS AND MUNICIPAL).
Thesmly. Larisa.
Plate CXLI.
1. From West Building. Bronze. Size,0.018m.
Obv. Female head (Larisa), three-quarter face, 1.
Loosely floating hair confined by fillet. Rev.
Horseman, r., clad in petasus and chiton, and
holding lance. Horse prancing. Above, 1. A A.
Incrustation beneath horse prevents letters, if
any, from showing.
Photis.
2. From South slope. Bronze. Size, 0.0215 m.
Obv. Three bull's heads, full-face, forming tri-
angular pattern. Rem. Broad wreath within
which T.
Gorinthia. Corinth.
3. From South slope. Silver. Weight, 9
grammes. Size, 0.0245 m. Obv. Pegasos, bri-
dled with curled wing, walking 1. Beneath, ?.
Rev. Incuse square consisting of eight triangu-
lar compartments alternately raised and indented.
Of the indentations one is flat, another repeated.
Fabric rather flat.
4. Silver. Weight, 8.50 grammes. Size,
0.0245 m. Obv. Pegasos with curled wing trot-
ting or flying 1. Uncertain whether with bridle.
By HERBERT FLETCHER DbCOU
The coins described in the following list were found in the excavations on the site of
the Argive Heraeum, 1892-1895.
The finding-places are given so far as they are known. When they are omitted, it is
to be assumed that no record exists. Details of finding-place, depth, etc., are not indi-
cated.
Of the 1(5 coins of known provenience, 21 come from the West Building, 9 from the
South slope, and 2 from the same neighborhood, i. e. from back of the South Building.
The remainder are from various parts of the excavation. No relations between the
period of the coins and the building in which they were found can be established. It
may, however, be noticed that the Byzantine coins are with one exception probably from
the Lower Stoa (X).
The small proportion (about X) of the coins belonging to the period of free Greece
is somewhat remarkable, as well as the fact that for the archaic period Corinth alone is
represented. However, it scarcely needs to be pointed out that the circumstances do not
in this case warrant any conclusions based on negative evidence. For the later period,
in particular, it would be quite futile to attempt to explain the absence of any particular
pieces, and nearly so to explain their presence. Nevertheless, though the coins tell us
nothing about the later history of the Heraeum, or of its condition at the period they
were minted, still in the obscuritv which enshrouds the latter days of the sanctuary, even
these slight records of the occasional presence of human beings on the site are not with-
out a certain interest.
CATALOGUE
A. GREECE (AUTONOMOUS AND MUNICIPAL).
Thesmly. Larisa.
Plate CXLI.
1. From West Building. Bronze. Size,0.018m.
Obv. Female head (Larisa), three-quarter face, 1.
Loosely floating hair confined by fillet. Rev.
Horseman, r., clad in petasus and chiton, and
holding lance. Horse prancing. Above, 1. A A.
Incrustation beneath horse prevents letters, if
any, from showing.
Photis.
2. From South slope. Bronze. Size, 0.0215 m.
Obv. Three bull's heads, full-face, forming tri-
angular pattern. Rem. Broad wreath within
which T.
Gorinthia. Corinth.
3. From South slope. Silver. Weight, 9
grammes. Size, 0.0245 m. Obv. Pegasos, bri-
dled with curled wing, walking 1. Beneath, ?.
Rev. Incuse square consisting of eight triangu-
lar compartments alternately raised and indented.
Of the indentations one is flat, another repeated.
Fabric rather flat.
4. Silver. Weight, 8.50 grammes. Size,
0.0245 m. Obv. Pegasos with curled wing trot-
ting or flying 1. Uncertain whether with bridle.