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O M NO T S O F D W AR D T. N W E L L

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efiniteintentiontopublish acompletesurveyofthecoinage

oryearshisresearc handstudiesweremovinginthat

s publishedstudiescontributedtowardthefinalpicture.

tallmaterialtogetherf irst thishehadlargelydone. With

data andpublishedworks thereremainsthepossibilityof

e cansaytodaythathiswork begunsolongago

o putittogether.TheAmericanNumismaticSocietyhas

ogetherhis material.Thehopeistocarry righton

ingtotheoutlinegivenby Mr.Newell.

owever itseemedbesttobeginw ithac learandeasilydef ined

tthiswill innowaydisturbthe actualorderofhisplan.

plannedashissecondvolume.Naturallyoneapproaches

a workwhichwouldhavebeensowonderfullycarried

withallthismaterialavailableit wouldindeedbefailing

arryingouthisplans.

cSocietye pressesitsappreciationofMrs. .T.

aningcastsandnotebooksas wellasforherhelpful sugges-

ofputting togetherthedatacollectedbyMr.Newell

beenperformedbyMr.Sydney .Noe.W earegrateful

fulwayinwhichhehas accomplishedthiswork.

Newellsetforhimselfandthe meansbywhichhe

estsetforthin thewordsofadraft preparedbyhimself

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NTR O D U C T O N TO A R O J E CT D

C O I N AG O F

TH E G R E A T

Coinage isbothgrammaticallyincorrectandpartially

whic hthepresentvolumeisthef irst. Thetermhas how-

eration beenfinallyadoptedbecauseofitssuccinctness

kofthe coinageheretreateddoesbearthenameand

egreatMacedonian.Tograspthe truemeaningof

yinitslaterphases therehavebeenaddedassociatecoinages

ued fromtimetotime thoughtheymaynotbeartypes

tthoseofAle ander. oritsohappenedthatf re uently

hissuccessorsstruckthebulkoftheircoinagewith his

orvariousreasons principallyc ommerc ial anadditional

rcopperbearingtheirownnamesand types.O ragain

of theircoinageinnumerariesbearingtheirowntypes

rissue sayofgoldstaters bearingtheoldA le ander

swouldbepartofa singleissueandwouldusuallybe

rates ithasbeenfelt bythewritertobe wrongtosep-

to keepwithinthestrictmeaningofthe chosentitle.

variousc ategoriesof types inalmostevery instanc e together

dit wouldcompletelydestroyallcoherenceandappre-

scopeandpurposeofthesecoinagestomakea separation

boreA le ander stypesornot. Therefore forinstanc e

humous hilipcoinagealongwiththatofAle ander

eswereobviouslycontemporaneous werestruckin the

he samemagistrates.Thoughpossiblyissuedfor

erenone-the-lesspartandparcelofoneand thesame

reforebetreatedtogetherin anyworkwhichmakessome

t atc ompleteness.

rattemptingoncemoretodescribe elucidateand

nagewhichbearsthenameandtypesof Ale anderof

asdonewithgreatthoroughnessby udwigMiiller

hnew informationandsomanynewvarietieshavecometolight

swouldbereasonenoughtoattemptthegreattaskagain. s-

Miiller followingtheuniversallyacceptedtheoriesof

tthema orityofthesymbolsappearingonthesecoins

heparasemaoftheissuing cities.Thatthistheorywas

ncestimehasonlyprovedthemore.B uttime the

variousstudents theappearanceandstudyofmanycoin

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yondtheperadventureofa doubtthatthegreatbulk of

occurringthroughouttheAle andercoinagecouldhave

themintswhichactuallyissuedit. Thisfactneces-

tiller slaboriousdispersionof theA le andercoinstoin-

ngtothelocalitytowhichaparticularsymbolwouldseem

canacceptamonogramorsymbolasbeing thatofthe

nd carefullyweighedconsiderationofthelengthof

egionwhenceourcoinsbearingthisparticularsymbolusually

bricofthecoinsthemselves andtheinherentprobabilitiesof

yinthiswaycanwe reachadefiniteandacceptableconclu-

monogramisobviouslynot thatofacity thewriterhasac-

usionthatitisprobablythe signetoftheresponsiblemagis-

nisstrictlytrue ineverycaseishardly susceptibleofreally

entlyprobable butthesymbolsmightconceivablybeat

sthan arbitrarilyadoptedsignsbywhichvariousissuescould

nauthority.O ntheAle andercoinageweseldomfind

loyedbyAthenswhich withitssymbolsand accompany-

tes names makesitpossibleto showthatthesesymbols

of thesemagistratesandthereforedisappearfromthe

alfromoffice. nthefollowingpages whenthewriter

ssymbolitshouldbe consideredashavingbeenusedin

hereisadistinc tstatementtothec ontrary forthesymbol

emon andthereforeamint-markinthefull termofthe

ty .

tificmethodtopursuewhichhadanyhope oftangible

pona carefulstudyandcomparisonofdies.Aninitial

debythewriterin1912inhisReattribution wherehe

udyofdiesprovedthefallacyof Mtiller ssystemfor

erc oinage. ater similarthoughmoreadvancedstudies

ndrineissuesofSidon A ke Tyre Myriandos Sinopeand

ordedtheseinitialattemptsatevenapartialsolution

uestion " hasenc ouragedthewritertogirdhimself forthe

g studyingandattributingtheAle anderc oinageasa

ofthe manyshortcomingswhichsuchaworkwill

sundertakenthecolossaltaskbothbecausea beginning

andbecausehehopesthatbyhis laborsatleasta little

htout ofchaos. twillthenbe easierforfuturestudents

stakesbuttorectifythemand toattemptamorecomplete

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ueathedtoTheAmericanNumismaticSocietyby

asreceived itwaswellknownthatthemintagesofA le -

edthepreponderanceofhis attention. tisdoubtful

adareali ationofthethoroughnesswithwhichhehad

ehadsethimself.Therepresentationofthe coinsof

hisc abinete c elsanyelsewhere foritc omprisesnotonly

sc oinsbutc astsofuni uepiecesofallof thegreatnational

ivatecollectionsofimportance. venmoreim-

he datawastheorderin whichithadbeenkept.The

s madeclearinthegeneralintroductionwhichprecedes.

t leasttwodraftsmadebyMr.Newell. tispossible

avingbeenmadesometimeafterthepublicationofhis

atis 1915. Thisonemaybedatedabout1923sinc eit

dthestudyofthecoinageof Tyre 1923 .Although

tennotlongafter1923 itre uiresbutlittlethoughtto

uponthisself-imposedtaskhadneverbeen started.

eonthecoinsofDemetrius oliorc etesappeared. Thiswasnot

eissuesofDemetriusareinvaluablefordatingtheA le ander

de.Manyofthemonographswhichfollowedandwhich

easeandfluencyhavefurtherdirector indirectbearing

emstowardwhichhewasconsistentlyworking.The

Seleuc idMintswhichappearedin193 tobefollowedin

eucidMintshadthesamesort ofrelationshiptotheAle -

tofDemetrius oliorc etes andwereafurtherpreparation

eintroduction.Thisbecamemoreandmoreevident

eyareinasortof shorthand ofhisown. Studyhas

hem withsomedegreeofprecision.

efirst citytoreceiveattentionwasdictatedby

ne thatthemintoutputwasnotvery large two thatits

ntedinMr. Newell sCollec tionand three thathisnotes

snotwithstandingthefactthatthey hadnotbeenrevised

metheArmenakH oardc oinswereac uiredbyhim—a

nsofSicyonwhichhedidnotadd tohisnotes.Sicyon s

ander slifetime e tendedbeyondtheyearatwhic hmost

ionsstop 2 0 andmayhavec ontinuedto251B . C . when

aean eague. O f themintstreatedbyhim onlySinope

althoughSeleuc idissuesforA le andreiaTroasand ergamum

ns.Sincenoonewouldhavehadthecourageto undertake

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edinMr.Newell sintroduction thechoiceofSicyon

ginning.

erehadbeenoccasiontotouchuponthe coinageof

ublishedworks.ThemonographdevotedtotheD emanhur

blic ationof theSicyonianA le anderswasintended 1that

2illustratesnewsymbolspossiblynotSicyonian while

nd inthevolumeonthe coinageofD emetrius olior-

ting.Notwithstandingalltheseaids therearetimeswhen

asbeenpostponeduntilfurther factswereobtained. n

eO lympiaHoard Mr. Newellnotedthatthishoard

pleteamannerthe eloponnesianA le anderserieshasc ome

retardpublicationhasbeenavoided butreferencesto

whenknown aregiveninthenoteswhichfollowthe

etheworkofthecompilerand arenottobe understood

ll.

ullymadetothe manyinstitutionswhichhave

softheirSicyonianAle andersaswellasto theindividuals

e.

o e

/ / . D emanhur Num. Notes& Monogr. No. 19 , p. 76. H ereaf terc itedasDemanhur.

— I V . O l y mp i a N u m. N o te s & M o no g r. N o .3 9 . l a te I I . H e r e a ft e r ci t ed a s

etrius oliaTc etes L ondon 1927 . H ereafterc itedasD emetrius.

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descriptionswhichfollow unnecessaryrepetitionsare

rietyisillustrated thecataloguewillbeconsulted

dweightsofthe specimensrecorded.Becausethedies

positionshavenotbeengiven.

o eachofthevarietiesandthis numberisprinted

scriptionofthatvariety.Thereunderarelistedthedie-

eachcombinationisgivenanumberfollowingthedecimal

thef irsttetradrac hm No. 3 haseightdie-combinations—

orenumbered3. . nthene tc olumn theanviland

mbersprecededbyA and . orthisf irsttetradrachm-

andsevenpunchdies.Twooftheanvil diescarry

o.4.O ntheplates suchdie-combinationsareindi-

page.Where theanvildieis connectedwithmore

hisisshownbyplacinga lineabovethenumbersinvolved

thusrepeatingwhatisshowninthesecondc olumnofthec ata-

ationisoneofreversedies theconnectinglineisplaced

ed 24. 124. 224. 324. 4 .

ataloguegivesthe nameofthecollectionfromwhich

ewehaveusedtheabbreviationswhichservedin the

n d t s C oi n ag e N u m. N o te s & M on o gr . N o. 9 6 b y r o f. . G .

sistoftheinitial letterofthecityin whichtherespective

esintheSoc iety sownc abinetarecitedasA NS. Those

NS- TN w ithadditionofGDA Mtoindic atethefor-

ndD ukeA le anderMic hailov itc h. iec esf romthe

Storrs ac uiredinlargepartbytheA meric anNumismatic

breviatedANS-Storrs.Thechiefabbreviationsotherthan

ford

aris

e nn a

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en a h ea d t o r. A A S AN A O Y o n r . Ni k e st a nd i ng

nhelmetwithfacing1. holdingstylisin1. and

.wreathinoutstretchedr. n1.field

etchedr.

20

s te n N um . Z e it V o l . 3 1 7 1 p . 55 N o. 1 .

No. 1. SimilartoNo. 1.

. gr . . 6 0

t en n ed it a 1 5 9 N o . 1 ; N um . Z e it . V o l. 3

M . H e a d of H e r - A A S A NA O Y o n r . Z e u s e n th r on e d

ssk in. C irc leto1. resting1. handonsceptreand

outstretc hedr. n1.

ilarto thaton

r H o ar d .

r H o ar d .

r H o ar d .

D e m a nh u r H o a rd ) .

r H o ar d .

o z i , 9 01 e g ge rX L . Ma y1 91 2 6 3 4.

r H o ar d .

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MullerNo. 4. Sim-SimilartoNo. 1 butw ithvertic alful-

and Abeneathwing.

T N e N av il le X I I I , 4 94 .

19 2 9 2 4 7 . gr . 1 7. 2 0

V o l . , p . 2 96 N o . 4. g r . 17 . 17

2 10 . g r. 1 7 .1 4

M a il e r No . 5 . u l me n a s on N o . 6 bu t w it h A b en e at h

V , 3 2 09 3 .

ge r X X X I X , a n. 1 91 2 25 4 e g ge r X L V ,

e d r i ce C at . C o ll . A 1 5 9.

I V , 1 9 a n d R a t to A pr . 19 27 5 66 .

92 , 4 95 .

5 .

L a m br os , 2 42 .

e S o th e by u n e 19 1 1 S a nd e ma n , 1 0 1 .

ov . 19 12 3 77 .

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r No . 63 ) .

M . H e r ac l es h e ad

mforegoing

Storrs.

I l

attari.

M . M i il l er N o .

.

M . M i il l er N o .

TN.

w ithoutmono-

outhfulf igure

thout-

ar. Dif ferenc es

e b e r N o . 20 9 6.

s s ib ly = A1 9

g ge r X L , M ay 1 91 2 6 3 5.

al s eg m en t r em ov e d .

torrsCollec tion.

a y ne s B a b yl on H o a rd .

ar d p h. A rc h. 1 9 03 . I . V I I , 2 .

D e m a nh u r H o a rd .

M . D i e o f No s . n 1 . f ie l d a go a t s h e ad t o 1 . a g le i s

TN. gr. 17. 16

s te n N um . Z e it . V o l. 1 1 6 9 p . 37 N o. 7 1.

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M . M a il e r No .

erac lestor.

c leofdots.

N.

wardT. Newell.

a lisColl.

e rg ue a nd A A S A N-

en t hr o ne d t o 1. r e st -

dholding

n1. f ield star.

kof throne

I I I , A .

C M .

7 belowstarin1. f ield

aththrone or

M . Si m il a r to

M . Si m il a r to

os.

M .

c losingdove. B e-

Aandcornuco-

estontiny

eneaththrone A .

w ithoutB A -

ue .

M . M u ll e r No .

17.

7 3 4.

e t e nd i ng l a ur e l

oneA-

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M . Si m il a r to

glos.

e G D A M.

a r d.

M . M u ll e r No .

7.

aththrone

ar. B eneaththrone

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1 91 2 6 50 .

AM .

ry S al e S o t he by u ne 1 9 6 7 6 5 = O ' H a -

a y 1 90 , 3 1 3 .

o a r d .

M . Si m il a r to n 1 . f ie l d H e r a c le s r . l e an i ng o n cl u b.

.

. Ch ro n. 1 90 0 I . X I I I , 6 = S o t he by 1 90 0 L a t e

00

N = B u n b u ry S a le S o t he b y u n e 1 9 6 7 66 2 .

8 3 p . 7 . g r . 17 . 12

C M .

n beneaththrone

T N .

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M . M u ll e r No .

N o. 1 7 .

i ta g e.

N.

M . M u ll e r No .

7.

ingrad Hermitage.

N .

M . Si m il a r to

T N .

M . M u ll e r No .

7.

M . M u ll e r No .

7.

t t h ro n e H P

S i ne e rg ue .

. B eneaththrone

h e ad 1 .

No. 33. B eneath

iae. B eneaththrone

Coll.

ne.

. NoNikes.

k H o a r d .

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d au ru s H o ar d p h. Ar ch . 1 90 3 I . V I I , 7 .

7 3 5.

me r ce . S v or o no s T A N o ^ l u ^ o eT a . .. l T oX e ^ a i lw v I .

T N O l y mp ia H o a rd 6 9 .

M . Si m il a r to

ettersbe-

in g ra d H e r m i ta g e.

ia H o a rd 6 ) .

M . Si m il a r to

neaththrone

T N O l y mp ia H o a rd 7 2 .

M . M u ll e r No .

7.

wtharmsraised

hrone NO .

.

A NS - T N . gr . 1 7. 1 1

e a ke K i n gs p . 5 1 5 . e r ha p s an e l ec t ro t yp e . gr . 1 6. 6 0

M . Si m il a r to

n1. f ield youth

M . Si m il a r to

AN S- T N.

e n ea th t hr on e Q > .

neaththrone

esonbac kof

ergue.

M . M u ll e r No .

wi t h No . 4 5 b ut d i e

AN S- T N.

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M . M u ll e r No .

m u ch w o rn .

- T N.

H M . D i eo f No s.

. M . R o bi ns on C ol l.

M . M u ll e r No .

7.

aththrone p.

acrescentin

aththrone .

en t s I .

16

H M . M ul le r No .

b u t wo r n.

outh.

neaththrone W.

Coll.

M . H e a d of H e r -

feringfrompre-

. S yl l . M a ce d . , 7 3 3.

M . D i e o f No .

M . Si m il a r to

d ) .

M . Si m il a r to

T N e W a l d ec k Co l l.

M . M u ll e r No .

1.

hf illet birdf lying

eneath

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M . M u ll e r No .

7.

et1.

M . D i e o f No . 5 6.


o1 7 .

hdoubledf illet1.

iartofore-

egsof throne

dent1. B eneath

ikesarelargerthan

er

A

. 1 3 0 1 . g r . 16 . 0

nc i en t s I . 3 1 . g r . 16 . 5

9 . g r. 1 6 .6 3

y 19 1 2 6 5 1 = H e s s Sa l e M a rc h 1 90 6 2 9 7. g r . 17 . 23

P o z i , 9 30 .g r. 16 . 5

D e c . 1 9 24 4 5 3. g r . 16 . 49

M . M u ll e r No .

o1 7 .

1. w ithshield

l isperched.

. Thronesimilar

. 1 2 7 1 2 .

y u ly 1 90 9 H a l it t , 5 7 .

X V I , 1 9 1 0 1 5 6.

900 207.

t . 19 35 6 33 .

ol. 1 65 1.

M . M u ll e r No .

o1 7 .

guresmaller

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oll.

TN.

M . Si m il a r to

e. V atic anColl.

neaththrone.

M . Si m il a r to

t with

erpartof

A .

- T N e G D A M c f. H i r sc h X X X I V , 1 91 4 2 9 5 . g r . 16 . 0

M . M u ll e r No .

d o f H e r ac l es i n

Diosc uroito1. B e-

kesdispropor-

eto1. e c eeding

ra s H o a r d N u m. C hr o n. 1 5 3 p . 3 3 .

M . Si m il a r to

M . Si m il a r to

M . Si m il a r to

s s el s d e H i r s ch .

M . M u ll e r No .

7.

intingupward.

Dif ferenc ein

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7.

.

M . No t ab l y di f -

M . M u ll e r No .

7.

S TN.

swell-de-

fapossible

0addedtore-

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C AT A O G U E

d d e r u l me n B a r l e y- e ar G o at s h e ad .

ngofthisgroupis fi edbytheoccurrenceofnearly

tsintheD emanhurHoard thedatefortheburialofwhich

21 i n h is d i sc u ss i on o f t he y p ar i ss i a H o a rd 2 M r . Ne we l l

. C . —andc ertainlyby325B . C . — alargeissueofstaters

Ale andertypeswasinstitutedatSicyon. Nospeci-

msocc urinthe yparissiaHoardburiedin327B . C .

egroupis thereforefrombetween330and325B .C.to

he SicyonmintbyMr.Newell ifwee ceptthe

oliorc etes 3belongstothisperiod. Thepreponderanc eofdi-

nf ic anc e other andprobablyc ontemporary issuesof this

ominationarefoundatAmphipolis.

occupiesthespaceusuallygiventothe magistrate s

tersof thenameofthecityissuing thecoinage hasbeen

sdayasindicatingSicyon.

supportedinane tendednotepublishedby rnest

Numismati uefor1904 p. 117 . Thef igureisthereassoc i-

gaf illet Nos. 43. 1-57. 1 I . X I V -X V ) althoughthefac t

turyseparatestheappearanceofthesesymbolsisnot

believesthattheattitudeofthe youthwithafilletsignifies

ghobservationoftheflight ofbirds.Mr.Newellnoted

tionbetweenNos.13.1and51-54becauseofthe presence

eenonthe laterissue butthefleur-de-coinspecimen

heAmericanNumismaticSocietywiththeSirR onald

earlythaton13.1this isnotabird butadie-break.

andsilverofthe firstissueisvery boyish almost

thholdingthefillet isnearertheageof anephebe.Thereis

hepositiontakenbythefigure— note3.1ascompared

iallywith12.1and14.2.

entiseasytofollow.Thegold coinsprovidethekey.

uppliantalone precedestheissuewiththesuppliantand

initialsAandAaccompaniedbyafulmenassymbol

pearonalargegroupofdi-staterswithasinglestaterissueandnoacc om-

amostinterestingphenomenonwhoseinterpretationinvites

s I ntroduc tionand yparissiaHoard Num. Notes& Monogr. No. 3 , p. 14.

44 .

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intofSicyonhavebeensupplyingsomeofthe sinews

thereisreversiontothe symboloftheoriginalissue

c hangeofattitude butnowwiththemagistrateof the

mbolonthesilverparallels thatonthegoldcoinage

.Thedie-mulingsmakethese uenceindicatedpractically

te sinitialsappearonthe silver.O newouldhardly

1and16.1toSicyonwereit notforthemulingof the

facingeagleon thereverseofNo.16.1is veryunusual

dsymbol.Thebarley-earoccursasa symbolatothermints

n d r ia a n d Mi l et u s f o r e a m pl e .

uscriptnotesthereisamarkedgapbetweenthisf irst

follows. Wearetoldthat tolemy freed Sic yonof its

B . C . P o l yb i us x , l l -1 1 t h O l y mp i ad . A ft e r

319 olyperc honandhissonA le anderwereinc ontrolin

nditwasthew idowofA le ander C ratesipolus whosurren-

my 30 ) . Neither olyperc honnorhissonhasac oinage

emsnogood reasonwhySicyonmaynothavebeen

sinthisintervalpreviousto itscontrolby tolemy.

tolemy soc c upation c oinsarebelievedtohavebeenstruc k

other tolemymintatnear-bySic yonwouldhavebeen

N i ke C h im a er a l p is H e r a c le s .

ewasprobablynocoinageat Sicyonduringtheoccu-

30 -303B . C . nhistentativeidentif ic ationofabriefc oinage

afterhehadregainedpossessionin290B . C Mr. Newell

typetetradrachmswerestrucktherebyhim between303

edurewouldhavebeenin keepingwiththepracticeof

metrius andwemayaccordinglylookforsupportforthe

ssuesof thegroup thosehavingthestarandwreath

appearedbetween303and301B . C .

A Q 2inthee ergueofalltheissues withthestarfor

ofthosewiththe wreathsymbolshowsthattheymust

useof thistitlebythe successorsofAle anderhadbecome

nificanceinitsabandonment.Cannotthishavebeen

e uenceof thereversesincidentto psus B oth olybius

emovalandrenamingof thec itybyDemetriusaf terits

emy. Thestarsymboloc c ursontheissuesofDemetrius

orinthianHoardf romChiliomodi " inTrans of the nternationalNumismatic Congress

, p .1 04 .

46 .

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time1and thewreathisanothersymbolinwhichit would

ea referencetobenefitsreceivedbySicyonfromD emetrius

fertoa moreeasilydefensiblesituation. urther the

gly referencewouldcoveraperiodwhichwouldappro i-

ntrolof D emetrius.Additionalsupportcomesfroman

enianAgorain1935 publishedby .Schweigertin

35 , f romwhic hDr. ergusonhasdeduc ed2thatthealliance

dSicyonwhichitrecordsmustbedated latein301.

of theAtheniansoft& v r ( j .ovt6vSikuuv mvprohibits

emusthave beenagapfollowingtheoustingof the

wouldseemtohavecomeduring theuseofthe wreathas

nd21tobee plainedasduetothee igenciesof thesituation.

I . V ) .

emarkableforthedovewithinthe wreathintheleft

stinctivelySicyoniansymbol. tiscoupledwitha second

beneaththeseatof thethrone wherethissecondsymbol

yletterA.This letterrecursonfiveotherdies bearing

wh i ch b e ar B A S A Q 2 i n t h e e e r gu e . n n o ne o f t he s e

esthedelta encloseomicronasintheprecedingcoins

. V ) .

wreathusedasasymbolis intriguingandsugges-

ere e. g. Tarsus. A relationshiptotheseatedZ eusmay

i n c o nt r as t t h e fi g ur e s of l p is P I . V I I ) a n d t h e bo y o f l a te

iththee c eptionofasinglec oin thesty leise c ellent.

dten reversedies. tisunusualthat reversedie

ththreeobversedies. Twoof theobversediesc arryovertothe

I . V I ) .

ing thissymbolareconnectedwiththeNikegroup

obversediesNos.41and42 aswellasbythe carrying

.O neobversedieis usedwithnolessthan twelve

einthatthechimaera thecity sbadge isshown

ustasdidtheNikef igure. Suchauseof thec ivic emblemis

iththespread-f lantetradrac hmsofMuller sC lassV I .

lyasthisise c eptional.

mbollastedfor thelifeofless thanthreeobverse

V I I 1 94 ) , p . 12 6 n o te 3 9.

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ofSicyon

ereusedwiththe precedingNikesymbol.Thisseemsto

ngedannuallyandthatdie No.A41 startinginone

ntothesuc ceedingyear. tmighte plainthec iv ic and

ormagisterialnatureof thesymbolsofSicyon.

. V I I ) .

esymbolforthisgroup isoneofthe daintiesttobe

edie-cutterofNo.26.9 musthavebeenagiftedartist for

eusbeautifullymodelledbutthise c ellenc ee tendstothe

e cellencewhichdoesnotmarktheobversesofthe entire

P lateX V I I I ) showshowstronglyasc ulpturalproto-

portionofobverseto reversediesisgreaterthanin the

blyanindicationthatadditionalmulingsare tobee pected

olight. TheuseofdieNo. A 47 No. 26.5 w iththeHer-

snoteworthy.

I . V I I I )

therearebuttwospec imensof thetypew iththeresting

andthesearef romtwopairsofdies althoughoneobversedie

sehav ing lpisasitssymbol No. 26.5 . B utthec on-

woobversesisstartling althoughWroth indescribing

imenatthetimeof itsac uisition1saysthatNo.27.1is

thNo. 27. 2. Hefurtherstatesthat theHerak lessymbol as

ed2closelyresemblesthewell-known arneseH erculesin

tatueisa productoftheNeo-Atticschoolandis

thenian asculptorwhoprobablyflourishedtowardsthe

.C.Themotiveofthe statuehasbeenusuallytracedto

y ysippus butforthegeneraltreatment andespec ially for

muscularforms Glykon andnot ysippus mustbeheld

asmentionshav ingseenabron eH eraclesby ysippusat

itial threelettersofthemagistrate snameifwe

ofNos. 1 . 1and1 . 2.

mphora H orse shead Cornuc opiae.

31 i s. V I I I a n d X ) .

ndhelpfule planationofthesignificanceofthe

boloraspartof thetype seeA gnesB aldwinB rett The

p . 2 7 .

3 pp. 7f . No. 27. 2istheB unburyspec imen.

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avalV ic toryorSupremac yonGreekandR omanCoins in

nalNumismaticCongress L ondon 193 ) , pp.23ff. tis

bolelsewhereontheA le andercoinage norisiteasyto

ormfromothers.O neoftheseis attributedbyMr.

tofNorthern Greece. tssignificanceasindicatinga

sociationwithSicyonhardtounderstandunlessit has

rnofthe victoriousD emetrius oliorcetes.Thisisa

everalofthesetetradrachmsoccurringintheArmenak

ellashav ingbeenburiedc . 2 0. Theregalc oinsof

avebeenstruckbyhimat SicyonaredatedbyMr.Newell

trius p. 145 . Theinitia labsenc eandsubse uentreplac ement

hee erguewouldf itinwithsuc hasupposition sinc ethisusage

heregainingofthecontrolofthe SicyoniansbyD emetrius.

ortofbeingfine.Notethe apparentlybeardless

re interestingvariationsintheformofthe aphlaston.

theightreversesbythreemagistrates NO , A , andA O )

hastonw iththeamphoragroup No. 32 .

I . X ) .

ththeamphoraforsymbolarerec orded. nMr.

ow ingtoanoverlappingofhisserialnumbers theyfollow

becauseofthesharing oftheirsingleobversediewith an

sonseries Nos. 30. 3 30. 7 theyhavebeenshif tedtotheir

occurrencesoftheamphoraasasymbolon Ale ander

Myrina Temnos Sardes ellaandatmorethanone

trateA hashisinitialsonthreesuccessivegroups.

esisof continuede cellence.

os .3 3- 34 I . X ) .

eemmoree tensivethanitreally is forof thefour

verintothe cornucopiaeissuesfollowing.Thereisbuta

althoughhisinitia lsdonotoc c uronNo. 33. 1. Si reverse

efouranv ildies. B A S A Q 2 oc cursinthee ergue

adsymbolalsooccursatMagnesia.

i s .X I - X I I ) .

escarryoverfromtheprecedingseries themagis-

foundwiththecornucopiaegroup.Thisnamehasoccurred

osNike c himaera lpisandaphlaston althoughnotas

inthe lpisgroup. Thenumberof thediesandtheuseof

ronthe obversedie thisissuewiththe amphoramayhaveprecededtheaphlaston

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gbreak pointtoastepped-upcoinageandpossiblytomore

ationforthe useofthecornucopiaeassymbol.Thereisa

eableintheobversedies butthisisnot apparentforthe

2is initsc ustomarye ergualposition.

thisseriesthe beginningofaconventionwhichisdistinc-

hethrone if theseatofZ eusc anbesoc alled. O n is. and

kestheformofastoolors uarebenc h. AlthoughtheheadofZ eus

ostso theupperportionofhisbody isshownfac ing to

of hissceptre whilehislegsareturned sothattheyare

efrontofthe seat.

kenplaceatSic yonbythetimethec oinson late V

about303.Thelowerportionofthe thronehadbythat

ntialandabackhadbeenprovided increasingthedie-

re uently thepartplayedbythebac k inthecompositionis

erbymak ingitofslighterthic knessthanthelegsorbythemerest

leftuprightbeyondtherightshoulderof Z eus.Some-

together Nos.17.3and22.7 .Across-piecewhichcon-

kewisegivensummarytreatmentinmanydies whileasimi-

p whichisstructurallynecessary issometimesvisiblebehind

probleminperspectiveresults.Thedesigner aswe

ypresentingtheupper partofthefigureas supportedby

headandlegsare showninprofile.Thetreatmentofthese

theeagleandsceptrein theothermintsusingthe typesof

evarietythanisgenerally reali ed.

findsanewe pressioninthetinyfiguresof Nikewhich

prightsof thethrone-bac k . ater theybec omevery

rkingbackfromthelateroccurrencesthatonediscovers

ngthelifeof thisgroup.Anumberofthese littlefigures

enlargementsof lateX V I I I , butapowerfulglassw ill

noftheiroccurrencesfromthispointonward.Comparethe

nthestylisheldby Nikeonthegoldstatersof Sidon.1

thena outhw ithf illet D iosc uroi Trident ulmen.

I . X I I ) .

fourreversedies A71havingbeenusedwithfour

groupandA 73withone. Themagistrate X doesnot

es.Thefigureholds acornucopiaeandpatera.No.

rusHoard datedbyMr. Newellashavingbeenburied

appro imatedatingforthesetwogroups.

a t ed A l e a n de r C oi n ag e o f Si d on a n d Ak e N e w H a ve n 1 9 16 p . 2 5.

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I . X I I ) .

ccompaniesthenameO A orO A isclearlyin-

naonNos. 3 . 1and39.1. O nNos. 37. 1and37. 2 thisf igure

ightroomfordoubtthathere too A thenaisintended. The

teX V I I I ) makesthedetailsc learer. A ttentionmightbedirec ted

pearinall threevariations eveninNo.39.1wherea tiny

chedhandofthegoddess. sitnot probablethatthe

istrate sinitialsonNos.37.1-3may indicatethathewasa

ntest ncircledmonogramsarefoundbeneaththe

ndwreathedinitialsormonogramsoccurinthefield but

hthethronemayhavehadsome additionalsignificance.

withthe precedinggroupmayindicateanintervalwithout

thavetheNikefinials. neachinstance thesymbol-

whatmay beconsideredapedestalorstatue-basis.

-4 2 I . X I I I ) .

nsof thisgroupisshownfacingto 1.withcrested

ear.O ntwopiecesthereis indicationofaground-line.

buthisinitialsdo notoccuronNos.41.1and41.2.O nNo.

mareplacing Y . orthesharingof theobversedieofNo.

ferentreversesshownon I . X I I I , c onsultthedisc ussionof

p. 35 f romwhic hallthesepieceswereobtained.

os . 43 -5 7 i s. X I V - X V ) .

holdinga filletforitssymbolis notonlyoneofthe

stpu z linginthecoinageofSic yon. tsidentif ication

useofabron ecoinwiththisyouthfulfigure inthesame

en t o n l a te X V I I I ) . T he r e ve r se o f t hi s b ro n e c o in h a s a

wolettersof thecity sname.

minedfromthreeapproaches: 1 themagistrates 2

eformoftheZ eusthrone.

nnumber:NO , 0 , W5. ©. 5.1 1and& The

wehavemetpreviouslyandoverane tendedperiod. Hisname

hNikeforitssymbol onthec himaeragroup andonthose

stonandthec ornucopiae.

pis c ornuc opiae , hisaretheonly initialsfoundsofar.

aresresponsibilitiesw ithone Nike c himaera orw iththree

hesignif icanc eof thisisnotc lear. Whathistoric aldata

ve recordsconstantfactionalstrifeandNO ' snameon

spossibly tobee plainedasac onse uenceofsuc hparty

nnectionbetweensymbolandmagistratecallsfornote.

s. Nomulingshavebeenfound. ©E thesecondof the

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theseletters oined w ithapeculiarstrokeprec edingthe

bleincreaseinthe scaleofthefigureof Z eus.As

A 2 A Q 2 i s f o u nd i n t he e e r gu e o f th e f ir s t r ev e rs e . o r

therestof thisseriesandforthosewhic hfollow thistitleno

hreepairsofdies.Any attempttoseeinthis abreak

mustalsoanswerthe uery Why then didtheuseof

ue ossiblyoneof thetyrantsmentionedby lutarc h

eforomittingB A 2 A Q 2.

A... takesthreeforms fcs , pandfo> .W e

esameastheHP and - seenonthec himaeraandaphlas-

parallelstherecurrenceoftheNO initialsifthisis the

A . . . employsmorediesthananyotherof thesesi

tfourobverses butnolessthanfourteenreverses. O nthree

helarge2tobedisc ussedinc onnec tionw iththene tmagis-

sgivenhardusage sevenreversesarec oupledw ithit and

orfourdies No. 49.2seemstobethesameorarec uttingof the

added .

am2beneaththe throne.No.49.2whichhasthe

eidentic alastoreversealso. tisenc rustedsothatitis

uteventhoughotherwisethesame alarge2has been

hfulf igureinthe1. f ield. This aswehaveseen isfound

notelsewhereonthecoinage. tcanhardlybeinterpreted

Sicyon. tseemsindependentofthesymbol-figure.

eversedies whichshowac ommonobverse andthe

e A , isfoundonasingledie.

dingalong fillet hasbeenmentionedinconnection

dtheconclusionwasthattheironlyconnectionrestsin the

atSicyon.Thevaried positionsleavenodoubtthatthe

ureinaction butthereisno agreementastothesignifi-

iveorsi of thereverses abird dove ) appearsf lying

e largeinitial2 thisconnotesSicyon.On threeothers

eposition.Abirdalso appearsbeneaththethroneon

mstobe anenlargedlustrationfilletandclearlyshowsa

haveto beespeciallyprepared andsuchaprepara-

usewasritualistic.Sincethedovewasthe civicbadge

Sic yonc oinage itistemptingtoseeac onnectionof the

hebirdabove but aswehaveseen abirdalsooc c urs

ereverses obviouslywithnorelationto theyouth.

thattheyouthofficiatingin thissuggestedceremonial

mes andchosenforthatreason.Theenigmamust be

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oneofZ eusaresometimespresent sometimeslacking.

tention.Thereare21± 1varietiesrecordedforthis

esearerepresentedintheNewellCollec tionandtwoothersinthe

Storrs.Manyoftheseareof asuperiorstateofpreserva-

fMr. Newell sspec imenswasonc einthe rinc eWaldec k

tshowsc learlyadetailwhic h bec auseitsocc urrenc ehere

51B . C mayhaveusefulnessindatingitsintroduc tion

ent P lateX V I I I ) showsthatthelegsof thethroneare

es. O nthisspec imentheyfac eoutward onNos. 55. 1and

her. legfac esto1. Whenac oinisworn asisNo. 52.1 itis

srewhichwayitdoesfac e. Asw illbeseen this c onven-

emstobec omeatothermints lastedforbutf ivediesatSicyon.

.5 9- 62 I . X V I ) .

ffers fromthosewhichhavepreceded P is.X I I -

s h e is t r ai l in g h er s p ea r a n d on i t a t in y ow l i s pe r ch e d. H e l m e t

f ig u re i s t hr e e- u a rt e rs f a ci n g S e e l a te X V I I I ) . T h re e

, 0 andO A . Thelast-namedwehavemetpreviously

soassoc iatedw ithanA thenaforsymbol. Thereis however

hichallusionhas beenmadeandMr.Newell splacement

eagleandthepositionofthe spear.A isrepresentedby

bversewhichis takenoverbyandusedwithfour more

thesymbolissmallanddainty andthedie-workmanshipis

o60. 6 alldetailsinc ludingbothsymbolandNikesareincreased

is decidedlyinferior.

helmetandtrailingspear butw ithshieldshowninthe

erspectiveasheretoforeisconnectedwithA asmagis-

esofonly fair uality.

I . X V I I ) .

mwiththemountedD ioscuroiforsymbolandAA

edbya singlepairofdies.The absenceofthee ergual

hesi eof theNikesc onf irmitsplacementhere. Thirty -three

ohavebeenfoundinthe atrasHoard c f . laterdisc ussion

tracednumberonlythree

I .X V I ) .

obversedie representthetenureofthemagistracy

symbol anornatetrident oc c urslater—withA A and0 .

thethronesupportslarge almostobtrusiveNikes. TheNike

ger— thecompanioniscrowdedbetweentheheadof

sc eptre.

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tofthistypein theseriesisambiguous.Thetreatment

k inontheobverse c f . w ithNo. 59.1 , andofdetailssuchas

figuresof thereversehavenecessitateditsbeinglocated

-66 I .X V I I )

supward seemsseparatedintimefromNos.

edasmagistrateprev iously—here hehasoneobverse

occursintheprecedinggroupaswell aswiththeyouth

totwoobversedies.Comparealso thetetradrachmC

wherethereisverygreatdisparitybetweentheworkmanshipofob-

riety liketheO lympianH oardpiecesshownonthe

oma eloponnesianHoardofwhic honlyasmallsec tionwas

yleofthe obversedieisutterlydifferentfromanything

cyon. Thereverse too isstrange—notethetreatmentof

misunderstoodcuttingofthe throne-back.Theweight

I . X V I I ) .

arentlythelastoftheissues withAle andertypesfor

rates I andA . O n No. 69.2 theletter0appearstotheleftof

naddedtothedie usedwithNo.69.1.Thesecondmagistrate

rsedieswhichhadbeenusedbyhis predecessor butwith

le reverse.Thisreverseisdoublyremarkable.The

sthebrowofZ euswiththewingof Nikeisbarelyvisible

sonNo. 70. 1ite tendsfromtheleftrimofthedietotheinitial

A NA O Y . Thee ergueprov idesfurtherpec uliarities.

letter 0belowthecross-strokeofanalpha orpossiblya

wef indwhatlookslikeA A w iththec ross-strokeof the

rst sofaintasto suggestthatitmayhavebeencut

ythecuttingofthe firstletter scross-stroke.

tirecoinageis reproducedon I .X I I I fromacast.

theA thensMuseum. Thesymbolisafulmen c losely

adrac hmon I . X V I I . Themonogramorletterbeneath

crusted inconse uenceitisdifficultto statewhetheror

ntheletterTwhichdoes seemclear.ANiketothe left

iscernible. Drac hmswithA le ander stypesatthisperiod

Greeceproper.

O AR D S

hareof importanceindatingtheSicyonAle anders.

ardhasalreadybeenmentionedasf i ingthedateofGroup

rdwasdiscoveredin1905. trec eivedc arefulstudyby

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rst publication 1912 inamoredetailedconsideration

hownthatthisgreattreasuremusthavebeendepositedinthe

nse uently thec oinsinourGroup , sinc ethelatestof them

hshoard mustbedatedbefore31 B . C .

a r d 1 9 27 N o e6 7 . T hi s h oa r d s u mm ar i e d i n a no t e

e secondeditionoftheB ibliographyofGreekCoin

n asternSeleuc idMints p. 23 w ithaddeddata. Mr.

c . 2 0B . C musthaverec eivedc arefulchec kingforthis

mberof ysimac hustetradrac hmswhichitc ontained none

sissues isabasis forthisdating.Thishoardcontained

thesymbols lpis aphlastonandc ornuc opiae Nos.

. Sinc ethesemustc omebeforec . 2 0B . C theaphlastontype

havesomeimplic ationofDemetrios oliorc etes re-

0.Mr.Newellassignsgold andsilverissuesinthe name

onmintfor thisyear.

lconnotationofa navalvictoryhasanallusionthat

aHoardprov idesmorec omplic ationsthanhelpfulnessforthis

ndpublishedbyMr. Newellin1929 itc ontainedalong

e ns A eg i na B o e o t ia y s im a ch u s an d t he t o le m ie s a n d I ,

fAle anderandfivedrachms.AmongthesewereNos.

Nos. 69 6 and72ofMr. Newell slistofc oinsinthishoard .

72 wasunpublished andMr. Newellc ommentsonthelate-

aththethrone.H ealsopointedoutthat twoother

o. 7 0 o ur A on I . X I I I ) w it h ab ee f or i ts s ym bo l an d I Y

d a n ot h er N o . 71 o u r B o n I . X I I I ) , w i th a c h ar i ot e er i n a

dw ith beneaththethrone haveobversediesidentic al

hesehesuggestedmaybelongto anothermint—possibly

ons A alonehasB A 2 A Q 2 inthee ergue andalthough

nthe throne neitheroftheothertwo does.Thetickets

cationthat Mr.Newellhadreachedamoredefinite

nmentafterpublishingthis hoard.No.73inthis same

n. tssymbolwouldalignitw ithourNo. 17. 1 butc om-

ot belongthere forthisstaris seven-pointedwhilethat

urthermore thistetradrac hmhastheNikesonthethrone

nottakenplacewhen17.1 wasstruck.Mr.Newell

sSicyonpieces. fhisconclusionbeaccepted wemust

chmswiththeNikefinialsarenot necessarilyallSicyonian.

5-225B . C c onfirmstheevidenceof the atrasHoardasto

nianissues.

onographsNo.19.

ndMonographsNo. 7 .

o.1.

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ard. Thisimportanthoardisdesc ribedin1 52inaletter

bishedintheNumismatic Chronic lein1 54. tmay

thatMuller correctlyassignedmanyoftheAle ander-

yonsinc ehispublicationwasprintedin1 55. fhis

ent thishoardprovidedvaluableconfirmation.Mr.

ptionenablesafairlycloseidentification andalistof the

edasverywellpreserved.Amongthepiecesless

tha c lub forsymboland< E >I beneaththronemightbea

Nos. 67. 1-5 althoughapiecelistedasw ithout makes

f hilipAridaeusareprobablyfromB abylon.Asingle

monogramisprobablyfromtheAmphipolismint.O ther

rMiletus 1 ella ? ) andAmphipolis.2

s struckat c batana isdatedbyMr. Newellc . 2 0.

eacc eptedinterpretationofhoards weshoulde pec tto

the varietiesalsothelatestofthe issues.H ence the

ecededbytheissue withtheD ioscuroiandthat inturn

et. A nd broadlyspeaking thisisthewaythatMr.

forthefulmenandtrident groupsareprobablyshorter

onwouldthereforebelessnumerous.

rachmswiththeDiosc uroisymbols No. 63 isc orrec tly

onesuspec tsdittography —wehaveaninterestingillustration

cientcoins forMr.Newellsucceededinlocatingonly

riety.

m . Ch ro n. 1 5 4 p . 34 .

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hasbeenarrangedtoemphasi ethedif ferenc ebetweenthesub-

earontheAle andrinetetradrachmsofSicyonandthose

hisperiod.Thesesymbolshaveaclosersimilarityto

mporaneouslyonthestatersofCorinththantothe sym-

A le anders.

of H eracles No.27 tothe arneseH erculeshas

ormofmanyofthe othersymbolssupportsthesugges-

e beenderivedfromstatuesatSicyon.Toenablethe

fectively theseenlargementshavebeenbroughttogether.

tto associatethesefigureswithknownstatues—this is

etfor thiswork.D iscussionsofthereferencestotemples

ausanias andc ontroversiesregardingtheworkat ysip-

c ulptorslocatedinthisc ity wouldmakeasi ablelist.

deto linkanyofthesesymbolswiththe tyrantswhose

arch1inhisbiographyofAratus.

esymbolsis civicratherthanpersonal acondition

edduringcontrolofSicyonbytyrantswhosefealtytoMace-

gonusGonatasmusthaveflowedandebbedwithhis

backs.Adherencetohiscausemayhavebeeninduced

essions butthebalancebetweentheabsentee-overlordship

nceoftheciti ensmusthavemadethelot ofanyof

py.

alissueofAle andertypesatSicyonpresentsdiffi-

h s L ifeofA ratus welearnthenamesof fourindiv iduals

Sic yonprevioustoits oiningtheA c haean eague.

desand leinias thefatherofAratus werechosenchief

craticgovernmentafterthemurderof leon their

ngtheyear264 2thedemocracywasoverthrownby

astyrantuntilashort timebeforetheentranceofSicyon

51 . tisc ommonlybelievedthatA ntigonusGonatasmain-

andof otherGreekcitiesinthe eloponnesuseither

doniansoldiersorbysubsidi ingtyrantswhoreliedon

Tarn however c itesthetoleranc ebyAntigonusof this

etweenc.274and264asan indication thathesoughtno

oponnesus andwasnotestablishingtyrantsforamusement. 3

d. V o l . 11 p . 5.

. W . T a r n A n ti g on o s Go n at a s O x f o rd 1 9 13 p . 3 61 .

p . 2 7 .

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dac uiesceintheSic yoniandemoc rac y itisdif f ic ultto

avebeena coinageofMacedoniantypesduringitsbrief

forthetyrantsit ismucheasiertothink thatacceptanceof

mayhaveinvolvedthecontinuanceofthecustomary

bli ueacknowledgmentoftheconnection.Reasonable

ayseem wemustadmitthatthec oinageofA le andrine

toppedwiththeestablishmentofthedemocracy and

coinsontheplates fromNo.43onwardarefairlyhomo-

rrupted.Suchdetailsasthedroppingof theNikesfrom

ac k Cf . is. X I V andX V ) andtheirsubse uentreplac e-

gnificanceinthis connection.Thesymbolyouthwith

lsymbolandmightbeconsideredappropriateforthe

ereitnotthat themaintypeis Macedonian.

beenconvincedthatthecoinageof Ale andertypes

theunionw iththeA c haean eague. 1 f thiswashis

e-interpretationofthesubsidiarysymbolsforthiscoinage

.W ehavenotedthatthesesymbolsare littleshortof

dowehavethe youthwithfilletasa typeforcontem-

thec ity butthedove whichisalsounmistakablySicyonian

19 , aswellasinc on unc tionw iththeyouthw ithf illet

V ) . Theaphlastonappearsonthec oinageasasymbolatatime

onwithD emetrius oliorcetesaprobableratherthan

nyofthesesymbolshavel ittleofapersonalnature— the

meter H eracles lpisandNikec ouldhardlybepersonal

esponsibilityforthecoinageisindicatedbymonograms

ytheH eracles-Zeustype wasnolongerconsideredMace-

an-Hellenic significancemayhavebeenacceptedby

nnesianc itiestoane tentgreaterthanwehavereali ed.

theadoptionofA le andertypesbytheA etolian eagueboth

ortheobverseofthe silverissuecommemoratingtheir

nlesssomeothere planationc anbefound wemust

ofAle andertypesatSicyonmayhavestoppedbefore251.

derin thearrangementheresubmitted itwouldcom-

orter intervaloftime.

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32

o. 3 0 w it h AO , N o. 2 9 w it h H P o r - , N o. 3 1 w it h NO , N o. 2

o . 59 w i th 0 , N o . 60 w i th O A N o . 61 w i th r o un d s hi e ld w i th

A i n w r ea t h N o . 37 w i th O A , N o . 3

thO A , No. 39

r an d is h in g s pe a r N o . 4 1 w i th Y , N o . 40 w i th , N o . 42

N o .5 1 w i th 0 o r f f N o . 5 3 w i th W , N o s. 4 5 5 4 w i th R ,

N o . 25 w i th N O , N o .2 4

No. 35 w ithwreathenclosingdoveandA No. 19

, No. 4

it h X E o r X , N o. 36

w i th A A , N o .6 3

andc ornuc opiae No. 19

6

w i th A N o . 6 w i t h A . No s . 7 ; w i th A t a nd A A N o . 70 w i th f i i an d

N os . 67 6 9. 1 w it h I a nd 0 N o. 6 9. 2.

6

N o . 27

o. 3 3 w it h A , N o. 3 4

w ithO A , No. 39

ewreathwithA No. 22 w ithNO , No. 23

suppliant andA . No. 10

u pp l ia n t N o s. 4 5

ithA No. 17 w ithA andNo. 1

o.5

thAA No.64 withAand0 , No.66 with0 , No.65

0 2 1 w i th y ou t h an d W , N o . 55

w ithA andcornucopiae No. 19

ithA thena fac ing No. 37

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N o. 5 7 w it h ft N o. 5 6 w it h fl , N o. 4 4 w it h U 5 N o. 4 6 w it h 5

N o .4 7 w i th 2 a n d 2 ? ) , N o .4 9 .2 w i th 2 a n d U P , N o . 5 0 w i t h

w ithwreathandt# No. 55 w ithbirdand< D No. 51 w ith

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