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THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC

SOCIETY

MUSEUM NOTES

XII

THE

AMERICAN NUMISMATIC

SOCIETY

NEW YORK

1966

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CONTENTS

ANCIENT

Margaret

Thompson.

Some

Noteworthy

Greek Accessions

i

Dorothy H. Cox. Gordion

Hoards

III, IV,

V and VII

19

Margaret Thompson.

A Hoard fromNorthernGreece

57

J. Peter Stein. Trinummus 65

Mando Caramessini-Oeconomides.

On

a

Hoard

of Plated

Ro-

man

Coins

71

Mando Caramessini-Oeconomides.

An

Unpublished

Consular

Solidus

of

Justinian

75

Joan

M.

Fagerlie. Roma Invicta

-

A New Follis

of

Justinian

79

Alfred

R.

Bellinger.

Byzantine

Notes

83

MEDIAEVAL ND

MODERN

Margaret

Thompson. The

Monogram

of

Charlemagne

n

Greek

125

George

C. Miles.

The

Ferreira

Collection of

Visigothic

Coins

129

Paul

Bedoukian.

Coins of the

Baronial

Period

of

Cilician

Armenia

(1080-1198)

139

Henry Grunthal. Selected

Items from he

Donald

J. Rogasner

Collection ofEarly Dated European Coins 147

ORIENTAL

Raymond

J.

Hebert.

Notes on

an

Umayyad

Hoard from

Khurāsān

157

George

C. Miles. A Hoard

of

Kakwayhid

Dirhems

165

Harry W.

Hazard. Late

Medieval

North

Africa: Additions

and

Supplementary

Notes

195

David M.

Lang.

Coins of

Georgia

in Transcaucasia

(Acquired

by

the American Numismatic

Society

1953-1965)

223

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A

HOARD FROM NORTHERN

GREECE

(Plates XXII-XXVI)

Margaret

Thompson

Late in the

spring

of

1965

a

hoard of

36

second-century

tetra-

drachms came into the hands of a New York dealer. It contained

the

following

ssues:1

ATHENS

Obv.

Head of

Athena Parthenos r.

Rev.:

AGE Owl on

amphora

within

wreath of olive.

*1.

J5

M

with

kerchnos and bakchos.

16.71

gm.

f

T. 6

(new reverse)

195/4

b.c.

*2. Same.

16.71 gm.

f

T. 6

(new reverse)

3. E N withcornucopiae.Cf.T. 13-14 (newobverse

and

reverse)

193/2

*4.

&

R

with club.

16.56

gm.

f

T. 20

(new

reverse)

191/0

*5.

Same.

16.70 gm.

f

T.

23

(new

reverse)

6.ÜIE

with

trophy.

16.42

gm.

t

T.

37c

188/7

7.

Same.

T.

41

(new

reverse)

*8. Same.

16.37

t

T.

46

(new

reverse)

9.

Same.

T.

48c

*10. W

$

with

caps

of

Dioscuri.

16.45

gm-

t

T.

61

(new reverse) 186/5

*11.

Siti

with

cicada;

amphora

letter uncertain.

16.51

gm.

t

T.

66e

185/4

1

References

n the

isting

re

to M.

Thompson,

heNew

tyle

ilver

oinage

f

Athens

NS 10)

New

York,

1961;

A.

Mamroth,

Die Silbermünzen

es

Königs

Perseus/'

fN

1928;

H.

Gaebler,

ie antiken ünzen

Nord-Griechenlands

III1,

Berlin,

906.

Coins

eproduced

n

the

plates

re ndicated

y

asterisks.

wenty-nine

e-

tradrachms

ere

cquired y

the

ANS and all

except

No.

6 are

illustrated.

Seven ther

ieces

had

been

oldbefore

he

hoard ame o the

Society;

hoto-

graphs

f

hese re

on file ut

only

wo

of

Nos. 2 and

23)

became

vailable n

time or nclusionntheplates.

I

am

ndebted o Theodore

.

Buttrey,

r.

or nformationbout

hehoard

and

preliminary

egotiationseading

o its

acquisition.

57



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58 A.N.S. MUSEUM NOTES

*12.

Same;

M

(?)

on

amphora.

16.19

Sm-

t

T.

70b

*13.

|*|

with

serpents;

B

on

amphora.

15.72 gm.

f

T.

77e 184/3

*14.

/St&

with

herm;

amphora

letter

uncertain.

16.84 gm-

t

T. 86

(new reverse)

183/2

*15.

Same;

amphora

letter uncertain.

16.76 gm.

f

T.

87 (new reverse)

*16. Same; amphora letter uncertain. 16.57 §m- t

T. 88

(new

reverse)

*17.

Same;

amphora

letter

uncertain.

16.82

gm.

f

T.

92 (new

reverse)

*18.

AMMQ-AIO

with

kerchnos;

A below

amphora.

16.29 gm-

t

T.

99 (new reverse)

182/1

BYZANTIUM

Obv. Head of deifiedAlexander r.

Rev. BAZIAEQZAYZIMAXOY Athena seated 1. withspearand shield,

holding

Nike;

BY

on

throne;

trident n

exergue.

*19.

ft

nner 1. field. 16.81

gm.

f

ca. 180-160 b.c.

*20.

jĚ*

inner 1. field.

16.43 gm.

'

ca. 180-160

THASOS

Obv. Head

of

young

Dionysus

r.

Rev.

HPAKAEOYI IQTHPOI ©A21ÖNHeracles

standing

with lion's

skin and club.

*21. inner1.field.

16.57 gm-

t

ca. 180 b.c.

PHILIP v

Obv. Head of hero Perseus 1. on Macedonian shield.

Rev. BAZIAEQZ DIAITTTTOY

lub

withinwreath of oak.

*22.

outer 1. field.

16.46 gm.

/

ca.

210-190

b.c.

PERSEUS

Obv. Head of Perseus r.

Rev. BAZIAEñZFTEPZEfìZ

agle

on fulmenwithinwreath of oak

;

in

exergue, plough.



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HOARD FROM NORTHERN GREECE 59

*23.

Î

above,

Ml

r.,

O between

legs.

17.10

gm.

f

M. 8

178-174

b.c.

*24.

Same

and

from

he same obverse

die as No.

23.

16.82

gm.

'

(11

a.

m.)

*25.

K

above,

fa

r.,

fa

between

legs.

15.48 gm.

f

M.

22

170-168

*26.

bP

above,

fa

r.,

Al

between

legs.

15.44

gm-

t

M.

25

170-168

*27. Same and from hesame obverse and reversedies

as

No. 26.

15.38

gm.

f

28.

€

above,

fa

r.,

N

between

legs;

same obverse

die

as

Nos.

26-27.

M.

19b

170-168

*29.

ī

above,

fa r.,

N

between

legs. 15.39

gm.

f

Cf. M.

23

with

fa

between

legs

170-168

MACEDONIA NDER

THE ROMANS

Obv.

Head of Artemisr. on Macedonian

shield.

Rev. MAKEAONßNTTPßTHZ lub withinwreathof oak ; to1.,fulmen.

*30.

[£]

above.

16.76

gm.

-*■

.

163

158-149

b.c.

*31.

Same

and from he

same obverse die

as No.

30.

16.16

gm.

->

*32.

Same

and from he same obverse

and reverse

dies

as

No.

31.

16.95

gm.

*33-

I-P

above.

17.02 gm.

f

G.

162

158-149

34.

bp

above,

N below. G.

167

158-149

*35-

fPE

bove,

£

and

psp

elow.

16.33

gm.


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6o A.N.S. MUSEUM NOTES

small findsfrom

Macedonia have been

reported during

the

past

few

years

and our lot

may

well be another ection of a

published

hoard.

Three

possibilities

re worth

mentioning

1. A

pot

hoard

fromKilkis

(

BCH

1962, 422)

with 1

Macedonian

tetrobolof the

time of

Philip

V

and

3

Athenian

tetradrachms

of

192/1,181/0

nd

180/79.

2. A

tetradrachmhoard fromBeroea

in

Macedonia

{Arch.

Deltion

1963, 4) with i Thasos of the M issue and 4 Athens of

194/3,

179/8

nd

172/1

2).

3.

A tetradrachm

hoard from

Macedonia

{Arch.

Deltion

1963, 4)

with i Thasos of

the

ZJ

ssue and 11 Athens

of

196/5,181/0,

179/8,178/7

2),

177/6, 76/5

2),

175/4,172/1

nd

171/0.

In

the Deltion article Mme. Varoucha

suggests

that

these three lots

may

come from

single deposit

but she

emphasizes

that the tetra-

drachms

from

Beroea were

in

good

to FDC

condition,

which os-

tensibly ets themapart from he other hoard coins underconsider-

ation. The Kilkis

Hoard

is

said to have been

a

pot

burial

containing

tetrobol as well as

tetradrachms;

there

s no

mention of

a

vase or of

fractional ilver in

connection with the

other

hoards. This is

by

no

means conclusive

but

it

does

point

to

a

separate deposit.

On the other

hand our hoard

and

the thirdMacedonian hoard above

are

possibly

two

parts

of

a

single

lot. Both contain

Thasian tetra-

drachms

of the

¿i

issue

in

closely comparable

condition,

and

both

have

early

Athenian

material,

gain markedly

imilar n

preservation.

The uncertainty s to the exact findspot n both cases is suggestive,

and

the ntervalbetween the

appearance

of one lot of coins in Athens

and the arrival of another ot

in

New

York is not excessive. Even if

these

two

lots

are

combined,however,

there

s

still no assurance that

the record s

complete.

On the

contrary,

he more

extensive the

pere-

grinations

of the

hoard,

the

greater

the

possibility

that choice items

were abstracted

along

the

way.

The three

oinages

which

comprise

he

bulk

of

the

hoard as

we know

it are those of

Athens, Perseus,

and Macedonia under the Romans.

These presentno particularproblemsof attribution or chronology.

The

Athenian issues cover

the

period 195/4-182/1,

r

196/5-171/0

f

the third Macedonian hoard of the Athens Museum

is

part

of our



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deposit.

All

specimens

on record

here show considerable

wear. The

Perseus coins are

in

better

condition,

and the

regional

strikings

f

Macedonia

are in

very good

to FDC state

of

preservation.

Nos.

19-21

are

of

greater

nterest

n

that

they represent

ssues of

uncertain date

and their

appearance

in the hoard

has

chronological

implications.

The

Lysimachi

of

Byzantium

belong

to

a

long

series

for

which we

have as

yet

fewfixed

points.

n

the

Babylon

Hoard,3

buried

ca. 155,there were three pecimens n fairto good condition.The one

reverse llustrated

by

Regling

shows about

the same wear as our coins

and the ssues of the

two

hoards are

fairly

lose

in

style.

A

general

date

of 180-160 would seem reasonable

forNos.

19-20. They

are in rather

better condition than the

Perseus

series,

but

this

may

be fortuitous.

The third

Thracian

coin,

No. 21 of

Thasos,

shows

about

the same

amount of

wear as the earlier issues of Perseus

and

definitely

more

wear than the

regional

tetradrachms.

t must

have been

struck

before

146

B.c.,

the traditional date for the

beginning

of the

spread-flan

coinageof Thasos. Withinrecentyearsseveral hoards have cast doubt

on the

validity

of the

customary

Thasian

chronology4

nd

the

present

deposit provides

additional evidence

for evision.After

Cynoscephalae

Thasos

regained

its

independence

but

by

188/7 Philip

V

had reoc-

cupied

the Thracian cities

and it

was

not

until ca.

183

that he

was

forced

o

comply

with

Rome's

demand

for withdrawalof the Mace-

donian

garrisons.5

n all

probability

Thasos

began

its new

coinage

soon after

Philip's troops

had evacuated

the area.

Of all the hoard coins the most

significant

s the tetradrachmwith

Perseus head and club types (No. 22). This is an issue which s gener-

ally assigned

to

Andriscuson the basis of

an

article

by

Gaebler

in the

Zeitschrift

f

1902.

There Gaebler

called attention to a

series

of

tetradrachms hat differed rom he usual emissions

of

Philip

V in the

rendering

f the club and oak

wreath,

the absence

of

monograms

nd

s

K.

Regling,

Hellenistischerünzschatz

us

Babylon,

fN

1928,

04.

4

M.

Thompson,

A Hoard from

hessaly,

MN

XI,

79i.

and

thetwohoards

published y

Mme.Varouchan theDeltion f

1963

see

p.

60).

Mme.Varoucha

commentshat heAthens oards

may

ubstantiateheview hat hisThasian

series

oes

back o 168b.c.

t

seems o me hat he missions

egan

ven

arlier,

ca. 180

b.c.,

whichs thedate

given ¿1

coin nList 220ofMünzen ndMedail-

len March, 962).

«

Polybius

XXII. 6 and

XXIII.8.

*

H.

Gaebler,

Zur

Münzkunde

akedoniens,

fN

1902,

52ft.



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62 A.N. S. MUSEUM NOTES

symbols

on the

reverse,

nd

the

appearance

of

a

beardless nstead of

a

bearded head on the

Macedonian

shield of the obverse. One of the dies

used

for

this

coinage,

according

to

Gaebler,

was

a

retooled die

of

the

LEG

MAKEAONQN ssue of

149

b.c. Gaebler concluded

that the

atypi-

cal tetradrachmswere struck

not

by Philip

V

but

by

the

pretender

Andriscus,

who defeated the Romans

in

149,

adopted

the

name and

title

of

his

supposed grandfather

Philip,

and

controlled

Macedonia

until he was overthrown y Rome in 148.

Our coin

belongs

to

the Andriscus

series. The head

on the

ob-

verse

s

beardless

and

the

only

marking

n

the

reverse

s

the

monogram

%

which

s inscribed

to the leftof

the wreath ties.

This

combination

is

new to the

Andriscus

coinage,

but other tetradrachms of the

series have

a

single

letter

or

monogram

n

the

outer left

field.7The

noteworthy

eatureof our

coin,

however,

s

that it is

among

the most

wornof

the

hoard

pieces.

It

cannot

possibly

be

later than the

splendid-

ly-preserved

xamples

of the

Macedonian

regional

coinage

and hence

it cannot be an issue of Andriscus. It must have been struck by

Philip

V

and

probably

struck

during

the

earlier

part

of

his

reign.

A

survey

of material

readily

available at the American Numismatic

Society

throws urther oubt on

Gaebler's

attribution.8

he

long

reign

of

Philip

V

(220-179)

is

represented

by

16

Athena tetradrachms

rom

4

obverse dies and

22 club tetradrachms

from

13

obverse

dies;

the

single

year

ofAndriscus

by 29

club

tetradrachms rom

5

obverse

dies.

Clearly something

s

wrong

here.

One also findsthat the

stylistic

difference

n

the treatment

of the

reverse type is not as clear-cut as Gaebler implies. Some of the

Andriscus coins have clubs and

wreaths

very

similar o

those

of the

regular

Philip

issues;

the

clumsy rendering

on other reverses

may

simply

be the

output

of

nept

diecutters,

perhaps

working

nder

pres-

7

Gaebler escribedhe Andriscus

money

s

having

either

monograms

or

symbols.

While t

is

true hatmuch f the

coinage

s

unmarked,

here re a

numberfdieswith

M

outside hewreath. coin

n

the

Berry

ollectionSNG

388)proves pon

loser xaminationo havethe

monogram

Í

in

the uter eft

field ndthe ame ombinations

probable

n

Naville

etrad

achm

XV,

1930,

542).

Another

iece,

n

Copenhagen

SNG

1308),

has

hi

an


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sure

to

supply

a war

coinage.

As forthe

retooling,

which

s

Gaebler's

strongest

rgument,

ne would

have to examine

the

coin itself o

see

how

firm he evidence

is for etters

under the

King

Philip legend.9

Judging

from

he line

drawing

n the

Zeitschrift

rticle,

the

marking

in

the

outer

eft

field,

described

as remains

of the central

part

of the

stylized

fulmen

of the

LEG MAKEAONQN

die,

may

be

nothing

more

than

a

worn

monogram

on

an

Andriscus

issue.

A comprehensive eappraisal of theclub coinage in the ightof new

evidence

should

determine

whether

or not

any

part

of

it can

be at-

tributed

to

Andriscus.

If,

as seems

highlyprobable,

it

all

belongs

to

Philip

V,

the

evolutionarypattern

s

logical

and

consistent

first he

head

of

Perseus on

the obverse

and

no

control

marks on the

reverse,

then the

head of

Perseus

and

a

single

etteror

monogram,

nd

finally

the head of

Philip

in

the

guise

of

Perseus

and

a

complex

system

of

monograms

and

symbols.

The

constitution

f the hoard

is of some

interest

but

since

there

s

no certaintythat we are dealing with an intact find, t would be

unwise to

put

any

stress on

composition

as

indicative

of economic

conditions

within

the

region

of

interment.

For

what

the evidence

is

worth,

here

eems to

have

been

a

substantial

mportation

f

Athenian

coinage

down

to the

time

of Perseus

and

possibly

through

his

reign.

After

170

the new

currency

circulating

n

the

area

was

almost

ex-

clusively

Macedonian:

first

he

pre-Pydna

ssues of Perseus

and

then,

after

n

interval of

ten

years

during

which ittle

or

no new

money

was

available,

the

regional

tetradrachms

f the

Roman

period.

Four

issues

of this ast seriesare represented.Ofthese,onlythe[£]coinshave any

appreciable

wear

and even

they

cannot

have

circulated

for

many

years,

which

points

to

a

burial

date

around

150

b.c. or

shortly

here-

after.

Perhaps

Andriscus

did have

some

connection

with our

hoard

after ll.

9

n

this onnection

t

might

e

noted hat

Gaebler

was

almost

ertainly rong

about nother

upposedly

etooled

ie

n the

ate Macedonian

eries.

he evi-

dencewas

presented

y

Pierre

MacKay

n a

paper

ead t the

Annual

Meeting

of he

Archaeological

nstitute f

America

n

December,

962

abstract

n the

A

JA

1963,

14).MacKay's

tudy

f

he

Macedonian

oinage

f

158-149,

egun

during heANS Summereminar f1962,hasnotyetbeenpublished.



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