Ancient Coins of Greck Cities and Kings; From Various Collections Principally in Great Britain

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1831. Excerpt: ... ADADA In PISIDIA. Laureated head of Jupiter. Rev. AAAAE. Victory erecting a trophy. AE 3. Plate V, n. 18. (Mr. Hamilton. ) Adada, according to Ptolemy, was in Pisidia, to the East of Seleucia (i); but the precise situation is unknown. The present coin, with the inscription AAAAE, may be referred to this city; and at the same time, it confirms one hitherto unnoticed, with the same legend and types, in the Pembroke Collection (2). It is doubtful whether a coin of the emperor Valerian, described by the Abbe Belley (3), is of Adada. From the legend AAA..E12N, it may be of Adana, and this explanation is the most probable, on account of the solitary letters IB usually seen on Gilician coins. DIOCiESAREA a CILICIA. AAPIANflN. Head of Mercury with the caduceus. Rev. AIOKAI2APEHN. A vine branch with cluster of grapes. AE 3. Plate V, n. 19. (Mr. Hamilton.) From the portrait of Hadrian, who is represented in the character of Mercury, probably the chief divinity of the Dioeaesareans, this rare coin may be assigned to the reign of that emperor, from whom the city received the title of Hadriana. The primitive name of Diocaesarea (4) is not recorded by ancient authors. Perhaps it was called Cennates, the same name as the people and district of which it formed the capital. On the coins of Diocae (I) Lib. V, cap. 5. (2) Pars II, tab. I. In all the editions of Strabo, we find kSitiirt,, (3) Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lett res, Upions, instead of which Wesseling very properly tom. XLII, pag. 53. proposed to read kS&Sa., TipLppMa. Lib. XII, 570. (4) Mioirhrt, tome III, pag. 577. sarea (i) we find it entitled MHTPoiroi« KENNATilN. The KewaTei? were perhaps the same as the Kaxeweu; of Strabo (2), whose text has been altered by copists. The name of Diocaesarea was...