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AND
MONOGRAPHS
No.
21
ALEXANDER HOARDS
ANDRITSAENA
BY
EDWARD T. NEWELL
THE AMERICAN
NUMISMATIC
SOCIETY
BROADWAY
AT
I
5
6TH
STREET
NEW YORK
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ALEXANDER
HOARDS
III. ANDRITSAENA
BY
EDWARDT. NEWELL
THE
AMERICAN
UMISMATIC
OCIETY
BROADWAY
T
56TH
TREET
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1
THE
ANDRITSAENA
HOARD
By
Edward T. Newell
This
small but
interesting
oard
is
stated o have been
foundnear
Andrit-
saena
in
the
Peloponnesus
nd was of-
fered or sale
by
an
Athenian
ntiquity
dealer
early
in
March of
1923.
How
long
before his t had been
found,
e
do
notknow. It was
entirely
ue to the n-
terest and active interventionf
Mr.
Sydney
P.
Noe,
who
chancedto be
in
Athens
t the
time,
hat
the
Philip
and
Alexander
portion
f
the
findwas se-
cured
ntact,
s
well
as casts
of
many
f
the
remaining
oeotian,
Eginetan,
icy-
onian,
nd
Olympian
taters.
No further
articulars
oncerning
he
hoard,
r
the circumstances
urrounding
its discovery,re at present vailable.
As it
had
passed through
t least two
hands before
reaching
the
Athenian
dealer,
t
was
found
mpossible
o secure
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ALEXANDER HOARDS
any
further
nformation.
All
we
can
definitelytate is that it was certainly
found
n
the
Peloponnesus
nd that
all
the
specimens
fferedo
and secured
y
thedealerhave been seen.
Whether
he
find as
originallyarger
s
not
definitely
known,
ut
the
person
fromwhomthe
dealer
acquired
his
portion
s said to
have made
the
vague
statementhat
he
believed herewere a
few
more
pieces.
None,
however,
ere seen
n
Athens e-
fore he end ofMay,1923.As the con-
tents f the hoardmake
well rounded
out
whole,
t is
quite
possible
hat
we
possess
t
in
its
entirety.
At
any
rate,
t
is well worth
ublishing.
As a
whole,
hecoins
n
thishoard
re
exceedingly
well
preserved.
Not
only
was their
riginal
wner
pparently
ery
particular
with
regard
o
the condition
of the
pieces
which
he
added
to his sav-
ings,
uttime lso
has dealt
kindly
with
the little reasure ntrusted o its not
always
tender are.
When
found,
he
majority
f
our
coins were but
slightly
oxidized,
omenot at all. This oxidiza-
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ANDRITS
AEN A
3
tion
has
proved
asily
removable,
s has
also thefawn-coloredarth rclaywhich
originally
ncrusted ll
of
the coins.
With hree
xceptions,
eserved or
pos-
sible
future
eference,
ll of the
Philips
and
Alexanders ave now been cleaned.
The
weights
f the
Boeotian,
Eginetan,
Sicyonian,
nd
Olympian
taterswere
not
scertained,
ut hose f the
remain-
der are
given
below.
PHILIP
II
OF
MACEDON,
59-336
.C.
Mint of Amphipolis.
1
Tetradrachm.
Obv. Laureate head of Zeus to r.
Rev.
MAinnOY.
Youthful
rider
wearing
illet
nd
holding
alm
branch,
on horseback
o r. Beneath
foreleg.
ROSE.
Mller,
o.
75.
VG.
gr.14.47.
2
Tetradrachm.
Obv. Similar.
Rev. Similar. Beneath
horse,
ee
and
STERN.
Mller,
o.
197.
F.
gr.
14.32.
3
Tetradrachm.
Obv.
Similar.
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ALEXANDER
HOARDS
Rev. Similar. Beneath
horse,
ee
and
DOUBLEEAD.
Mller,
o.
2701.
F.
gr.14.435*
Plate
.
4
Tetradrachm.
Similar
o the
preceding.
F.
gr.
4.38.
5
Tetradrachm.
Obv. Similar.
Rev. Similar.
Beneath
horse,
double
head.
Mller,
o.
269.
VF.
gr. 14-535-
6 Tetradrachm.
Obv. Similar.
Rev. Similar. Beneath foreleg,dou-
ble
head.
Mller,
o.
269.
VG.
gr.
14.375.
7
Tetradrachm.
Obv. Similar.
Rev. Similar.
Beneath
foreleg,
tern.
Mller,
o.
210.
VG.
gr.
14.22.
Mint
of
Pella.
8
Tetradrachm.
Obv. Similar.
Rev. IAinnOY. The king n kausiaandmantle, ight andraised, dvanc-
ing
to 1. on horseback.
Beneath
horse,
HM.
Mller,
o.
297.
G.
gr.
14.26.
Plate .
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ANDRITSAENA 5
g
Tetradrachm.
Obv. Similar.
Rev. Youthfulhorseman o
r. as
on
No. i.
Beneath
horse,
hunderbolt
In
exergue,
N.
Mller,
o. n.
VG.
gr.14.33.
Platel.
Posthumousssue
of
circa
325
b.c.
io
Tetradrachm.
Obv.
Similar,
ut of
later
style.
Rev.
Similar,
but of
later
style.
Be-
neath
horse,
lyingbee.
Variety
f
Mller,
o.
191.
VF.
gr.
14.31.
Plate .
ALEXANDER II OF MACEDON,
336-323
.C.
Mint
of Amphipolis.
Group
,
circa
36-334
.c.
II- 12
Tetradrachms.
Obv
Head
of
young
Heracles
to
r.
Rev.
AAESANAPOY.
Zeus
aetophor
seated o 1. on throne.
n
front,
row
Mller,
o.
503.
G.
gr.
7.07.
.
17.09.
Group
,
circa
33
nd
332
b.c.
13 Tetradrachm.Obv. Similar.
Rev.
Similar.
In
field,
bunch of
grapes.
Mller,
o.
306.
F.
gr.
17.15.
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6
ALEXANDER
HOARDS
Group
,
circa
30
and
329
b.c.
14 Tetradrachm.
Obv.
Similar.
Rev.
Similar.
In
field,
lub
and
(J)
Variety
f
Mller,
o.
138.
F.
gr.17.095.
15
Tetradrachm.
Obv. Similar.
Rev. Similar.
In
field,
orse's
head.
Mller,
o.
528.
VF.
gr.
1
-145-
16
Tetradrachm.
Obv.
Similar.
Rev. Similar.
In
field,
dolphin.
Mller,
o.
539.
G.
gr.
17.20.
Group, circa 28 nd327b.c.
17
Tetradrachm.
Obv.
Similar.
Rev. Similar.
In
field,
erm.
Mller,
o.
366.
VF.
gr.
17.24.
18
Tetradrachm.
Obv.
Similar.
Rev.
Similar.
In
field,
ock.
Mller,
o.
392.
VF.
16.945.
Group
,
circa
26
b.c.
19
Tetradrachm.
Obv. Similar.
Rev. Similar. n field,ow ndquiverMller,o.591.VF.gr. 7.15-
Group
,
irca
25
b.c.
20
Tetradrachm.
Obv.
Similar.
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ANDRITS
AENA
7
Rev.
Similar,
ut
inscription:
AES-
ANA P- 0YBA2IAE05. In field,
CORNUCOPIA.
Mller,
o.
368.
VF.
gr.
17.22.
Group
,
circa
24
nd
323
b.c.
21-22
TETRADRACHMS.
Obv. Similar.
Rev.
Similar,
but
inscription:
A2I-
AES
AAESANAPOY.
n
field,
hryg-
ian
cap.
Mller,
o.
854.
VF.
gr.
7.21,
7.16.
23
Tetradrachm.
Obv. Similar.Rev. Similar. In field,ripod.
Mller,
o.
146.
VF.
gr.
17.20.
Group
,
circa
22
nd
321
b.c.
24
Tetradrachm.
Obv. Similar.
Rev. Similar. In
field,
Mller,
o.
860.
VF.
gr.
17.125.
Piateli.
25-28
Tetradrachms.
Obv.
Similar.
Rev.
Similar.
In
field,
]
Mller,
o.
863.
F.
D.
C.
gr.17.18,
7.20.
17.22,
.27.
Group , irca 20 nd319b.c.
29
Tetradrachm.
Obv. Similar.
Rev.
Similar.
In
field,
ar
of
barley
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ALEXANDER
HOARDS
Beneath
hrone,
I.
Mller, o.570.F. D. C.gr. 7.15.
30
Tetradrachm.
Obv.
Similar.
Rev
Similar.
In
field,
aurel sprig.
Beneath
hrone,
I.
Mller,
o.
560.
F.
D. C.
gr.
17.10.
31
Tetradrachm.
Obv.
Similar.
Rev. Similar.
In
field,
rescent
(up-
right).
Beneath
hrone,
I.
Mller,
o. 261.
F.
D. C.
gr.
17.205.
32 Tetradrachm.
Obv.
Similar.
Rev. Similar.
In
field,
rescent
(in-
verted).
Beneath
hrone,
I.
Variety
f
Mller,
o.
261.
F.
D.
C.
gr.
17.32.
Piateli.
Mint of
Pella.
Circa
36-320
.c.
33-35
Tetradrachms.
Obv.
Similar,
but
of
different
tyle.
Rev.
Similar,
but
of
different
tyle.
Beneath hrone, .Mller, o.197.VG. oF.gr.17.12, 7.18.
17.19.
36
Tetradrachm.
Obv.
Similar.
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ANDRITSAENA
9
Rev
Similar.
In
field,
Mller, o.762.F. D. C.gr.17.32.
Plate
I.
37
Tetradrachm.
Obv. Similar.
Rev. Similar.
No
symbol.
Variety
ot n
Mller.
F.
gr.
17.195.
38
Tetradrachm.
Obv
Similar.
Rev.
Similar.
Beneath
throne,
bu-
cranium.
Mller,
o.
98.
VF.
gr.
17.17.
Uncertain Mint
in
Macedonia
or Thessaly.
39-40
Tetradrachms.
Obv. Similar
o the
preceding.
Rev.
Similar.
In
field,
elmet. Be-
neath
hrone,
2.
Mller,
o.
1472.
.
D.
C.
gr.
17.14,
7.195.
Mint
of
Phaselis or
Side.
41-53
Tetradrachms.
Obv. Head
of fine
tyle
o r.
Rev.
AAEEANAPOY
n
r.,
BA2IAE22
in
exergue.
Zeus on
high-back
hrone
to 1. In
field,wreath. Beneaththrone, I.
Mller,
o.
550.
F.
to F. D.
C.
gr. 17.00;
17.01;
17.075; 7.10;
1
.
17.12;
17.14;
I7-I45;
17.15;
17-16;
7.18;
17.22;
17-25-
Plate I.
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ALEXANDER
HOARDS
54
Tetradrachm.
Obv. Similar.
Rev. Similar.
Beneath
hrone,
I.
Mller,
o. 216.
VF.
gr.
17.145-
55
Tetradrachm.
Obv.
Similar.
Rev.
Similar,
but
with
BA2IAE22
above.
In
field,
I.
Beneath
hrone,
B2.
Mller,
o.
1483.
F. D.
C.
gr.17.195-
Mint
of
Tarsus.
Series
,
circa
33-37
-C.
56 Tetradrachm.
Obv.
Head of
young
Heracles
of east-
ern
tyle.
Rev.
Zeus,
of
eastern
tyle,
s:
enthroned
o
1. Below
throne,
.
Newell,
arsos
under
Alexander,
o.
6.
VG.
gr. 7.14.
57
Tetradrachm.
Obv.
Similar.
Rev.
Similar.
Beneath
hrone,
.
Newell,
.
.
No.
10.
F.
gr.
17.11.
Mint of
Salamis.
Series,332-320.c.
58
Tetradrachm.
Obv.
Similar.
Rev. Similar.
In
field,
ow.
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ANDRITS AEN
A
11
Mller,
o.
1287.
See also,Newell,
ome
Cypriotelexanders,um.Chron.,915,No.7.) VG.gr.17.12. Plate II.
Mint
of
Citium.
Series
,
332-320
.c.
59
Tetradrachm.
Obv Similar.
Rev Similar. In
field,
Mller,
o.
1294. See
also,
Newell,
.c.
No.
4.)
F.
gr.
17.045-
Plate II.
Mint
of
Myriandrus.
Series
I,
circa
29
b.c.
60
Tetradrachm.
Obv. Similar.
Rev.
Similar.
BA2IAE22
on
r
AAEHANAPO
n
exergue.
In
field,
w
Beneath
hrone,
Newell,
yriandros
Alexandria
a
Isson,
No.
20.
F.
gr.16.98.
Series
II,
circa
28-326
.c.
61
Tetradrachm.
Obv.
Similar.
Rev.
Similar,
ut
withouthe
itle,
nd
with
AAEHANAPOY
on
r.
Same
monograms.Newell,. c. No.22. F. gr.17.035.
Series
V,
circa
26-323
.c.
62
Tetradrachm.
Obv.
Similar.
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12 ALEXANDER
HOARDS
Rev Similar.
In
field,
o
over
Beneath hrone,
Newell,
.
No.
28.
VG.
not leaned),
r.
17.24.
Mint
of Aradus.
63
Tetradrachm.
Obv. Similar.
Rev.
Similar.
n
exergue,
ASIAES,
on
r.,
AAEEANAPOY.
Beneath
hrone,
fa
Mller,
o.
1360.
VF.
gr.17.07.
64-66
Tetradrachms.
Obv. Similar.
Rev.
Similar.
In
field,
.
Beneath
throne,
a
Mller,
o.
1364.
F.
and
VF.
gr. 17.03;
17.105;
7.195-
Plate
II.
67
Tetradrachm.
Obv.
Similar.
Rev.
Similar.
In
field,
.
Beneath
throne,
a
Mller,
o.
1363.
F.
gr.17.23.
Mint
of Byblus.
MonogramfKingAdramelek.68 Tetradrachm.
Obv.
Similar.
Rev.
Similar,
tyle arly.
In
field,
A
Mller,
o.
1375.
G.
gr.
17.015.
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ANDRITS
AENA
13
69-71
Tetradrachms.
Obv. Similar, utof laterstyle.
Rev.
Similar,
utof
Mllems
tyle
V.
In
field,
Mller,
o.
1375.
F
to
F.
D. C.
gr.17^095
17.10; 7.19.
Plate
II.
Mint of Ake.
Series
,
circa
32-328
.c.
72
Tetradrachm.
Obv. Similar.
Rev. Similar. Beneath
hrone,
M.
Newell,
he
DatedAlexander
oinage
f
Sidon nd
Ake,
No. 2.
VG.
gr.17.14-
SeriesII, circa 26-320.c.
73
Tetradrachm.
Obv. Similar.
Rev. Similar.
In
field,
JJS
year
23=
circa
323
b.c.).
Newell,
.
c.
No.
18. VF.
gr.17.07.
Plate V.
Mint
of
Babylon.
Series
I,
circa
29-326
.c.
74
Tetradrachm.
Obv. Head of
Heracles
to
r.,
of
"Babyloniantyle."Rev. Zeus enthronedo 1. Beneath
throne,
[$
and
M.
(Symbol
origi-
nally
n
the
exergue
s "off
lan.")
Mller,
o.
670.
F.
gr.
17.20.
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ALEXANDER HOARDS
75
Tetradrachm.
Obv. From same obversedie.
Rev.
Similar,
ut with
back to
throne.
In
field,
hunderbolt.
Beneath
hrone,
M
and
M.
Mller,
o.
679.
VG.
gr. 17.12.
76
Tetradrachm.
Obv.
Similar.
Rev. Similar.
In
field,
reath.
Same
monogram
nd
M
beneath
hrone.
Variety
ot
n
Mller.
F.
gr.
17.09.
77
Tetradrachm.
Obv. Similar.
Rev.
Similar.
In
field,
antharus.
Same
monogram
nd
M
beneath
hrone
Variety
ot
n
Mller.
.
D. C.
gr. 17.18.
78
Tetradrachm.
Obv. Similar.
Rev. Similar.
In
field,
ose. Same
monogram
nd
M
beneath
hrone.
Variety
ot n
Mller.
F.
gr.
17.225.
Series
II,
circa
26-324
.c.
79
Tetradrachm.
Obv. Similar.Rev. Similar. In field, bunch of
grapes
and
M.
Same
monogram
e-
neath
hrone.
Mller,
o.
692.
VF.
gr.17.155.
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ANDRITS
AENA
15
Series
V,
circa
23-320
.c.
80 Tetradrachm.
Obv.
Similar.
Rev.
Similar,
but of
more advanced
style
Midler's
tyle
V).
In
field,
M
Beneath
hrone,
Y.
Mller,
o.
1272.
VF.
gr.
17.115.
81-82
Tetradrachms.
In
name
of
Philip
Arrhidaeus
(after
23
b.c.).
Obv.
Similar.
Rev.
Similar,
ut
nscribed,
A2IAE02
SIAinnOY.
In
field,
M.
Beneath
throne, Y.
Mller,
o.
99.
VF.
gr.17.09;
7.115.
After
17
b.c.
83
Tetradrachm.
Obv.
Heracles'
head
of fine
tyle
o
r.
Rev.
Zeus enthroned
o 1.
In
exergue,
BA2IAE22;
on
r., AAEEANAPOY
In
field,
RZp
m
wreath.
Beneath
throne,
MI.
Mller,
o.
734.
F.
D.
C.
gr. 17.115.
Plate
V.
Ancient
Imitation of the
Alexander Coinage.
84
Tetradrachm.
Obv. Head
imitated rom
Babylonian
issues.
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ALEXANDER
HOARDS
Rev Seated Zeus imitated
rom
Cyp-
riote or Phoenician ssues. On r.,
AAESANA.
On
1.,
A2BA.
.A.
Not
cleaned.
G.
gr.
16.52.
Plate
V.
BOTIA.
Period
79-338
.c.
85
Stater.
Obv.
Boeotianhield.
Rev.
Amphora
etween
AI
2.
Brit.
Mus.Cat.
p.
82.
No.
134.
Somewhat
worn.
86
Stater.
Obv Boeotianhield.
Rev.
Amphora
etween
KA
BI.
Brit.
Mus.
Cat.
p.
83.
No.
150.
Somewhat
worn.
Plate
W
Period
38-335
r
ater.
87
Stater.
Obv.
Boeotian
hield.
Rev.
Amphora
between
BO
IO.
bunch
of grapes above.
Brit.Mus. Cat.
p.
36.
No.
42.
Somewhat
worn.
Plate V.
REGINA.
Period 50-456 .c.
88-972
Staters.
Obv.
Sea-turtle.
Rev.
Incuse
square
divided
by
bands
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17
into
a conventional
attern
of five
compartments.
Brit.
Mus.
Cat.
Pl.
xxiv,
Nos.
i,
2.
All
very
uch orn.
Period
04-350
.c.,
r
later.
98-105
Staters.
Obv.
Land-tortoisetestudo
rca).
Rev
Incuse
square
divided
by
bands
into a
conventional
attern
of
fiv
compartments.
Brit.Mus.
Cat.
Pl.
xxiv,
os.
10-12. .-VF.
Plate
V.
At least three nd
probably
more
of
these ight taters,ll in the finest on-
dition,
were of the ater
type
with
nar-
row
bands,
spread
fabric,
nd tortoise
of
later
tyle.
SICYON.
Period
00-300
.c.
106 Stater.
Obv.
Chimaera
o 1.
Beneath,
E.
Rev. Dove
flying
o 1.
n
wreath.
Brit.Mus.Cat.
PI. vii.
No.
17.
Somewhat
worn.
107
Stater.
Obv.
Chimaera
o r.
Beneath,
1.
Rev.
Dove
flying
o r.
in
wreath.
Somewhat
orn.
Plate
V.
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18
ALEXANDER
HOARDS
ELIS
(OLYMPIA).
Period21-365.c.
108
Stater.
Obv.
On
boss
of a
round
hield,
agle
to
1.
devouring
erpent.
Rev.
Thunderbolt
etween
-
A.
Seltman,
os.162-6
die
BV).
Much
worn
and
overed
ith
unchmarks.
Period
43-3*3
.c.
109
Stater.
Obv.
Laureate
head
of
Zeus to
r.
Rev.
Eagle
standing
o
r. on
Ionic
capital.
In
field,
hunderbolt
andSERPENT.
Seltman,
os.
207-12
die
CT).
Somewhat
worn.
Period
63-323
.c.,
r
ater,
no
Stater.
Obv.
Head
of
Hera
to
r.
wearing
Stephanos
nscribed
FAAEIfN.
In
field,
(A).
Rev.
Eagle
standing
o
1.,
head
to
r.
and
wings
pread.
The
whole n
olive
wreath.
Seltman,
o.
344 diesFG-irj). F.PlateV.
One of
the
principal
easons
mpelling
the
writer
o
publish
his
ittle
find
be-
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19
fore
thermore
mportant
nes)
is
that,
smallthough t is, it furnishes very
typical pecimen
f the
kind of hoards
buried
n
Hellas
during
he
ast
quarter
of the
fourth
entury
.c.
The
usual
contents
f such
deposits
may
be sum-
marized
briefly
s follows:
large
pro-
portion
f
Alexander's etradrachms
n
which Macedonian ssues
predominate;
a smaller
ut not at all
negligible
um-
ber
of the ssues
both
contemporaneous
and posthumous)of Philip II; and,
finally, scattering
umber
f
such
ocal
and
autonomousssues s were till
eing
struck
n
the
larger
cities or
were
still
generally
urrent-
hough
heir
riginal
mints had been closed.
Furthermore,
from he
standpoint
f the Alexander
series,
heAndritsaena oard s interest-
ing
as
representing
he
Greek
counter-
part,
n
everything
ut
size,
of the
great
Egyptian
ind
f
Demanhur.
With
one
importantxception ll of its varieties
are
to
be
found
n
theDemanhur
eposit.
And this one
exception,
o.
83,
enables
us to
place
the
probable
urial date of
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ALEXANDER
HOARDS
the Andritsaenahoard within rather
narrow imits.
It
is
to be noticed hat
not
one
of our
Alexander coins was struck fter the
death of
Philip
Arrhidseus,
xcepting
only
No.
83.
Now this
piece represents
the firstssue
immediatelyollowing
he
seriescurrent
n
Babylon
t
the
time
f
his death.3With
hem his oin s
closely
bound
y great
imilarity
f
detail,
tyle,
and
fabric.
As these
very
oon
change,
it must
have been struck
arly
in
the
course of the new issue. It cannot
therefore ave
appeared
much fter he
commencementf
316
b.c.,
for
Philip
was assassinated
arly
n
November f
317
b.c.4 This hoard
cannot, hen,
have
been buriedearlier than
the
year
316.
As
this
particular abylonian
oin is in
such
perfect
onditiont could have seen
but
ittle,
f
any,
irculation. n our cal-
culations,
owever,
e must
llow a cer-
tain timefor tslong ourneyfrom he
plains
of
Babylonia
o
the
mountains f
the western
eloponnesus.
This will
of
necessity ring
us
to
the end of
316,
or
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AEN
A 21
even
well into the
year
315
b.c. as
the
only possibledate at which he Andrit-
saena hoard ould
have
been
buried.
The
total
absenceof so
many
very
common
coins
struck
n
the last
years
of
Philip
Arrhidaeusr
in the first
ears
of
Alex-
ander
IV
forbids
etting
he
burial
at
a later date.
This is further
orrobo-
rated
by
the
uniformly
rilliant
ondi-
tion
exhibited
y
all
the
coins
in the
hoard which
date
after about
320
b.c.
Thus,on the sole evidence f thecoinsin this
find,
we seem
amply
ustified
n
fixing
n
the
year
315
b.c.
as the
prob-
able time
t which
hey
were
buried.
And this date would
seem to fit
in
remarkably
ell
with
certain
polit-
ical
events which took
place
in the
Peloponnesus
t this
time,
and
which
might
have induced he
former wner
of our
hoard to
consign
t to
Mother
Earth.
We
know hat
fter he success-
fulconclusionf Antigonus'ampaigns
against
Eumenes
n
the
east,
he moved
his
army
rom
abylon
o
Cilicia,
where
he
went nto
winter
uarters.
This
was
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22 ALEXANDER
HOARDS
in
the late autumn
f
316
b.c. At this
time he foundhimselfhreatenedy a
powerful
oalition
f the
remaining
a-
traps,
Cassander of
Macedn,
Lysi-
machusof
Thrace,
Assanderof
Caria,
and
Ptolemy
f
Egypt.
To hold Cas-
sander
n
check while he settledwith
the
remainder,
ntigonus
ow sent his
trusted
riend,
Aristodemusf
Miletus,
with one
thousand alents o the Pelo-
ponnesus
with instructionso
raise
an
army
of mercenaries
nd,especially,
o
win
Polysperchon
or his cause. The
latter
had,
since
318
b.c.,
been
waging
desperate
warfare
against
Cassander,
and now found
imself
n
the
possession
of a
large portion
f the
Peloponnesus.
By
the
beginning
f
315
b.c.,
Aristode-
mus had
ccomplished
ll his
objects
nd,
together
with
Polysperchon,
as
at the
head of a considerable
rmy.
In
the meanwhile
Apollonides,
as-
sander's eneral tationednArgos,had
been
ble to
hold his own until
his mas-
ter's
rrival,
nd even to
seize the town
of
Stymphalus.
Having
recruited
a
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fresh
rmy
n
Macedonia,
assander,
n
the springof 315 b.c., marched outh
through
hessaly
and
Bceotia,
ecured
Corinth's
arbor
Kenchrese,5
nd
pushed
on into Arcadia.
He seized
Orcho-
menus nd
staged
n ambitious
aid over
into Messenia.
As,
however,
e
found
the
city
f Messene
oo
strongly
eld
by
Polysperchon
o warrant
n
attempt
t
assault,
he
returned
o Arcadia.
Leav-
ing
Damis as
military
ommander
f
the district, assanderwent to Argos
and celebrated erethe Nemean
Games.
These are reckoned
y Droysen6
o
have
been held
in
the
first
ear
of the
11
th
Olympiad,
r
August
of
315
b.c. Soon
after
e
returned ithhis
army
o
Mace-
donia,
Cassander's
opponents,
mmedi-
ately mproving
pon
this
opportunity,
again
overran all the
Peloponnesus,
chased the
garrisons
from own after
town,
nd soon were
n
undisturbed
os-
session fpracticallyll of thepeninsula.
Thus ended he
campaign
f
315
b.c.
Although
he
fighting
as resumedwith
the
pring
f
314,
t was
principally
on-
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ALEXANDER
HOARDS
fined o
northwesternlis
(about
Kyl-
lene) and to the provinceof Achaia,
leaving
the
district bout
modern
An-
dritsaena
uite
untouched.
This state f
affairs,
o
far s we can
gather
rom
ur
ancient
ources,
lso
held true
for the
ensuing
ears.
In
other
words,
t would
appear
that
only
in
315
b.c.
was the
country,
ithin
radiusof
twenty
miles
of
Andritsaena,
isturbed
y actually
contending
rmies o
that
ife and
prop-
ertywould not be safe.7
At that
time
the hills about Andritsaena
ay
but a
littleto
one side of
Cassander's
direct
route
rom
Orchomenus
o
Messene.
He
would
probably
t least
have sent
raid-
ing
parties
nto the hills
during
his ad-
vance
southwards,
f
only
o
protect
is
flank,
s well
as his
line
of
supplies
nd
retreat,
gainst ny
sudden
ttack. Cas-
sander's
ampaign
ppears
o have been
merely
tourde
force
in
the
course of
whichhe held onlythe places actually
occupied by
his soldiers.
All
the
re-
mainingportions
f the
Peloponnesus
and
all but few f
the
arge
ities
such
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as
Argos, tymphalus,
rchomenus,
nd
possibly pidaurus) werein the hands
of
Polysperchon,
is
son, Alexander,
Aristodemus,
nd their llies. The
latter,
however,
id
notonce dare to meet
Cas-
sander's
veteran
forces
n
open
battle,
but contented hemselveswith
holding
the walled
cities,
nd
undoubtedly
he
mountainso either ide
of
his
advancing
forces. Guerillawarfare
was
apparently
the orderof the
day.
No wonderhen hat nsuchtroublous
times,
nd wellwithin he one ofactive
operations,
he
former wner
of our
hoarddecided
o
place
his
savings
n
as
safe a
place
as
possible.
Why
he was
never ble to
remove hem ater
is,
of
course,
open
to
many conjectures.
To
attempt
solution
wouldbe futile.
With
he sole
exception
f No.
83,
the
Philip
and
Alexander oins
in
the An-
dritsaenahoard call
for but little om-
ment. The issues of Amphipolis,he
largest
f
all the Alexander
mints,
ut-
number hose
of
any
other
ne
mint,
s
is
only
natural
for
a
hoard
found
n
a
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ALEXANDER HOARDS
country
enjoying
close
and constant
communicationsithMacedonia. This
was even
the case with
such a
distant
hoard s
thatof
Demanhur
q.
v.).
On
the other
hand
it is
interesting
o ob-
serve
hat,
f
taken
ogether,
he
Asiatic
Alexander
ssues
by
far
outnumber
43
as
against
0)
the
European
nes.
This
s
not
usually
he case
with
hoards
found
in
Europe
nd
dating
rom
he ast
quar-
ter of
the
fourth
entury
.c.8
In
this
case, however, heremay be an easysolution.It willbe rememberedhat n
316
b.c.,
r
ust
the
year
before he
prob-
able
burial date
of our
hoard,
Aristo-
demus
was
sent
by
Antigonus
o the
Peloponnesus
with a
thousand
talents
with
which to
raise
troops.9
Again,
early
n
315
b.c.,
Diodorus
states10
hat
Polysperchon's
on,
Alexander,
eturned
from
short
isit o
Antigonus
n
Cilicia
with
further
umof
fivehundred
al-
ents.Thesehuge umswereundoubtedly
in
the
form
of
coined
money.
There
were
no
facilities
n
the
southern
elo-
ponnesus
o
convert
o
much ullion
nto
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readymoney,
nd the
all-important
ime
was lacking. It wouldobviously ave
been
far more
xpedient
or
Antigonus
merely
o turn
ver
lready
oined
money
furnished im
by
the
many
ctivemints
at
his
command
n
the
east. Further-
more,
we
may
gather
fromDiodorus11
that
his
recent uccessful
ampaigns
n
the
east had been
most ucrative.
Antigonus
t this imewas
assembling
a
great
army
n
Cilicia for
the
coming
expeditiongainst yria ndEgypt.Forthis
purpose
he had
probably
eento it
that the
satrapal
offers
houldbe well
filledwith the
"sinews of war"
in
an
immediately
vailable
form.
Any
coins
Aristodemus,
nd
later,
Alexander,
ad
brought
ith
hem
rom
Asia would oon
be certainto
find heir
way
through-
out the
ength
nd breadth
f
the south-
ern
Peloponnesus.
The
newly
hired
soldierswould e
only
oo
ready
o
spend
thefirstnstalmentsf their ay. Their
commanders,
ecause of
political
ondi-
tions,
ad
only
he
mmediately
urround-
ing
countryside
rom
which
o draw
heir
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ALEXANDER
HOARDS
supplies.
These would
probably
ot be
all commandeered.n a poorcountryike
this,
Polysperchon
nd his allies
had
to
depend
oo much
upon
the
good-will
f
the
inhabitants-
ver
ready
to welcome
a
change-
to risknot
paying
or
t
least
some of the
supplies
requisitioned
or
the
support
f their rmies.
Thus,
very
soon,
probably
considerable
number
of Alexander oins
from astern
mints
was
in
circulation
mong
the
people
of
Messenia, Laconia, southern lis, andsouthernArcadia. It is
possible,
lso,
that
many
of the earlier
eastern ssues
had
already
ound heir
way
to
the Pelo-
ponnesus
as
to the rest of
Hellas)
in
the hands of
returning
eteransfrom
Alexander's rmies.
Provided hat
we
really
have the en-
tire
find efore
us,
it is
curious,
o
say
the
east,
to
note the entire bsence of
any
of those
Alexandrine
ssues which
were first ssigned o a mint t Sicyon
by
M. Babelon.12
The
very
same
phe-
nomenon
s also observable
n
the
Kypa-
rissiahoard.13 Of
course,
n
such small
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29
hoards chance must needs
play
a
very
large partand too much tressmustnot
be laid
upon
the
absence of
any
one
variety, articularly
f
t
be
at all scarce.
To the best
of the writer's
nowledge
the Andritsaena
oard,
n
point
f
date,
is the
arliest
of
whichwe have
record)
in
which
posthumous
ssues of
Philip
I
(No.
io,
Plate
I)
make an
appearance.
Later these
oinsbecome
uite
ommon,
as
in
the
Megara,
Lamia,
and other
Grecianhoards which t is hopedwill
be
published
ventually.
As shown
bove
by
the
catalogue,
n-
cluded
n
this findwas also an ancient
forgery
f
the Alexander etradrachm
(No.
84,
Plate
IV).
The nature f
the
coin s
indicated
y
ts
blundered
egends,
the
dryness
f the
style,
nd the fact
that
ts obverse
s imitated rom
enu-
ine
Babylonian
ssues,
while
ts reverse
copies
certain
arly
Phoenician r
Cyp-
riote Alexanders. Furthermore,t is
the
only
coin
in
the
hoard
which,
n
addition o the
purple
xide and
yellow-
ish
dirtwhich t bears
in
common
with
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ALEXANDER
HOARDS
the
remaining
oins
of the
fnd}
s
also
encrusted ith hick atches fverdigris.
This is a
phenomenon
requently
b-
served
by
the
writer
n certain
hoards
which
have contained
oth ancient
for-
geries
nd
genuine
ssues.
Almost
nvari-
ably
these
mitations f
the
period
will
be encrusted
ith
pots
of
verdigris
ot
shown
by any
of the
genuine
pieces.
This is
undoubtedly
ue to the
poorer
quality
f
the silver
of which
the for-
geriesare made,the larger
amount f
copper
n their
lloy
brought
othe sur-
face
by
decomposition,
nd other hem-
ical
changes
which
have
taken
place
during
he
long period
in which
they
have
lain buried
underground.
The
accompanyingenuine
oins,
having
but
little,
f
any,
copper
n
the
composition
of
their
metal,
will
only
how
the usual
forms
f
decomposition
ustomary
or
pure
ilver.
In view of the Peloponnesian rigin
of our
find,
t
is but
natural
hat
coins
of
.Egina,
icyon,
nd
Elis should
have
formed
he
greater
ortion
f the uton-
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AEN
A
31
omous
coinages
which t
contained.
It
is noticeable,s was also thecase with
the
Kyparissia
hoard,
that Athenian
tetradrachms
nd Corinthian
taters re
both
absent. The
Boeotian,
icyonian,
and
Olympian
ssues call for no
special
remarks.
They
are
precisely
what
one
would
have
expected
o occur
n
a hoard
of
thisdate
and
place.
The
^Eginetan
taters,
os.
98-105,
n
the other
hand,
would seem
to raise a
question f dating. It will be noticedthat
they
are of the Testudo Gr eca
(land-tortoise)
ype
and
belong
to
the
anepigraphic
eries,
now
assigned
by
scholars o the
years
mmediately
ollow-
ing
he
Eginetan
estoration
f
404
b.c.14
At least
three
n
our find
re of
the
ate,
spread-fabric
ype
with hin
instead
of
thick)
bands
dividing
he ncuse
f their
reverses.
All
the
specimens
re
in
fine
condition
nd could have
seen
but
ittle
circulation. n theotherhand,notone
of the
nscribed
arieties,
earing
A,
AI,
AIT,
or
AITI,
turned
up.
These
are
supposed
o have been
struck
uring
he
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32 ALEXANDER HOARDS
years
mmediately
receding
48
b.c.
It
is curiousthatthese shouldbe missing
when he
supposedly
uch arlier
eries
was
present
ot
only
n
goodly
numbers
but lso
in
suchfine ondition. t
would
seem
as if the latter
the
uninscribed,
thin-banded,
nd
spread-
abric
ype)
had
been struck ut
recently,
nd not at the
very
ommencementf the
century.
The writer
might
not
have
paid
any
particular
ttentiono
this
urious
nom-
aly-in hoards o much s
due to
mere
chance-had it not been for theconsid-
eration that
another ittle
hoard
(or
portion
f a
hoard),
brought
o his
at-
tention
n
1
2
1,
presented
he
very
ame
feature.
That ot
consisted f six
Philip
II
tetradrachms
Mller,
Nos.
158,
252,
263,
two
specimens
f
269,
270)
;
four-
teen
Alexander tetradrachms
Mller,
Nos.
3,
216,
392,
two
specimens
f
550,
var.
of
567,
684,
697,
var.
704,
853,
860,
var. 1302,var. 1342,1473) and three
^Eginetan
taters
n
fine
condition
nd
all of
the
404-350
b.c.
type
ccurring
n
the Andritsaena
find.
Here,
too,
in-
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33
scribed
Eginetan
taters re noticeable
bytheir bsence.
The reader will
forgive slight
di-
gression
o allow the discussion f
this
second
find." A
selection
f four
yp-
ical
specimens
s
given
n
Plate
VI.
The
coins themselves
were
shown
to
the
writer
n
November,
921,
y
Mr.
A.
H.
Baldwin
of London.
According
o
the
latter's
tatement,
here
ouldbe
no
ques-
tion but
that
these
twenty-three
oins
had reallybeen found ogether.When
first ffered or
sale
they
had all
been
coveredwith
n identical
ype
f
patina
which,
s was also
the
case with
the
Andritsaena
oins,
proved asily
remov-
able,
o that
he oins
o-day
ave almost
the
appearance
f
having
been
freshly
minted.Mr.
Baldwin urthertated hat
the ot
had been
brought
n
to
him but
a short ime efore
y
a
Greek,
native
of the ittle
Peloponnesian
ity
of
"Tai-
poli" (undoubtedlyripolis, lso known
as
Tripolitsa),
who informed
im
that
the
coins
had
only recently
een found
"in
that
neighborhood."
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ALEXANDER
HOARDS
The
astonishing
imilarity
n
content
of this"Tripolitsa" indwithwhat has
come
to us of the
Andritsaena oard s
at once manifest
nd at
least
suggests
the
possibility
f a common
rigin.
The
Alexander
ssues
n
both
cover
exactly
the
possibility
f
a
common
rigin.
The
same
proportion
f
European
o
Asiatic
issues. As
against
he
30
European
nd
43
Asiatic
Alexanders
of
the
Andrit-
saena
lot,
compare
he
5
European
and
7 Asiatic
in
the "Tripolitsa"- he pro-
portion
s
practically
dentical. Both
hoards
ontained,
n
addition,
propor-
tionate
numberof
Philip's
coins
and
.Eginetan
taters.
The
average
condi-
tion
of wear exhibited
y
the coins
in
the
two lots is
also
absolutely
dentical.
Furthermore,
ripolitsa,
ne
of the
arg-
est towns
n
the
Peloponnesus
nd the
chef
ieu of
Arcadia,
s
moreor less di-
rectly
connected
with Andritsaena
by
carriage oad viaMegalopolis ndKary-
taena,
so that
it would not be
so
very
surprising
or coins found
n
the
neigh-
borhood
of
Andritsaena o turn
up
in
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NA
35
Tripolitsa.
It is
curious,
f
course,
but
not entirelywithout recedent,hatso
long
time
hould
have
elapsed
between
the
ppearance
n
themarket
f thetwo
lots.
In
February
f
1922,
the writer
visited
Athens nd
made
many
nquiries
concerning
possible
hoard of
Alexan-
der's
coins
supposedly
ecently
ound
n
the
Peloponnesus.
On the last
day
of
his
tay
n
Athens certain ealer15
ame
to
him
tating
hat
he had
ust
received
word
oncerning
lot ofabout
hundred
Alexanders rom recent ind- ut the
writer could
not ascertain
where
the
find ad been
made,
nor
could he
delay
his
departure
or the
somewhat
emote
possibility
f
eventually eing
able to
secure he
"find."
Whether his ot had
anything
o
do with
the Andritsaena
pieces
which
arrived
n
Athens
year
later,
s
certainly
ot at
present
uscep-
tible f
proof.
So much
or he
"Tripo-
litsa" find.For the time-beingothing
more
definitean
be said
concerning
ts
origin,
ut n
studying
he
Andritsaena
hoardwe
must
not
ose
sight
f thecir-
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ALEXANDER
HOARDS
cumstance
hat the
"Tripolitsa"
ot
may
also originally ave belonged o it.
The
apparent
bsence f
any
nscribed
iEginetan
staters
n
the
two lots
de-
scribed
above
is
brought
into
yet
stronger
elief
by
a
large
hoard of
an
entirely
ifferent
haracter.
The writer
refers o the
great
hoard
of
1596
Boeo-
tian,
Sicyonian,
and
-Eginetan
oins
found n
1914
in
Thessaly
nd
now
in
the
Athens
National
Collection.16
This
remarkable ind ontained 078Boeotianstatersfrom he earliest
periods
right
down
o,
nd
ncluding,
oins
f the
period
338-3
b.c.
Because
of the
compara-
tively arge
number
f this latter
lass
contained
n
the
find,
t
musthave been
buriedwell
after
he
year 338
b.c.
Of
the
accompanying
25
^Eginetan
taters,
234
bore the
sea-turtle
s
type,
nd
so
belong
to
the
sixth
and
fifth
enturies
b.c. The
remaining0
specimens
ave
the
land-tortoisetestudorca) and belong
to the
fourth
entury.
Again
it
is
to
be noted
that
they
ncludenot a
single
specimen
f the
type
earing
he
nscrip-
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tions
A,
AI, Air,
or
Ain.
This fact
s
all the more noteworthys the find
was a
large
one,
and thus
the element
of chance s
almost
entirely
liminated.
Can
it be
that
he
minting
f
silver ta-
ters
t
.Egina
id
not
really
ometo an
end with
the
year
348
b.c.,17
ut
was
again
undertaken
t a
slightly
ater
date
and under he
aegis
f
Macedn?
Any
detailed
discussion,
r
any
ten-
tative
rearrangement
f
the
^Eginetan
series,wouldbe out ofplacehere. That
must
be left for others
o
accomplish.
Leaving
aside the
moot
question
f
the
real
date of
the
inscribed
Eginetan
staters,
he ittle
Andritsaena
oard has
at least
sustained
he
assignment
y
Fox
of
the
land-tortoise
ype
to the fourth
century.
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ALEXANDER
HOARDS
NOTES
1
Muller,
n
describing
his
oin
which
s m
the
Paris
ollection,
as
mistaken
he
ee
ymbol
or
a
"lambda."
8
None ftheseen oins ere
ctually
een
y
Mr.
Noe,
nd
hey
ave
een ncluded
nly
n
the
trength
f
a statement
ade
y
one
f
the
Athenian
oin
ealers ho
aw he
hoard efore
its
dispersal.
here
s no
adequate
eason
hy
they
ight
ot ave een
ontainedn he oard.
8
At he imehe ews f
Philip's
eath
as
e-
ceivednBabylon,heoinsepresentedyMller'snumbers6, 117 inname fPhilipII) and
1542,
543
in
name
fAlexander
V)
were
eing
struck.
his onclusion
asbeen eached
y
he
writer
n
study
f
hemintt
Babylon
hiche
hopes
oon
o
publish.
nfortunately,
e here
cannot
o
nto his
matter
n
greater
etail.
4
Droysen,
eschichte
es
Hellenismus,I, i,
p.
241,
note
.
5
At his ime
eld
y olysperchon's
on,
Alex-
ander.
8
Droysen,
. .
Ill,
2,
p.
37.
T
t must
e remembered
hat,
ecause
f
the
character
f its
contents,
he
hoard ouldnot
possibly
ave
een
uried
revious
o
the
om-
mencementf316b.c. Thereforeolysperchon'scampaigngainstMegalopolisn 318b.c.and
Cassander's
ttacks
n
Tegea
n
317
b.c.
need
ot
betaken
nto ccount.
n
316
b.c.Cassander
id
indeed
nvade
he
eloponnesus
nd eize
Argos.
Messene
nd
other
ities f the
peninsula
ere
"freed,"
r
voluntarily
ided ith
im.
o far s
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our
ources ouldeem
o
show,
owever,
he
forcesever
ame o
any
ctual
ighting,
or he
powerfPolysperchonn he eloponnesustthistime as
omparatively
eak.
8
For
nstance,
n
the
Kyparissia
oard
q.
v.)
there ere
5 European
lexanders,
s
against
only
Asiatic. lso
n the
amia
oard
in
the
Athens
ational
ollection)
ehave 8
European
to
ii
Asiatic
lexanders.he
Messene
oard,
whichhewriter
opes
oon o
publish,
epresents
special
nd
very
nteresting
ase.
Here,
amely,
there
urned
p
30
Asiaticnd
nly
ne
uropean
Alexander
8
iodorus,IX,
57,
5.
10
IX,61,
.
11
IX,
6,
and
;
XIX,
7,
,
where
e
lso
learnhathe theratrapserenlyoo nxioustodividehe poils.
12
evue
umismatique1904,
p.
1
7-133.
18
ne,
however,
ccurred
n
the
Epidaurus
hoard,
phemeris,
903,
p.98-116.
14
arle ox
n
Corolla
umismatica,
p.
34-46.
Head,
istoria
umorum,
nd
d.,
. 397.
Head,
in
thefirst
ditionf
the
Historiand
n
the
Brit.Mus.Cat.
Attica,tc.,
ad
previously
s-
signed
heseoins o
the
mpossible
ate
80-456
b.c.
Curiouslynough,
abelon
as
recently
followed
imn
this
Trait,Is,
pp.
155-158).
15
ot he
ame ealer rom
hom
heAndrit-
saena
ieces
ere
ventually
cquired.
18 ublishedyJ.N.Svoronos,nArch.eltion,Vol. I, pp. 73-335.
17
s both
ead nd
Babelon
elieve.
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Plate
I
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II
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Plate
III
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V
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Plate
VI
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