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§ of the Arrangement of a Cabinet of Greek Coins

Greek coins are classified in all great collections in geographical order, as follows:—The towns under each province should be arranged alphabetically, for convenience of reference. We have only space here to mention a few of the principal cities:—

EUROPE.
Provinces.		Cities, Islands, Tribes, Kings, etc.
Spain.
	Lusitania	Emerita.
	Bætica	Cartiea, Gades.
	Tarraconensis	Emporiæ, Osca, Rhoda, etc.
Gaul.
	Aquitania	Arverni.
	Narbonensis	Massilia, Nemausus.
	Lugdunensis	Lugdunum.
	Belgica
Britain.		Atrebates, etc., Camulodunum.
Italia.
	Etruria	Populonia.
	Umbria	Tuder.
	Picenum	Hatria.
	Vestini
	Latium	Roma.
	Samnium	Beneventum.
	Frentani	Larinum.
	Campania	Capua, Cumæ, Neapolis, Nola.
	Apulia	Arpi, Cælia, Teate, Venusia.
	Calabria	Brundusium, Tarentum.
	Lucania	Metapotum, Posidonia, Thurium, Velia.
	Bruttii	Croton, Locri, Rhegium, Terina.
Sicily.		Agrigentum, Camarina, Gela, Himera, Leontini, Messana, Naxos, Segesta, Selinus, and Syracuse.
	Kings, etc., of	Agathocles, Hicetas, Hiero II., Philistis, Gelo, Hieronymus.
	Siculo-Punic	Solus, Motya, Panormus.
	Islands of Sicily	Lipara, Sardinia.
Tauric Chersonese		Panticapæum.
Sarmatia		Olbia, Tyra.
Dacia.
Mœsia Superior		Viminacium.
Mœsia Inferior		Istrus, Marcianopolis, Nicopolis, Tomi.
Thrace		Abdera, Ænus, Byzantium, Maronea, Perinthus, Philippopolis.
Thracian Chersonese		Cardia, Cœla, Lysimachia.
	Kings of Thrace	Seuthes, etc., Rhœmetalces, etc.
	Islands of Thrace	Imbros, Lemnos, Samothrace, Thasos.
Pæonia, Kings		Lycceius, Patraus, Audoleon.
Macedon, Cities		Acanthus, Amphipolis, Chalcidice, Lete, Neapolis, Pella, Philippi, Pydna, Thessalonica.
	Tribes	Bisaltæ, Orrescii.
	Kings of	Alexander I., Perdiccas II., Archelaus I., Amyntas III., Philip II., Alexander the Great, Philip III., Cassander, Lysimachus, Demetrius I., Antigonus I. and II., Philip V., Perseus.
Thessaly		Ænianes, Crannon, Larissa, Pharsalus, Pheræ.
Illyricum		Apollonia, Dyrrachium.
Epirus		Cassope, Damastium, Nicopolis.
	Island of	Corcyra.
	Kings of	Alexander I., Pyrrhus.
Acarnania		Œiadæ, Thyrreum.
	Island of	Leucas.
Ætolia		Federal coins.
Locris		Opus, Amphissa.
Phocis		Delphi.
Bœotia		Coronea, Haliartus, Orchomenus, Tanagra, Thebes, Thespiæ.
Attica		Athens, Eleusis.
	Islands of	Eubœa (with its towns, Chalcis, Carystus, Eretria, Histiæa), Salamis.
Megara.
Ægina.
Achæa		Ægium, etc., Corinth, Patræ, Phlius, Sicyon.
Elis		Elis.
	Islands of Elis	Cephallenia, Zacynthus.
Messenia		Messene.
Laconia		Lacedæmon.
Argolis		Argos, Epidaurus, Trœzen.
Arcadia		Heræa, Megalopolis, Pheneus, Stymphalus.
Crete		Cnossus, Gortyna, Hierapytna, Phæstus.
Ægean Islands		Ceos, Naxos, Siphnos, Syros, Tenos, etc.
ASIA.
Provinces.		Cities, Islands, Tribes, Kings, etc.
Bosporus		Phanagoria.
Colchis		Dioscurias.
Pontus		Amisus, Amasia, Trapezus.
	Kings of Pontus and Bosporus	Mithradates IV., Pharnaces I., Mithradates VI. the Great, etc.
Paphlagonia		Amastris, Sinope.
Bithynia		Chalcedon, Cius, Heraclea (Timotheus, Dionysius, Amastris).
	Kings of	Nicomedes I., II., and III., Prusias I., II.
Mysia		Cyzicus, Lampsacus, Pergamus.
	Kings of Pergamus	Philetaerus, the Attalids.
Troas		Abydos, Alexandria, Troas, Ilium, Scepsis.
	Island of Troas	Tenedos.
Æolis		Cyme, Myrina, Temnos.
	Islands of Æolis	Lesbos (Methymna, Mytilene).
Ionia		Clazomenæ, Colophon, Ephesus, Erythræ, Magnesia, Miletus, Smyrna.
	Islands of Ionia	Chios, Samos.
Caria		Cnidus, Halicarnassus, Stratonicæa.
	Kings of Caria	Hecatomnus, Mausolus, Hidrieus, Pixodarus.
	Islands of Caria	Calymna, Cos, Rhodes Ialysus, Camirus, Lindus.
Lycia		Cragus, Myra, Patara, Phaselis, etc.
Pamphylia		Aspendus, Perga, Side.
Pisidia		Antiochia, Sagalassus, Selge.
Isauria and Lycaonia		Iconium, etc.
Cilicia		Celenderis, Mallus, Soli, Tarsus, etc.
Cyprus		Paphos, Salamis.
	Kings of Cyprus	Baalmelek, Azbaal, Evagoras, Nicocles, etc.
Lydia		Sardes, Tralles, etc.
Phrygia		Apamea, Cibyra, etc.
Galatia		Ancyra, Pessinus, etc.
	Kings of Galatia	Amyntas, etc.
Cappadocia		Cæsarea, etc.
	Kings of Cappadocia	Ariarathes, Ariobarzanes, etc.
Armenia, Kings of		Tigranes, Artavazdes, etc.
Syria, Kings of		Seleucus I. (Nicator), Antiochus I. (Soter), Antiochus III. (the Great), etc., etc.
Commagene		Samosata, Zeugma.
Cyrrhestica		Berœa, Hierapolis.
Chalcidene		Chalcis.
Seleucis and Pieria		Antioch.
Cœle-Syria		Damascus, Heliopolis, Laodicea ad Libanum.
Trachonitis with Ituræa		Cæsarea-Paneas.
Decapolis		Canatha, Gadara, Philadelphia, etc.
Phœnice		Byblus, Marathus, Sidon, Tyre.
	Island of	Aradus.
Galilæa		Ace (Ptolemais), Sepphoris (Diocæsarea), Tiberias.
Samaria		Cæsarea, Joppa, Sebaste.
Judæa		Ælia Capitolina (Jerusalem), Ascalon, etc.
	Judæa, Kings of	Simon Maccabæus, Alexander Jannæus, Herod the Great, Agrippa, etc., etc.
Arabia		Bostra, Philippopolis.
Mesopotamia		Carrhæ, Edessa (Kings—Mannus, Abgarus, etc.)
Babylonia, King of		Timarchus.
Assyria		Niniva (Claudiopolis).
Parthia, Kings of		Arsaces I. and his Successors.
Persia, Kings of		Darius, the son of Hystaspes, Xerxes, Artaxerxes, etc.
Bactriana and India Kings of		Sophytes, Diodotus, Euthydemus. Demetrius, Eucratides, Heliocles, Euthydemus II., Pantaleon, Agathocles, Antimachus, etc., etc.
Characene, Kings of		Tiræus, Artabazes, Attambilus, etc.
AFRICA.
Provinces.		Cities, Islands, Tribes, Kings, etc.
Egypt, The Ptolemaic Kings of.		Ptolemy I. (Soter),—Ptolemy XIII. and, Cleopatra.
	Alexandria, Imperial	M. Antony,—Galerius.
The Nomes.
Cyrenaica		Cyrene, Barca.
Syrtica		Leptis Magna, Oea.
Byzacene		Hadrumetum, etc.
Zeugitana		Carthage, Utica, etc.
Numidia, Kings of		Jugurtha, etc.
Mauretania		Bocchus I., Juba II., etc.

The above list, although an outline of the barest description, may serve to give some idea of the ground which is covered by a collection of Greek and cognate coins.

It will also serve to warn the young collector against buying in a miscellaneous manner.

Let him take up some particular province; say, for example, Sicily, in which there were some fifty towns which struck coins. He will soon find that the numismatics of these fifty towns will be a field for study which will amply reward him for the labour he bestows upon it.