Foreign topography; or, an encyclopedick account, alphabetically arranged, of the ancient remains in Africa, Asia, and Europe; forming a sequel to the Encyclopedia of antiquities / By the Rev. Thomas Dudley Fosbroke.
- Thomas Dudley Fosbroke
- Date:
- 1828
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Foreign topography; or, an encyclopedick account, alphabetically arranged, of the ancient remains in Africa, Asia, and Europe; forming a sequel to the Encyclopedia of antiquities / By the Rev. Thomas Dudley Fosbroke. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![It occurs upon the coins of Antioch, of Syria, the Arcadians, Calacta, Carbula, CenturipjE, Cos, Cra^ gus in Lycia, the Cyrenaic, Cythnus, Delos, Lace- daemon, Lilyboea, the Macedonians, Massicytes, Megara in Attica, Malta, Menee, Methymna, My- tilenfe, Neapolis in Italy, Olympus, Pella, Perin- thus, Philadelphia in Lydia, Rhegium, Smyrna, Syracuse, Tauromenium, Thespise, Thoi ium, Tu- der, Valentia in Italy, Chalcis in Eubma, and the Lapithse. LYSIMACHIA, Thrace; AY2IMAXEi2Nj a lion, or lion’s head full face. LYTTUS, Crete; AYTTION; a, boar’s head j an eagle flying, or couchant. MACEDONIA is represented on coins, by a diiver with a whip in his hand, either on account of pra- ducing excellent horses, or the sun, often so re- presented, was particularly worshipped there. There also appear for types, a club, a prow of a ship, a head of Silenus, a winged thunderbolt, a trident, a vase with a palm, a lyre, a horseman galloping, MAGNESIA, Thessaly, MArNHTiiN; distinguished from the other Magnesias by the Thessalian types, the centaur, horse, and ship, from situation. Some Antiquaries ascribe to this place the coins of Les- bos, on which a man or a centaur carries a woman, Ionia near the Meander MAPNHTiiN; a bull butting; a lion passant: Diana Pi onuba. MALEA, Laconia ; M.and MAAEiiN ; a bird flying. Eckhel pi omised to prove, that these coins do not belong to Malea. MALIENSES, Thessaly; MAAIEON and MAAIilN. [Head of Minerva, reverse, a diota and the first legend. Dodwell’s Greece, ii. 76.] MAMERTUM, Italy; MAMEPTINiiN; a naked man helmeted marching rapidly [i, e. Mars] ; a naked man standing armed; an eagle displayed upon a thunderbolt; a bull butting; a naked man holding a horse j a dog; a bonnet. MANTINEIA, Arcadia; MANTINiiNj Mr.Dodwell says, “ I have seen a small coin with a gale- ated head on one side, and on the other Neptune sitting on a rock, holding in one hand a dolphin, in the other a trident. The inscription MAN, shows it to be of Mantineia, A large copper coin bearing the head of Antinous; and Minerva and Jupiter are also found on the Mantinean coins.”— Greece, ii. 423. MARONiEA, Thrace; MAPONEITflN and MAPft- NEITiiN; a naked man standing, holding a bunch of grapes and two javelins; a bunch of grapes; a whole or demi-horse ; a dog j a leaf; a diota. MARSEILLES, MASSAAIHTftN; a lion couchant or marching; an eagle displayed; a bull butting; a tripod; a stag. MASSICYTES, Lycia; MAS. AYKIiiN ; a lyre. MAURITANIA. The coins which bear the inscrip- tion Mauritania reprssent men clothed in a tu- nick, holding a javelin in one hand and a horse in the other. MEANDER, River; symbol of Magnesia, Apamea, Apollonia. MEDUSA. Her head is a symbol of Corinth, rela- tive to Perseus. This head is sometimes placed in the middle of the Triquetra of Sicily, to de- signate the Corinthian Colonies, settled in that Isle. Medusa winged like her sisters occurs upon the coins of Sinope. Her sorrowful death is re- presented on the coins of Amastris, .Amisus, Ca- bira, Sinope, and Comane; in general, upon the coins of Pontus. MEGALOPOLIS, Arcadia; MEP.; Pan naked, sit- ting on a rock, holding a staff or shepherd’s crook. Mr.Dodwell says (Greece, ii. 376.) “The coins of Megalopolis are common; that of silver repre- sents the head of Jupiter, and the reverse, a figure of Pan sitting on a rock, probably Lycaon, hold- ing a branch in his left hand, with an eagle on his right knee: legend AI. MEP. The copper have the head of Jupiter, and on the reverse the usual figure of Pan, holding a bow, with his right hand, . and,an eagle at his feet; legend MEP AE <I> A MEGARA, 1. Sicily: MEPA; an ox with a human head ; a caduceus. These symbols and the short legend easily distinguish the coins from those of Megara in Attica, 2. Attica; MEPAPEON; prow of a ship, singly, or with dolphins; a lyre, and other attributes of Apollo. Mr. Dodwell adds.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22012035_0453.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
