Show syr an coin in brazil james W 0 bannon ahlet yeoman of the united states steamship atlan ta recently found an old syrian coin in Peram buco brazil it Is ot silver about the size ot an english shilling with a raised kings bead on one bide and on the other the figure of a worn an sitting spinning with a distaff in her right band upon her left and by the side of her chair Is a horn of plenty the inscription each side of the woman Is in old greek text and translated Is demetrius Demetr lus soter king in place of a date writes mr 0 bannon are marks which cannot be perfectly translated by any greek scholar I 1 have consulted but most all agree that these marks indicate the eighth year of the kings reign if this be the case the coin is somewhat older than the christian era tor king demetrius Demetr lus ruled syria before christ was born |