The numismatic chronicle and journal of the Royal Numismatic Society

204 NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE.
Stater.
189-5 grs.
Stater.
189 grs.
Hemidraclnn.
47-3 grs.
HemidracJun.
47 grs.
Obol.
15-5 grs.
Hemi-
obol.
6-5 grs.
Similar.
Similar.
Similar.
Similar.
Similar.
T A Similar horse, bridled,
around hia shoulder, wreath.
i. Zeit. iii. pi. x. 15.]
TAW. Similar.
[Brit. Mus.]
TAW. Similar.
[Brit. Mus.]
T A. Similar.
[Brit. Mus.]
T A- Horse's head r., in incuse
square.
[Brit. Mus.]
Half Boaotian shield. T A. Similar.
[Brit. Mus.]
At Pherae in Thessaly the forepart of a horse springing
from a rock perhaps represents the fountain Hypereia-
It may be then that at Tanagra a similar horse (where,
however, the rock does not appear) symbolizes the
river Asopus, which is seen from Tanagra, forcing its
way through a rocky ravine from the Parasopia
into the
Tanagraean plain (Leake, N. Gr. ii. 424).
Another and far more probable explanation of the horse
may be sought in the worship of Apollo as a sun-god. In
this case it would express the same idea as the wheel on
the older coinage of Tanagra. The famous temple of
Apollo at Delium, which belonged to Tanagra, was doubt-
less the centre from which this worship spread.