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B(EOT1A. PERIOD VIII. CIRC. B.C. 387 374. 221<br />

tory <strong>of</strong> Orchomenus, probably obtained Peace <strong>of</strong> Antalcidas.<br />

autonomy at <strong>the</strong><br />

COP^E.<br />

Obnl.<br />

10-8 grs.<br />

Bronze.<br />

ISize l.<br />

Boeotian shield.<br />

rushing r.<br />

[Brit. Mus. PL IV. 1.]<br />

KHPAIft/V. Forepart <strong>of</strong> bull,<br />

Boeotian shield. K ! Bull's head, facing.<br />

[Prok. Ost., 1854, PL II. 51.]<br />

<strong>The</strong> town <strong>of</strong> Copse stood on <strong>the</strong> edge <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lake<br />

Copais, not far from <strong>the</strong> Katabothra, into which <strong>the</strong><br />

Cephissus flows on emerging from <strong>the</strong> lake. <strong>The</strong> rushing<br />

bull may symbolise that river.<br />

CORONEIA.<br />

Obol. I Boeotian shield .<br />

14 grs.<br />

Obol<br />

10-2 grs.<br />

Obol.<br />

13-5 grs.<br />

Obol.<br />

16 grs.<br />

K O- Gorgon-head<br />

incuse.<br />

[Brit. Mus.]<br />

Similar. No inscription ; similar.<br />

[Brit. Mus ]<br />

in circular<br />

Similar. Q M- Head <strong>of</strong> A<strong>the</strong>na Itonia<br />

facing, wearing helmet with<br />

three crests.<br />

[Brit. Mus. PL IV. 2.]<br />

Similar. O K (?) Head <strong>of</strong> A<strong>the</strong>na Itonia<br />

helmeted, r., in circular incuse.<br />

[Brit. Mus.]<br />

<strong>The</strong>se are <strong>the</strong> latest-known coins <strong>of</strong> Coroneia. It is not<br />

probable that this city continued to strike money after B.C.<br />

after that<br />

374, although it remained for about ten years<br />

date a member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> confederacy, when it appears to have<br />

been destroyed by <strong>the</strong> Thcbans arid its territory appro-

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