The numismatic chronicle and journal of the Royal Numismatic Society

BrEOTIA. PERIOD VI11. CIRC. B.C. 387 374. 227
There are no coins of Plataea which can be attributed
either to the time before the Persian wars or even to the
remaining portion of the fifth century.
After its destruc-
tion by the Peloponnesians in 426 no coinage is possible
until the Peace of Antalcidas, B.C. 387, when it was
restored by the Lacedemonians, to be again destroyed by
the Thebans in B.C. 372. This is the period to which the
above-described silver coins appear to belong. Some of
the copper coins may belong to this period, others are
apparently subsequent to the restoration of the town for
the third time by Philip of Macedon after the battle of
Chaeroneia.
The head of Hera on these coins may
be that of the
statue by Praxiteles in the Herzeum (Paus. ix. 2, 7). .
.52. 8.
M. Size H.
27 and 18 grs.
m. 2.
16'4 grs.
BRONZE B.C. 387374?
in laurel-wreath.
| Boeotian shield. | P
[Proh. Ost. Ined., 1854, Taf. ii.
56.]
Head of Hera r., PAA. Bull walking r.
wearing stephane.
Similar.
[Brit. Mus.]
Similar type 1.
[Num. Zeit. iii. PI. IX. No. 12.]
Of the following two coins, the first seems to belong to
a later period than the foregoing ; but as it stands alone
I have not thought it necessary to remove it from the
other pieces. The second coin is very probably not
Plataoan at all.
Head of Apollo,
Dionysus, or Zeus
Eleutherios (?) 1.,
with flowing hair.
PAA
TAI
[Prolt. Ost. Ined., 1854, Taf. ii. 58.]
in circle of dots.