The numismatic chronicle and journal of the Royal Numismatic Society

BCEoriA. PERIOD vin. CIRC. B.C. 387 374. 229
a circular one, which little by little disappears altogether.
The coinage of small silver coins at Tanagra during this
period appears to have been very plentiful ; among the
most recent specimens are the following.
Obol.
13-7 grs.
Obol
14 grs.
Obol.
12-7 grs.
Obol.
14 grs.
Obol.
14'5 grs.
Obol.
18 grs.
Obol.
18-7 grs.
Hemi-oboL
6 grs.
Boeotian shield. Forepart of bridled horse, beneath
Similar. I
I
ivy- spray.
[Brit. Mus.]
T A-
-leaf.
Similar; beneath, ivy-
[Brit. Mus.]
Similar. T A. Similar; beneath, grapes.
[Brit. Mus.]
Similar. T A. Similar; beneath, pellet.
[Num. Zeit. iii. No. 75.]
Similar. T A. Similar; in field, H.
[Num. Zeit. iii. No. 76.]
Similar. AT- Stern of galley, in concave
field.
[Num. Zeit. ix. No. 101.]
Similar. TA. Stern, r. or 1.
Half Boeotian
shield.
[Brit. Mus.]
TA. Stern 1.
[Brit. Mus.]
Tanagra was not, like many of the Boeotian towns, cut
off from the sea, for its harbour of Aulis was, according to
Strabo (ix. 403), capable of containing fifty galleys. Hence,
perhaps, the above coin type.