The numismatic chronicle and journal of the Royal Numismatic Society

BCEOTIA. PERIOD VIII. CIRC. B.C. 387 374. 233
the ^ in place of the older form ^ , and should be compared
with the contemporary coin8 of Orchomenus, which
show the substitution of A for the older D, and P for R,
and with those of Haliartus with ARIARTIO^, &c.
Mythologically also the coins of Thespiae are of value,
as they prove that in addition to Eros, who was the god
especially revered at that city, Aphrodite Melainis
(Pausanias, ix. 27) was there worshipped as a moon goddess.
The crescent-moon is more constant as a mint-mark on the
coins of Thespiae than the club on those of Thebes, the
ear of corn on those of Orchomenus, or the trident on
those of Haliartus.
UNCERTAIN.
Hemi-drackm.
36grs.
Hemi-drachm.
40 grs.
Stater.
186 grs.
Drachm.
90-8 grs.
CIBC. B.C. 387374.
Boeotian shield. /\ q. Amphora in incuse
square.
[Num. Zeit. ix. No. 48. Coll. Soutzo, Athens.]
Similar. A P. Similar.
[Berlin.
Prokesch-Osten Coll.]
(M
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Boeotian shield. A I. Amphora in incuse
square ; above
[Num. Zeit. iii. p. 826, No. 9.]
amphora, pellet.