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The numismatic chronicle and journal of the Royal Numismatic Society

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NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE.<br />

among which <strong>the</strong> crescent may st<strong>and</strong> for <strong>The</strong>spiae <strong>and</strong><br />

9<br />

<strong>the</strong> caduceus for Tanagra (?), not yet brought under subjection<br />

by <strong>The</strong>bes. <strong>The</strong> magistrates' names, as at Orcho-<br />

menus <strong>and</strong> <strong>The</strong>bes during <strong>the</strong> same period, are doubtless<br />

those <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> local superintendents <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> currency at <strong>the</strong><br />

cities in question.<br />

9 <strong>The</strong> worship <strong>of</strong> Hermes at Tanagra is referred to by several<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> late bronze coins. Num. Zeit. ix. p. 29, sqq.

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