The numismatic chronicle and journal of the Royal Numismatic Society

BCEOTIA. PERIOD IX. CIRC. B.C. 879 338. 247
Type (d), R. Club and Thyrsus.
Head of young Herak- Club and Thyrsus API
les, 1.
Head of young Herak-
Type (e), R. Club and Grapes.
les, r.
Head of young Herak-
Club and Grapes
ONA
Type (f), R. Club and Caduceus.
les, 1.
Head of young Herak-
Club and Caduceus
OAYM
OAYM-Eni(?)
4>EIAO
Type (g), R. Club and Boeotian Shield.
les, r.
Club and Boeotian shield
PYP PI
Brit. Mus.
[PL V. 8.]
Brit. Mus.
Brit. Mus.
Brit. Mus. cf.
Num. Zeit.
ix., No. 30
Brit. Mus.
Brit. Mus.
[P1.V. 9.]
Whether these bronze coins are ckalkoi, of which the
Boeotian obol was worth twelve and the Attic obol eight, 22 or
it is difficult to decide. If
only three-fourths of the chalkous,
the contemporary Phokian bronze coins, weight 135 grs.,
marked with a T and three bulls' heads, are trichalkoi,
the chalkous ought to weigh 45 grs. The Theban coins,
however, of this period do not weigh on the average more
than 33 grs.
The Boeotian coinage from B.C. 378 338 consisted,
therefore, of didrachms, obols, and bronze coins bearing
the signature of a magistrate, but without the name of
Thebes.
As there is nothing in the history of this period which
bears upon the coinage, it is only necessary to recall to
our minds the principal events.
K Foucart, Inscriptions d'Orchomene.
p. 90.
Bull. corr. Hell. iv.