The numismatic chronicle and journal of the Royal Numismatic Society

266 NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE.
The following are the coins which fall into the period
between the declaration of freedom in Hellas by
Flainininus in B.C. 197, and the legal dissolution of the
Boeotian League in B.C. 146 :
. 78 grs. Head of Zeus r.,
laur. border of
., size 5.
.33., size 3.
Av. 44 grs.
JE., tdze 2.
Av. 27 grs.
dots.
[Brit. Mus. PL VI. 7.]
Similar. |
Nike standing
1., holding wreath, and
resting on trident; in front,
various monograms, &c., of
which the foliowing are in the
Brit. Mus. and Paris collections,
^, ps^, grapes and
K, % 2S A fir
M , bipennis and F, & and
crab ? thyrsus and M,
ffl , thyrsus and /\/,
and I,,
Similar.
[Hunter, PL XIII. 14.]
Boeotian shield,
on which club.
[Brit. Mus.
BOIHTHN. Similar type.
PL VI. 8-]
Boeotian shield. BOIHTON. Trident and
dolphin.
[Brit. Mus. PL VI. 9.]
These coins are much ruder in style and fabric than the
previous series of this type
(PI. V. 14).
attributed to Period X.
With regard to the respective values of the silver and
bronze money of Bosotia during this period, B.C. 197 146,
some light may be gained from a very remarkable in-
scription now in the museum at Thebes, 28
28
Hermes, 1874, p. 431.
by
which it