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ACRAEPHIUM— ORCHOMENUS.
293
Haliartus was destroyed by the Persians in B. C. 480. There are silver
coins previous to that date, from the stater downwards, distinguished by
the aspirate (B), the initial letter of Haliartus, placed either in the side-
openings of the shield, or in the centre of the incuse on the reverse {Num.
Zeil. 71, Pl. IX. 1-2). The town was subsequently restored, and issued
staters, etc. in the fifth century.
Boeotian shield. I ARI (retrogr.) or A Amphora or Kan-
(B. M. Cat., Cent. Gr., Pl. VII. 15.) | tharos M Stater.
B.c. 387-374.
Boeotian shield on which trident. ARIARTIO? Poseidon Onchestios na-
(B. M. Cat., Cent. Gr., Pl, VII. 16.) i ked, striking with trident At Stater.
This interesting coin refers to the celebrated temple and grove of
Poseidon at Onchestus in the territory of Haliartus {II. ii. 506), which
was the meeting-place of an Amphictyonic Council of the Boeotians,
’Oyx.?]crTds 8’ ecTTir O7rov to ’Ap.cj)LKTvovLKdv awr/yero ev rfi 'ANaprta * *
exam Iloo-eiSwpo? lepov (Strab., ix. 2. 33). The statue of Poseidon was still
standing there in the time of Pausanias (ix. 26. 5).
b.c. 338-315.
Boeotian shield.
(B. M. Cat., Gent. Gr., Pl. VII. 17.)
in plain field
Lebadeia-
Boeotian shield.
Boeotian shield.
B.c. 387-374.
| AEBA Fulmen
Ad Diobol.
b.c. 338-315.
[ AEB in plain field . . . . AS -8
b.c. 146-27(1).
Head of Pallas.
(B. M. Cat., Cent. Gr., Pl. VII. 18.)
AE in olive-wreath
Mycalessus
B.c. 387-374.
Boeotian shield.
(B. M. Cat., Cent. Gr., Pl. VIII. 1.)
Id.
M-Y Fulmen .
Ad Obol.
M Grapes or Kantharos At 2 Obol, etc.
Orchomenus or Erchomenus. In very early times the Minyan Orcho-
menus had been a member of the naval confederation of Calauria on the
Saronic gulf, and the first pity of Boeotia. This fact points to the
existence of commercial relations between Orchomenus and Aegina, and
perhaps accounts for the introduction into Boeotia of a system of coinage
modelled upon that of Aegina. The early silver coins of Orchomenus
differ from those of the other Boeotian towns in that they are without
the buckler characteristic of the Boeotian Federal money. This type
was not adopted at Orchomenus until the 4th century B. C.
293
Haliartus was destroyed by the Persians in B. C. 480. There are silver
coins previous to that date, from the stater downwards, distinguished by
the aspirate (B), the initial letter of Haliartus, placed either in the side-
openings of the shield, or in the centre of the incuse on the reverse {Num.
Zeil. 71, Pl. IX. 1-2). The town was subsequently restored, and issued
staters, etc. in the fifth century.
Boeotian shield. I ARI (retrogr.) or A Amphora or Kan-
(B. M. Cat., Cent. Gr., Pl. VII. 15.) | tharos M Stater.
B.c. 387-374.
Boeotian shield on which trident. ARIARTIO? Poseidon Onchestios na-
(B. M. Cat., Cent. Gr., Pl, VII. 16.) i ked, striking with trident At Stater.
This interesting coin refers to the celebrated temple and grove of
Poseidon at Onchestus in the territory of Haliartus {II. ii. 506), which
was the meeting-place of an Amphictyonic Council of the Boeotians,
’Oyx.?]crTds 8’ ecTTir O7rov to ’Ap.cj)LKTvovLKdv awr/yero ev rfi 'ANaprta * *
exam Iloo-eiSwpo? lepov (Strab., ix. 2. 33). The statue of Poseidon was still
standing there in the time of Pausanias (ix. 26. 5).
b.c. 338-315.
Boeotian shield.
(B. M. Cat., Gent. Gr., Pl. VII. 17.)
in plain field
Lebadeia-
Boeotian shield.
Boeotian shield.
B.c. 387-374.
| AEBA Fulmen
Ad Diobol.
b.c. 338-315.
[ AEB in plain field . . . . AS -8
b.c. 146-27(1).
Head of Pallas.
(B. M. Cat., Cent. Gr., Pl. VII. 18.)
AE in olive-wreath
Mycalessus
B.c. 387-374.
Boeotian shield.
(B. M. Cat., Cent. Gr., Pl. VIII. 1.)
Id.
M-Y Fulmen .
Ad Obol.
M Grapes or Kantharos At 2 Obol, etc.
Orchomenus or Erchomenus. In very early times the Minyan Orcho-
menus had been a member of the naval confederation of Calauria on the
Saronic gulf, and the first pity of Boeotia. This fact points to the
existence of commercial relations between Orchomenus and Aegina, and
perhaps accounts for the introduction into Boeotia of a system of coinage
modelled upon that of Aegina. The early silver coins of Orchomenus
differ from those of the other Boeotian towns in that they are without
the buckler characteristic of the Boeotian Federal money. This type
was not adopted at Orchomenus until the 4th century B. C.