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PIIAHAE—THEBES.
295
Tanagra and Federal Coinage. This city, which stood on the left
bank of the Asopus not far from the borders of Attica, was in importance
second only to Thebes among all the members of the Boeotian League.
Circ. B. c.
Boeotian shield with T-T or T-A in
the side-openings,
(B. M. Cat., Cent. Gr., Pl. IX. 6—8.)
Circ,. B. c.
Id. {Ibid., Pl. IX. 9-17.)
550-480.
Incuse square, in the divisions of which
sometimes T-T .......
JR Dr., | Dr., Obols, etc.
480-45&.
TA or B—0—I, B-0 between the spokes
of a wheel, or B in incuse square
JR Staters, Dr., Obols, etc.
infer that after the
for a time to the
From the inscr. BO I on these coins we may
humiliation of Thebes (circ. 479), Tanagra aspired
leadership of the Boeotian Confederacy.
Circ. B. c. 387-374.
Boeotian shield.
(B. M. Cat., Cent. Gr., Pl., X. 1-4.)
Id.
Id. {Ibid., Pl. X. 8.)
TANA, TAN , or T A Incuse square in
which fore-part of springing horse .
JR Stater and Drachm.
T-A Horse’s head in incuse square
JR Obol.
T-A Stern of galley . . At Obol.
Of the horse, as a Tanagraean coin-type, various interpretations have
been suggested. It may, as in Thessaly, be an emblem of Poseidon
Onchestios, the god of the Boeotian Amphictyony, or it may have a more
restricted and local signification, and symbolize the river Asopus which
is seen from Tanagra forcing its way through a rocky ravine from the
Parasopia into the Tanagraean plain, or again it may be the horse of the
sun-god Apollo, whose temple at Delium stood in the territory of
Tanagra. In this case it would express the same idea as the wheel.
Circ. b. c. 338-315.
Boeotian shield. {Ibid., P}. X. 10.) | TAN in plain field . . . . JE -85
Imperial.
From Augustus to Commodus coins were struck at Tanagra, both with
and without the Emperors’ heads {Num. Zeit., ix. p. 30 sqq.). Inscr.
TAN ATPAICUN. Types AC fin OC Head of the River : T7OI MAN APOC
Bust of Poemander the mythical founder: Hermes Kriophoros and
Hermes Promachos, probably from the statues of that god (Paus., ix. 22):
copy of statue of Dionysos, by Calamis, with vanquished Triton beneath
his feet (Paus., ix. 20. 4).
Thebes and Federal Coinage. The earliest coins of Thebes, circ. B. c.
600-550, are anepigraphic.
Boeotian shield. I Incuse square, divided into eight tri-
(B. M. Cat., Cent. Gr., Pl, V. 1-5.) I angular parts . JR. Drachms, etc.
295
Tanagra and Federal Coinage. This city, which stood on the left
bank of the Asopus not far from the borders of Attica, was in importance
second only to Thebes among all the members of the Boeotian League.
Circ. B. c.
Boeotian shield with T-T or T-A in
the side-openings,
(B. M. Cat., Cent. Gr., Pl. IX. 6—8.)
Circ,. B. c.
Id. {Ibid., Pl. IX. 9-17.)
550-480.
Incuse square, in the divisions of which
sometimes T-T .......
JR Dr., | Dr., Obols, etc.
480-45&.
TA or B—0—I, B-0 between the spokes
of a wheel, or B in incuse square
JR Staters, Dr., Obols, etc.
infer that after the
for a time to the
From the inscr. BO I on these coins we may
humiliation of Thebes (circ. 479), Tanagra aspired
leadership of the Boeotian Confederacy.
Circ. B. c. 387-374.
Boeotian shield.
(B. M. Cat., Cent. Gr., Pl., X. 1-4.)
Id.
Id. {Ibid., Pl. X. 8.)
TANA, TAN , or T A Incuse square in
which fore-part of springing horse .
JR Stater and Drachm.
T-A Horse’s head in incuse square
JR Obol.
T-A Stern of galley . . At Obol.
Of the horse, as a Tanagraean coin-type, various interpretations have
been suggested. It may, as in Thessaly, be an emblem of Poseidon
Onchestios, the god of the Boeotian Amphictyony, or it may have a more
restricted and local signification, and symbolize the river Asopus which
is seen from Tanagra forcing its way through a rocky ravine from the
Parasopia into the Tanagraean plain, or again it may be the horse of the
sun-god Apollo, whose temple at Delium stood in the territory of
Tanagra. In this case it would express the same idea as the wheel.
Circ. b. c. 338-315.
Boeotian shield. {Ibid., P}. X. 10.) | TAN in plain field . . . . JE -85
Imperial.
From Augustus to Commodus coins were struck at Tanagra, both with
and without the Emperors’ heads {Num. Zeit., ix. p. 30 sqq.). Inscr.
TAN ATPAICUN. Types AC fin OC Head of the River : T7OI MAN APOC
Bust of Poemander the mythical founder: Hermes Kriophoros and
Hermes Promachos, probably from the statues of that god (Paus., ix. 22):
copy of statue of Dionysos, by Calamis, with vanquished Triton beneath
his feet (Paus., ix. 20. 4).
Thebes and Federal Coinage. The earliest coins of Thebes, circ. B. c.
600-550, are anepigraphic.
Boeotian shield. I Incuse square, divided into eight tri-
(B. M. Cat., Cent. Gr., Pl, V. 1-5.) I angular parts . JR. Drachms, etc.