86 THEBES. 
the oldest coinage of the country : they exhi- 
bited in front the figure of the Boeotian shield; 
and upon the obverse sides, an indented square 
with this monogram MH in the centre. The 
other silver medals were of Thebes, of Corinth, 
and of Athens. The Macedonian silve^r consisted 
of medals oi Alexander, and of Cassander. We 
also procured many bronze coins : among these 
were several of Boeotla, of very diminutive size, 
with the usual symbol of the shield before men- 
tioned, and with the legend BOinxXlN. It will 
not be necessary to give a particular description 
of all the bronze coins found here; because they 
are less worth notice than medals in silver; 
being more modern. They consisted of the 
coins of the Macedonian kings, particularly of 
Alexander, and of Cassander; the latter ap- 
pearing with the legend entire, BASIAEHZ 
KAZZANAPOY, and with a portrait of this 
monarch; one of the few instances where a 
portrait occurs upon Greek medals. Of the 
bronze coins of cities, may be mentioned, as the 
most rare, those of Abdera, with the legend 
ABAHPITEHN; of Thespia, eEZniEHN; of 
Athens, A0ENASI1N; oi Elatea, representing a 
hulVs head with fillets, and the legend EA ; and 
lastly, a bronze medal, which, with one exception 
alone, is perhaps unique, of Ilesium in Bceoiia. 
