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in  the  case  of  one  who  [coins]  at  Mjrtilene,  all  the  magistrates  of
Mytilene  for  a  majority  of  the  court ;  and  at  Phoc^ea  all  the  magis-
trates of  Phocaea  for  a  majority  of  the  court.  The  trial  shall  be
within  six  months  after  the  termination  of  the  year.^  If  he  is  con-
victed of  purposely  making  the  alloyed  gold  too  base,^  he  shall  be
punished  with  death ;  if  he  is  acquitted  of  doing  wrong  purposely,
the  court  shall  determine  what  he  shall  suflFer  or  pay ;  but  the  city
shall  be  exempt  from  responsibility  and  from  loss.  The  people  of
Mytilene  drew  the  lot  to  mint  first.  (This  agreement  shall  be  in
effect)  beginning  (with  the  term  of)  the  prytanis  succeeding  Colonus
(at  Mytilene)  and  the  successor  of  Aristarchus  at  Phocsa.'

116.  The  Relation  of  Larisa,  Thessaly,  to  Macedon  and  to

Sparta,  about  400  b.c.
