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bgr_353808 - BEOTIA - THEBES Demi-unité

BEOTIA - THEBES Demi-unité AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 250.00 €
Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Thèbes, Béotie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,13 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et large bien centré des deux côté avec le métal légèrement échancré à 10 heures. Beau bouclier. Joli revers de style fin. Très belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection BCD. Triton IX, n° 78

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Bouclier béotien.

Reverse


Reverse description : Tête de trident vu de dessus ; dauphin dans le champ à droite verticalement vers le haut.
Reverse legend : BOITWN.
Reverse translation : (des Béotiens).

Commentary


Cet exemplaire est illustré dans l’ouvrage de Hoover (HGCS. 4/ 1184).

Historical background


BEOTIA - THEBES

(5th - 4th century BC)

Thebes was Athens' great rival. During the Peloponnesian War (431-404 AC.), she was an ally of Sparta. It dominated Greece, thanks to the strategist Epaminondas who, after the liberation of Thebes in 379 BC, successively triumphed over Sparta at Leuctra (371 AC.) and Corinth (369 AC.) before finding death at Mantinea (362 AC.). After this date, Philip II of Macedonia imposes his domination over Boeotia. Thebes was crushed in 338 BC at Chéronée where Alexander cut his teeth. The city is destroyed three years later.

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