bgr_330404 - BOEOTIA - BOEOTIAN LEAGUE Demi-statère
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 280.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Demi-statère
Date: c. 225-171 AC.
Mint name / Town : Thèbes
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 4,99 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan large, ovale et irrégulier, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec le grènetis complet au droit. Magnifique portrait de Poséidon à droite. Joli revers de style, bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets mordorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Poséidon à droite ; grènetis circulaire fermé.
Reverse
Reverse description : Niké, debout à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et la stylis de la gauche.
Reverse legend : BOIWTWN/ (AN)
Reverse translation : (Des Béotiens).
Commentary
Sur notre exemplaire, le monogramme est légèrement différent et ne semble pas aussi complet que celui décrit dans le catalogue du British Museum (BMC 99).
In our example the monogram is slightly different and does not appear to be as complete as that described in the British Museum catalogue (BMC 99)
In our example the monogram is slightly different and does not appear to be as complete as that described in the British Museum catalogue (BMC 99)
Historical background
BOEOTIA - BOEOTIAN LEAGUE
(225-171 BC)
Thebes had been razed by Alexander the Great in 335 BC and its inhabitants massacred or sold as slaves. Thebes was rebuilt in 316 BC by Cassander, under Macedonian control. Demetrius Poliorcetes seized the city in 291 BC, which regained its independence at the fall of the epigone in 288 BC. Monetary production resumed in 221 BC. Thebes became the capital of the Boeotian League, formed after the proclamation of the Greek cities in 196 BC in Corinth by Flaminius. The League disappears when Boeotia is integrated and becomes a Roman province (Achaia).
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