v45_0089 - BEOTIA - TANAGRA Obole
MONNAIES 45 (2010)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Obole
Date: c. 387-375 AC.
Mint name / Town : Béotie, Tanagra
Metal : silver
Diameter : 9,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 0,79 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, légèrement décentré sur le bouclier au droit. Coin légèrement bouché au revers. Jolie patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection A. S.
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Bouclier béotien.
Reverse
Reverse legend : T-A.
Reverse description : Protomé de cheval à gauche dans un cercle linéaire creux.
Reverse translation : (Tanagra).
Commentary
Poids léger. Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de la collection BCD (Triton IX, 10 janvier 2006, n° 267). Toutes les monnaies de Tanagra n’ont normalement que les deux premières lettres de l’ethnique. Sur cet exemplaire le T est sous le cheval et le A archaïque au-dessus de la croupe. Cassure de coin perceptible sur l’arrière du protomé.
Lightweight. Same dies as the BCD collection example (Triton IX, January 10, 2006, no. 267). All Tanagra coins normally have only the first two letters of the ethnicity. On this example, the T is under the horse and the archaic A above the rump. Die breakage visible on the back of the protome
Lightweight. Same dies as the BCD collection example (Triton IX, January 10, 2006, no. 267). All Tanagra coins normally have only the first two letters of the ethnicity. On this example, the T is under the horse and the archaic A above the rump. Die breakage visible on the back of the protome
Historical background
BEOTIA - TANAGRA
(4th century BC)
Tanagra was only the second city of the Boeotians, the supremacy being held by Thebes. The city began to monetize at the end of the 6th century BC. Supported by Athens, Tanagra was several times at the head of the Boeotian Confederation. But Thebes always retained the leading role. Tanagra was the ally of the Persians with Thebes during the second Persian war in 480 BC. After Plataea, the city lost its importance which it regained around 450 when the workshop was again opened and a democratic government installed. In 446, Thebes regained hegemony over Boeotia. It was only following the peace of the Great King in 387 BC (treaty of Antalcidas) that Tanagra regained its monetary independence before losing it again in 374 BC following the coup of State of Pelopidas in 379 BC After the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC, Tanagra became part of the new Boeotian league under Macedonian protectorate.
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