bgr_276421 - BEOTIA - THEBES Statère
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 750.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 750.00 €
Type : Statère
Date: c. 368-364 AC.
Mint name / Town : Thèbes, Béotie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,05 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et complet. Bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau bouclier. Petite usure superficielle sur le cratère au niveau de la frise décorative du vase. Jolie patine superficielle avec des reflets dorés
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Gorny d’avril 1990
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Bouclier béotien.
Reverse
Reverse description : Cratère (diota) surmonté d’une grappe de raisin.
Reverse legend : FI-LO
Reverse translation : (Philo).
Commentary
Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire de la collection BCD, n° 566, présentant le même petit défaut dans le champ à droite. Dans la collection BCD, ce statère se place juste après la série attribuée à Epaminondas qui trouva la mort à la bataille de Mantinée en 362 avant J.-C .
Same obverse die as the copy in the BCD collection, no. 566, which has the same small defect in the right field. In the BCD collection, this stater is placed just after the series attributed to Epaminondas, who died at the Battle of Mantinea in 362 BC.
Same obverse die as the copy in the BCD collection, no. 566, which has the same small defect in the right field. In the BCD collection, this stater is placed just after the series attributed to Epaminondas, who died at the Battle of Mantinea in 362 BC.
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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