v31_0058 - BOEOTIA - BOEOTIAN LEAGUE Demi-statère
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 175.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 217.00 €
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 175.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 217.00 €
Type : Demi-statère
Date: c.196-146
Mint name / Town : Thèbes
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 4,53 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire à l’usure régulière avec un très beau portrait de Zeus, légèrement décentré au revers sur la tête de Niké. Une fine patine grise de collection ancienne recouvre l’exemplaire
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Niké, debout à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et la stylis de la gauche.
Reverse legend : BOIWTWN/ (AN)
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 92 et 93).
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 92 and 93)
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 92 and 93)
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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