v43_0126 - BEOTIA - THEBES Obole
MONNAIES 43 (2010)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 175.00 €
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 175.00 €
Type : Obole
Date: c. 363-348 AC.
Mint name / Town : Thèbes
Metal : silver
Diameter : 9,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 0,74 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Très beau bouclier. Bien venu au revers. Très jolie patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Bouclier béotien timbré d’une massue dans sa partie supérieure.
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête imberbe d’Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté dans les restes d’un cercle linéaire.
Reverse legend : QE
Reverse translation : (Thèbes).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Semble de mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de la collection BCD., p. 102, n° 548.
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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