bgr_965085 - BEOTIA - THEBES Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 230-220 AC.
Mint name / Town : Béotie, Thèbes
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 4,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Revers agréable. Usure régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Perséphone de trois quarts de face à droite, les cheveux longs, couronnée d’épis.
Reverse
Reverse description : Poséidon nu debout à gauche, tenant un trident de la main droite et un dauphin de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : BOIWTWN.
Reverse translation : (des Béotiens).
Historical background
BEOTIA - THEBES
(288-146 BC)
Federal coinage
Thebes was besieged, taken and razed by Alexander the Great in 335 BC. The population was killed or enslaved. From 316 BC, the city was rebuilt at the instigation of Cassander. The city regained its independence in 288 BC when the Macedonian garrison evacuated the city and Demetrius Poliorcetes granted freedom to the city. The Boeotian League was reconstituted and experienced three major periods from 288 to 146 BC which marks the end of the League and its disappearance with the Roman conquest.
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