bgr_968680 - EUBOEA - CHALCIS Drachme
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Type : Drachme
Date: c. 338-308 AC.
Mint name / Town : Chalcis, Eubée
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,19 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan mince, centré des deux côtés. Joli portrait. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Héra à droite, les cheveux relevés et coiffés en chignon derrière la tête, avec collier et boucles d’oreille.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle volant à droite, terrassant un serpent qu’il tient dans son bec.
Reverse legend : LAC.
Reverse translation : (Chalcis) .
Historical background
EUBOEA - CHALCIS
(4th century BC)
Chalcis seems to have entered the Euboean confederation around 375 BC with Eretria, Histiae and Carystos. In 357 BC, the Euboean league abandoned the Theban alliance to move closer to Athens. After the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC, Chalcis fell under the Macedonian rule of Philip II. The city remains under Macedonian control, when it enters with Eretria into Boeotian koine. In 304, Demetrios, son of Antigone conquers Euboea.
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