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Drachm
| Issuer | Boeotian League |
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| Year | 250 BC |
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| Value | Silver Drachm (1) |
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| Reverse description | Poseidon standing in three-quarter view to the right, his nude figure depicted in a dynamic contrapposto pose, holding a long trident in his raised left hand and a dolphin in his extended right hand, emblematic of his dominion over the sea. To the right, the two-letter magistrate monogram ΔΞ appears above the distinctive Boeotian shield, the regional emblem of the League. The ethnic legend ΒΟΙΩΤΩΝ is inscribed in the field, identifying the issuing authority. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Boeotian League issued federal coinage intermittently across several centuries, but the mid-third century issues reflect a period when the League had reconstituted itself following the catastrophic defeat at Chaeronea in 338 BC and the subsequent Macedonian dominance that reshaped Greek political life. Federal silver of this type circulated across member poleis — Thebes, Orchomenus, Thespiae, and others — functioning as a common monetary instrument binding communities that had long competed with one another. The BCD specimen catalogued as lot 99 passed through one of the most rigorously documented Boeotian collections ever assembled.