Drachm

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.