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Drachm
| Issuer | Boeotian League |
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| Year | 225 BC - 171 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Poseidon facing right, rendered in bold high relief with finely detailed hair bound by a laurel wreath and a full beard flowing naturalistically. The god's strong, mature features display the characteristically robust Hellenistic style associated with Boeotian coinage of the period. The flan is irregularly shaped, as typical of hammered Greek silver, with the portrait dominating the field and the border showing a beaded inner circle at the periphery. |
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| Mintage | ND (225 BC - 171 BC) |
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The Boeotian League's federal coinage reflects the confederacy's recurring attempts to project collective identity despite chronic internal fracture — most dramatically during the Social War of the 220s BC, when Boeotia's pro-Macedonian alignment brought it into direct conflict with the Aetolian League. Federal silver of this period circulated across a confederation whose member cities retained their own bronze issues, making the drachm the primary vehicle for inter-city commerce. Production likely shifted between Thebes and other minting centers depending on which city held federal hegemony at a given moment.