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Drachm
| Issuer | Boeotian League |
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| Year | 250 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | ΒΟΙΩΤΩN |
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The Boeotian League operated one of the more durable federal coinage systems in the Greek world, issuing coins in the name of the collective rather than any single polis — an arrangement that survived repeated political disruptions, including Theban dominance in the fourth century and Macedonian interference thereafter. By the mid-third century, the League had reasserted a degree of autonomous function following the upheavals of the Chremonidean War period, and coinage production continued at Thebes as the administrative center.
The BCD Boiotia reference places this piece within a carefully sequenced die study compiled from one of the most significant private collections of Boeotian material ever assembled.