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Obol
| Issuer | Koroneia (Boeotia) |
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| Year | 400 BC - 350 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Head of Athena facing right, wearing a Corinthian helmet pushed back on the head, the crest rendered with fine engraved strokes. Locks of hair escape from beneath the helmet and fall along the neck. The facial features are rendered in the archaic-to-early classical tradition, with a pronounced profile and visible ear. The field is plain and uninscribed. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Koroneia's coinage occupies a curious position in Boeotian numismatics — the city was a committed member of the Boeotian League yet maintained its own civic types rather than adopting the federal coinage wholesale. This obol belongs to a series produced during a period when Koroneia was actively involved in the bitter conflicts between Sparta and Thebes for dominance of central Greece, including the fighting that repeatedly swept across the Boeotian plain in the years surrounding the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC.
BCD Boiotia 174b reflects the meticulous collection assembled by the late collector known as BCD, whose Boeotian holdings remain the reference standard for this regional coinage.