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Obol
| Issuer | Tanagra |
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| Year | 400 BC - 350 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | TA NA |
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Tanagra occupied an awkward political position throughout the early fourth century — periodically aligned with Sparta against the Boiotian League dominated by Thebes, a stance that made the city's autonomous coinage intermittent and its surviving types scarce. This obol belongs to a civic series that effectively ended when Theban hegemony consolidated Boiotian minting under league authority following Leuktra in 371 BC.
The Dewing specimen, catalogued at 0.73g, sits at the lighter end of the attested weight range for this type — consistent with later issues in the series, suggesting a gradual reduction in flan weight as the mint's output declined.