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Obol
| Issuer | Boeotian League |
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| Year | 395 BC - 340 BC |
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| Value | Obol (⅙) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (395 BC - 340 BC) |
| Additional information |
The Boeotian League's federal coinage was a deliberate political statement, asserting collective identity at a time when individual poleis — Thebes above all — competed fiercely for regional dominance. The League's authority to strike silver in its own name fluctuated with battlefield fortune; the crushing Spartan victory at Leuctra in 371 BC paradoxically strengthened Theban control over federal institutions, which may explain the relative abundance of League issues in the decades immediately following. The obol denomination served interregional trade and mercenary pay within a circuit that rarely extended far beyond Boeotia itself.