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Stater - Asop
| Issuer | Thebes |
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| Year | 363 BC - 338 BC |
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| Weight | 12.08 g |
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| Reverse description | An amphora with prominent double handles and a foot-ring base is depicted in fine detail at the center of the field, rendered in a formal, frontal manner characteristic of Theban staters of this period. The vessel, a type associated with the Kabeirion sanctuary or civic prestige, is shown with a decorated neck and flaring rim. The Greek ethnic inscription AΣΩΠ is distributed in the four quadrants of the field surrounding the amphora, identifying the magistrate or eponymous authority Asop. The design is framed within the irregular flan with no additional border. |
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| Mintage | ND (363 BC - 338 BC) |
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Thebes struck these staters during the height of its political and military dominance over Greece — the period following Leuctra in 371 BC, when Epaminondas shattered Spartan land supremacy, and ending with the city's catastrophic defeat at Chaeronea in 338 BC, after which Philip II of Macedon dismantled Theban power entirely. The Boeotian League that underpinned this coinage ceased to function in any meaningful way almost immediately afterward.
The Asop river deity type is among the more localized Boeotian issues, tied to regional cult geography rather than the broader federal identity. BCD 581 places this firmly within the mature federal series.