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Stater - Klion
| Issuer | Thebes |
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| Year | 395 BC - 338 BC |
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| Value | Silver Stater (3) |
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| Reverse description | An amphora (kantharos-type krater) rendered in fine relief occupies the central field, its volute handles rising gracefully above a gadrooned body, resting on a stepped foot. The vessel is depicted frontally with considerable engraver's skill, the handle scrolls and decorative neck band clearly articulated. Flanking the amphora on either side are the letters of the magistrate's name, reading ΚΛΙ to the left and ΩΝ to the right, in archaic Greek script. The design is set within a smooth, slightly concave field on the irregularly shaped flan. This reverse type is characteristic of Theban federal staters attributable to the magistrate Klion. |
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| Mint | Thebes |
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Thebes dominated Boeotian coinage during the period bracketed by the Corinthian War and the catastrophic defeat at Chaeronea, where Philip II of Macedon effectively ended the city's political independence in 338 BC. The magistrate name Klion appearing on this stater places it within the federal mint's output during a period when Thebes held hegemony over the Boeotian League — a dominance built largely on the military reforms of Epaminondas and the innovations of the Sacred Band.
Hepworth's classification of this type refined earlier BCD attributions by systematizing the magistrate sequence. The Klion issues are among the better-documented in that framework.