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Stater - Philo
| Issuer | Thebes |
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| Year | 363 BC - 338 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
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| Reverse description | Within a shallow incuse concave circle, a slender amphora stands at center. A grape bunch on a vine branch appears above the amphora, referencing the agricultural prosperity of Boeotia. The magistrate's name is divided across the field in two parts, flanking the central device. The incuse concave treatment of the reverse is a hallmark of Boeotian federal stater coinage throughout the Classical period. |
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| Mint | Thebes |
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The magistrate name Philo appears on Theban staters issued during the city's period of Boeotian hegemony, a dominance built on the military innovations of Epaminondas and shattered at Chaeronea in 338 BC when Philip II of Macedon effectively ended Theban political independence. The annual magistrate system that produced these named issues means individual staters can sometimes be placed within narrower windows than the broader series dating suggests, though Philo's precise year of office remains unresolved in the literature.