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Trihemiobol
| Issuer | Thebes |
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| Year | 425 BC - 395 BC |
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| Weight | 0.62 g |
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| Obverse description | Three Boeotian half-shields arranged radially around a central pellet-in-annulet device, their curved edges meeting at the center to create a triskelion-like composition. Each half-shield is rendered in high relief with characteristic concave form, faithfully reproducing the distinctive Boeotian shield type used as the principal emblem of the Boeotian League. The overall design fills the flan in a bold, symmetrical arrangement typical of the Theban mint's small silver coinage of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Thebes dominated the Boeotian League through much of this period, though its authority was repeatedly contested by pro-Spartan factions within member cities. The fractional silver coinage produced during these decades likely served festival, temple, and small-market transactions rather than inter-state commerce — the larger denominations handled that work.
BCD 446 places this among the scarcer fractional types from the League's federal coinage sequence.