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BOEOTIA, Pharai. 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.85 g). Boeotian shield / Amphora; wheat ear to left; all within concave circle. BCD Boiotia 236. Near VF, toned, light roughness.
From the BCD Collection.areich
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Greek
Boeotia Thebes 379-387 BC
AR Stater, 11.68 grams
Obverse: Boeotian Shield
Reverse: Amphora Bow Abovepaul1888
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BOEOTIA Federal coinage Drachm (AR; 17-19mm; 5.48g) c. 304-294 bc. Boeotian shield. Rev. Δ – I Amphora and above pellet within incuse square.
BCD Boeotia 69; Head p. 57; McClean p. 314, 5513; SNG Delepierre 1298; SNG Lockett 1775; Traité III p. 267, 287 and pl. 202.26; Weber p. 317, 3328 and pl. 125.
Ex Gemini VI, New York Sunday, January 10, 2010, lot 113.
Ex: CNG Electronic Auction 148, September 20, 2006, lot 12, BCD collection.
Ex KURPFÄLZISCHE MÜNZHANDLUNG, Mannheim, Germany
1984: no 27, 12 Dec.
Ex: Numismatic Fine Arts, Inc., Publication No. 12, January-February 1979, Lot 27paul1888
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GreeceGreece - Central, Peloponnesos, Crete & The Cyclades.
Thessaly, Akarnania, Boeotia, Euboia, Attica, Corinthia, Sikyonia, Peloponnesos, Argolis, Phokaia, Arkadia, Lokris.Anaximander
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07. "Pella": Tetradrachm in the name of Alexander the Great.Tetradrachm, ca 315 - 310 BC, "Pella" mint.
Obverse: Head of Alexander as Herakles, wearing lion's skin headdress.
Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ / Zeus sitting, holding his attendant eagle and sceptre. Boeotian shield at left, Σ. between the rungs of the throne.
17.24 gm., 26 mm.
P. #250; PROa #135.
Alexander appointed Antipater regent in Macedon during his absence. After Alexander's death in 323 BC, Antipater continued ruling as regent until his own death in 319 BC. Thereafter his son Kassander ruled until 297 BC, eventually taking the title of King in 305 BC. He was notorious for his cruelty, and in 311 BC he killed Alexander's widow and her young son. The silver coinage of Kassander's reign was all issued in the name of Alexander.Callimachus
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Alexander I Balas 150-145 B.C.Alexander I Balas 150-145 B.C. Ae 17.7 - 18.2mm. Weight 7.31g. Obv: Head of Alexander I r. in crested Boeotian helmet. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Nike standing l. crowning royal name with wreath and holding palm.ddwau
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Alexander III - AR tetradrachmstruck by Kassander in the name of Alexander III
Pella
317-314 BC
head of young Heracles in lionskin right
Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter
boeotian shield left; snake under the throne
AΛEΞANΔPOY
Price 249; SNG Copenhagen 728. Muller 754
17,19g 26,5mm
ex CNG
ex AureaJ. B.
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Athens, Mithradatic War Issue, 87-86 B.C."In 87 B.C., Mithridates moved his forces into Greece and established Aristion as a tyrant in Athens. Sulla landed in Epirus and marched through Boeotia into Attica. Most cities declared their allegiance to Rome, foremost among them Thebes. Athens, however, remained loyal to Mithridates. After a long and brutal siege, Sulla's rough battle hardened legions, veterans of the Social War, took Athens on the Kalends of March 86 B.C. They looted and burned temples and structures built in the city by various Hellenistic kings to honor themselves and gain prestige. Months later, only after they ran out of water, Aristion surrendered the Akropolis. Athens was looted and punished severely. Roman vengeance ensured Greece would remain docile during later civil wars and Mithridatic wars."
Bronze chalkous, SNG Cop 307, BMC Attica p. 81, 554; Kroll 97; Svoronos Athens pl. 84, 45 - 48, F, thick flan, 9.775g, 19.7mm, 45o, Athens mint, Mithradates VI of Pontos & Aristion, 87 - 86 B.C.; obverse head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; reverse Zeus advancing right, nude, hurling thunderbolt with right, left extended, A/Q-E flanking below arms, star between two crescents (one above and one below) in lower right field;Platon
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Béotie, Thèbes statère (363-338 AC)Magistrat KA-ΛΛI
Référence : HGC.4,1334
22.06mm; 12.25g; 12hT.MooT
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boeotiaBoeotia Federal Coinage, 395-340 BC.
Obverse- Boeotian shield.
Reverse- Kantharos; club above to right ivy leaf BO-I across lower field; all within concave incuse square.
Attribution: SNG Cop. 173, 14.01 mm, 2.6 grams.b70
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Boeotia AR HemidrachmObv: Boeotian shield.
Rev: Kantharos; above club right; BO-I across lower field.
Year: 395-340 BC
Weight: 1.96g
Ref: BMC 32oa
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Boeotia Federal Coinage395-340 B.C.
Silver Hemidrachm
2.50 gm, 14 mm
Obv.: Boeotian shield
Rev.: Kantharos with club above; B O-I across lower field?; all within incuse square.
Sear 2396 var.; BMC Central Greece p. 35, 35 var.Jaimelai
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BOEOTIA FEDERAL COINAGE AR Hemidrachm SNG Copenhagen 176-177, ShieldOBV: Boeotian sheild
REV: Kantheros, club of Herakles above, BO to left, I and crescent to right
1.9g
Minted at Thespiae, 336-315 BCLegatus
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Boeotia federal issue. AE17Obv: Head of Demeter or Kore, wreathed with corn, facing slightly right.
Rev: BOIΩTΩN, Poseidon, naked, standing left, resting right foot on rock and leaning on trident.
BMC 81; BCD Boeotia 102ancientone
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Boeotia obolca. 395-338 BC
10mm, 0.81g
Theot(i)-, magistrate
obv: Boeotian shield
rev: youthful head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin, ΘE downward before, all within concave circle
Klein -; (BCD Boeotia 548)areich
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Boeotia staterca. 395-338 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 12.14 g). Kalli-, magistrate. Struck circa 363-338 BC. Boeotian shield / Amphora; KA-Λ[ΛI] across field; all within concave circle. Hepworth 63; BCD Boiotia 555.
ex CNG: auction 236, lot 108areich
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Boeotia stater21mm, 9.19g
Robert Ready electrotype, stamped RR on edgeareich
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Boeotia Thebes Silver HemidrachmBoeotia, Theses
Silver hemidrachm 2.4 gram
Obverse: Boetian Shield
Reverse: Kanthacos
Antonivs Protti
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Boeotia, Federal Coinage, (c.378-338 B.C.), BMC 31, AR-Hemidrachm, BO/IΩ//--, Kantharos, #1Boeotia, Federal Coinage, (c.378-338 B.C.), BMC 31, AR-Hemidrachm, BO/IΩ//--, Kantharos, #1
avers: Boeotian shield,
reverse: Kantharos, club above.
exergue: BO/IΩ//--, diameter: 11,5-13,0mm, weight: 2,58 g, axes: 6h,
mint: Boeotia, Federal Coinage, date: c.378-338 B.C., ref: BMC 31,
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Boeotia, Federal Coinage, (c.378-338 B.C.), BMC 31, AR-Hemidrachm, BO/IΩ//--, Kantharos, #2Boeotia, Federal Coinage, (c.378-338 B.C.), BMC 31, AR-Hemidrachm, BO/IΩ//--, Kantharos, #2
avers: Boeotian shield,
reverse: Kantharos, club above.
exergue: BO/IΩ//--, diameter: 12,0-13,0mm, weight: 2,46 g, axes: 11h,
mint: Boeotia, Federal Coinage, date: c.378-338 B.C., ref: BMC 31,
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Boeotia, Federal Coinage, 225-171 BC, AR Drachm Laureate head of Poseidon right.
BOIΩTΩN in left field, Nike standing left, ligate AN inner left.
BMC Central Greece p 42, 99; SNG Copenhagen 387; BCD Boiotia 126; McLean 5618, pl 202, 17.
(20 mm, 5.10 g, 12h).
Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 13, August 2006, 154n.igma
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BOEOTIA, Federal Coinage, Circa 250 BCAR Drachm, 18mm, 4.96 g
O. Head of Demeter or Kore (Persephone) facing slightly right, wearing wreath of grain ears
R. Poseidon, naked, standing right, resting on trident and holding dolphin; ΒΟΙΩΤΩΝ to left; ΔI above Boiotian shield to right
BCD Boiotia 93robertpe
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Boeotia, Orchomenos, SNG Copenhagen 266AE 20, Dichalkon, 5.91g
struck 4th century BC
obv. Artemis kneeling r., holding bow, quiver on back, [dog behind]
rev. [ERCOMENIWN]
Kallisto seated l. on rocks, transfixed by an arrow in her breast´and falling
backwards, at her side, the infant Arkas laying on his back.
SNG Copenhagen 266; BMC 1-2 var.; MG 246-7; Svoronos 1914, pl. XI, 5, 7; Traite III, 940
rare, about VF, dark-green patina
For more information look at the thread 'Coins of mythological interest' Jochen
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Boeotia, TanagraBoeotia, Tanagra
AR Obol
Early-mid 4th century BC
Obv.: Boeotian shield
Rev.: forepart of horse right, T above, A below
Ag, 10 mm, 0.9g
Ref.: BMC 35
Ex BCD Collection.shanxi
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Boeotia, Tanagra, (c.387-374 B.C.), AR-Obol, SNG Cop 225, Forepart of a horse right, Boeotia, Tanagra, (c.387-374 B.C.), AR-Obol, SNG Cop 225, Forepart of a horse right,
avers:- Boeotian shield,
revers:- Forepart of a horse right, T left - A right, brunch of grapes below.
exerg: T/A//--, diameter: 9,5-10mm, weight: 0,85 g, axes: 1 h,
mint: Boeotia, Tanagra, date: c. 387-374 B.C., ref: SNG-Cop-225, BMC-43,
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Boeotia, Tanagra, (c.387-374 B.C.), AR-Obol, SNG Cop 225, Forepart of a horse right, Boeotia, Tanagra, (c.387-374 B.C.), AR-Obol, SNG Cop 225, Forepart of a horse right,
avers:- Boeotian shield,
revers:- Forepart of a horse right, T left - A below.
exerg: T/-//A, diameter: 9,5-11,5mm, weight: 0,89g, axes: 0 h,
mint: Boeotia, Tanagra, date: c. 387-374 B.C., ref: SNG-Cop-225, BMC-35,
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Boeotia, Tanagra, (c.387-374 B.C.), AR-Obol, SNG Cop 225, Forepart of a horse right,Boeotia, Tanagra, (c.387-374 B.C.), AR-Obol, SNG Cop 225, Forepart of a horse right,
avers:- Boeotian shield,
revers:- Forepart of a horse right, T left - A right.
exerg: T/A//--, diameter: 11,5 mm, weight: 0,72 g, axes: 0 h,
mint: Boeotia, Tanagra, date: c. 387-374 B.C., ref: SNG-Cop-225, BMC-34,
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BOEOTIA, TANAGRA, c. 387-374 BCsilver hemiobol, 10mm
shield / forepart of horse
SG-2453v, SNG Cop-225v.Dino
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BOEOTIA, ThebesIn the late 6th century BC the Thebans were brought for the first time into hostile contact with the Athenians, who helped the small village of Plataea to maintain its independence against them, and in 506 repelled an inroad into Attica. The aversion to Athens best serves to explain the unpatriotic attitude which Thebes displayed during the Persian invasion of Greece (480–479 BC). Though a contingent of 700 was sent to Thermopylae and remained there with Leonidas until just before the last stand when they surrendered to the Persians[1], the governing aristocracy soon after joined King Xerxes I of Persia with great readiness and fought zealously on his behalf at the battle of Plataea in 479 BC. The victorious Greeks subsequently punished Thebes by depriving it of the presidency of the Boeotian League, and an attempt by the Spartans to expel it from the Delphic amphictyony was only frustrated by the intercession of Athens.
In 457 Sparta, needing a counterpoise against Athens in central Greece, reversed her policy and reinstated Thebes as the dominant power in Boeotia. The great citadel of Cadmea served this purpose well by holding out as a base of resistance when the Athenians overran and occupied the rest of the country (457–447). In the Peloponnesian War the Thebans, embittered by the support which Athens gave to the smaller Boeotian towns, and especially to Plataea, which they vainly attempted to reduce in 431, were firm allies of Sparta, which in turn helped them to besiege Plataea and allowed them to destroy the town after its capture in 427 BC. In 424 at the head of the Boeotian levy they inflicted a severe defeat upon an invading force of Athenians at the Battle of Delium, and for the first time displayed the effects of that firm military organization which eventually raised them to predominant power in Greece.
After the downfall of Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War the Thebans, finding that Sparta intended to protect the states which they desired to annex, broke off the alliance. In 404 they had urged the complete destruction of Athens, yet in 403 they secretly supported the restoration of its democracy in order to find in it a counterpoise against Sparta. A few years later, influenced perhaps in part by Persian gold, they formed the nucleus of the league against Sparta. At the battles of Haliartus (395) and Coronea (394) they again proved their rising military capacity by standing their ground against the Spartans. The result of the war was especially disastrous to Thebes, as the general settlement of 387 stipulated the complete autonomy of all Greek towns and so withdrew the other Boeotians from its political control. Its power was further curtailed in 382, when a Spartan force occupied the citadel by a treacherous coup-de-main. Three years later the Spartan garrison was expelled, and a democratic constitution definitely set up in place of the traditional oligarchy. In the consequent wars with Sparta the Theban army, trained and led by Epaminondas and Pelopidas, proved itself the best in Greece. Some years of desultory fighting, in which Thebes established its control over all Boeotia, culminated in 371 in a remarkable victory over the pick of the Spartans at Leuctra. The winners were hailed throughout Greece as champions of the oppressed. They carried their arms into Peloponnesus and at the head of a large coalition permanently crippled the power of Sparta. Similar expeditions were sent to Thessaly and Macedon to regulate the affairs of those regions.
However the predominance of Thebes was short-lived; the states which she protected refused to subject themselves permanently to her control, and the renewed rivalry of Athens, which had joined with Thebes in 395 in a common fear of Sparta, but since 387 had endeavoured to maintain the balance of power against her ally, prevented the formation of a Theban empire. With the death of Epaminondas at Mantinea in 362 the city sank again to the position of a secondary power. In a war with the neighbouring state of Phocis (356–346) it could not even maintain its predominance in central Greece, and by inviting Philip II of Macedon to crush the Phocians it extended that monarch's power within dangerous proximity to its frontiers. A revulsion of feeling was completed in 338 by the orator Demosthenes, who persuaded Thebes to join Athens in a final attempt to bar Philip's advance upon Attica. The Theban contingent lost the decisive battle of Chaeronea and along with it every hope of reassuming control over Greece. Philip was content to deprive Thebes of her dominion over Boeotia; but an unsuccessful revolt in 335 against his son Alexander was punished by Macedon and other Greek states by the severe sacking of the city, except, according to tradition, the house of the poet Pindar.
BOEOTIA, Thebes. Circa 395-338 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 11.98 gm). Boeotian shield / Amphora; magistrate AM-FI. Hepworth, "The 4th Century BC Magistrate Coinage of the Boiotian Confederacy," in Nomismatika Xronika (1998), 2; BMC Central Greece -. Fine.
Ex-Cng eAuction 105, Lot: 34 225/200
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Boeotia, ThebesAE17
221-197 B.C.
17mm, 3.91g
GCV-2413
Obverse:
Head of Persephone three quarter face to right wreathed with corn.
Reverse:
BOIΩTΩN
Poseidon naked, standing left, right foot set on rock, and holding trident.Will J
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BOEOTIA, THEBESca. 221 - 197 B.C.
AE 18 X 19 mm; 2.86 g
O: Head of Persephone facing slightly right, wreathed with grain;
R: BOIΩT[ΩN], naked Poseidon standing left, foot on rock, holds trident as a staff
Thebes mintlaney
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Boeotia, ThebesMetal/Size: AE13; Weight: 1.76 grams; Denomination: Bronze Unit; Mint: Thebes, Boeotia; Date: 196-146 BCE; Obverse: Boeotian shield facing. Reverse: BOIΩTΩN, ornamented trident, dolphin to right. References: BCD #50; BMC #108; SNG Cop. #179.museumguy
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Boeotia, Thebes (Circa 379-368 BC)AR Stater
22 mm, 11.44 g
Obverse: Boeotian shield
Reverse: Amphora; ΠO-ΘI (Pothi - magistrate) across field.
Hepworth 81; BCD Boiotia 515; HGC 4, 1331
Thebes was the largest city of the ancient region of Boeotia. It was a major rival of ancient Athens, and sided with the Persians during the 480 BC invasion under Xerxes and Sparta during the Peloponnesian war (431-404 BC). In 404 BC, they had urged the complete destruction of Athens; yet, in 403 BC, they secretly supported the restoration of its democracy in order to find in it a counterpoise against Sparta. A few years later, influenced perhaps in part by Persian gold, they formed the nucleus of the league against Sparta. The result of the war was disastrous to Thebes, and by 382 BC a Spartan force was occupying its citadel. Three years later, the Spartan garrison was expelled and a democratic constitution was set up in place of the traditional oligarchy. In the consequent wars with Sparta, the Theban army, trained and led by Epaminondas and Pelopidas, proved itself formidable. Years of desultory fighting, in which Thebes established its control over all Boeotia, culminated in 371 BC in a remarkable victory over the Spartans at Leuctra. Nathan P
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Boeotia, Thebes AR Stater/Amphora c. 379-368 B.C.Boeotia, Thebes AR Stater/Amphora 12.06 grams c. 379-368 B.C.
Obv: Boeotian shield.
Rev: Amphora, thymiaterion to right, across field, KΛ-EE.
Ref: BCD Boeotia 504.
aEF.mjabrial
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Boeotia, Thebes, (c.395-338 B.C.), AR-Obol, SNG Cop 354-355, Youthful head of Herakles right,Boeotia, Thebes, (c.395-338 B.C.), AR-Obol, SNG Cop 354-355, Youthful head of Herakles right,
avers:- Boeotian shield.
revers:- Youthful head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress; ΘE downward on lower right.
exerg: -/-//ΘE, diameter: 10-11,5mm, weight: 0,84g, axes: 8h,
mint: Boeotia, Thebes, date: c. 395-338 B.C.,
ref: SNG Cop 354-355, BCD Boiotia 548,
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Boeotia, Thebes, (late 3rd to mid 2nd B.C.), AE-11, SNG Manchester 931, Shield/Trident, Boeotia, Thebes, (late 3rd to mid 2nd B.C.), AE-11, SNG Manchester 931, ΘHBA-IΩN, Shield/Trident,
avers:- Boeotian shield,
revers:- ΘHBA-IΩN, ethnic around ornamented trident head.
exerg: -/-//--, diameter: 10,5mm, weight: 2,37g, axes: 6h,
mint: Boeotia, Thebes, date: late 3rd to mid 2nd B.C., ref:SNG Manchester 931; SNG Hart 742-3; SNG Newcastle 273, BMC-108-111, SNG Cop 375,
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Boeotia, Thebes, 368-364 BC, AR Stater Boeotian shield.
Amphora, KA-BI across field.
BMC Central Greece p 83, 150; BDC Boiotia 539; Hepworth 61; Head, Boeotia p. 65; BMC p. 83, 150; SNG Copenhagen 339. Struck ca. 368 - 364 BC.
(20 mm, 12.14 g).
Classical Numismatic Group e-Auction 142, 28 June 2006, 21.n.igma
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BOEOTIA, THEBES, 395-338 BCStater, 20mm, 12.16g
Daim-, magistrate
O. Boeotian shield
R. Amphora; ΔA-IM across central field; all within incuse concave circle
Hepworth 18; BCD Boiotia 523robertpe
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Boeotia, Thebes, AE13 Boeotia Shield / Ornamented Trident Boeotia, Thebes, AE13 Boeotia Shield / Ornamented Trident
SG#2405. Nice! 379-371 B.C. _3120Antonivs Protti
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Boeotia, Thebes, federal coinage.Sear 2395, SNG Copenhagen 340-341; BMC Central Greece pg. 83, 151; Hepworth 63; BCD Boeotia 555.
AR Stater (12.21 gr., 20 mm.), by magistrate Kalli ca. 363-338 B.C.
Obv: Boeotian shield.
Rev: Amphora, KA-LLI to left and right, within incuse concave circle.Stkp
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Boeotia, Thebes. (Circa 425-400 BC.)AR Stater
23mm, 12.32 g
Obverse: Boeotian shield
Reverse: Amphora, ivy leaf hanging from right handle; Θ-E across lower field (short for ΘEBAIΩN or "Belonging to the People of Thebes"); all within concave circle.
BCD Boiotia 391; HGC 4, 1325. Nathan P
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Boeotia, Thebes. AR hemidrachm.Boeotia, Thebes. 426-395BC. AR hemidrachm.
Obverse: Boeotian sheild facing.
Reverse; a very misstruck Kantharos!CANTANATRIX
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Boeotia, Thebes. AR hemidrachm.Boeotia, Thebes. 426-395BC. AR hemidrachm.
Obverse: Boeotian sheild facing.
Reverse; a very misstruck Kantharos!CANTANATRIX
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Boeotia, Thebes. Magistrate Stater.Greece. Boeotia. c. 368-364 BC. AR Stater (12.33 gm, 15.4mm) of Thebes Boeotian shield. / Amphora, AR-KA (magistrate) in fields. "Rare use of the R form of the letter rho. It is almost always rendered as P except in Sicily and Italy, which occasionally use the R form." gVF. Bt. Guy Clark, 1989. BCD Boiotia (Triton IX) #536 (same rev. die); SNG Cop 3 (Aetolia-Euboea) #318 (same rev. die); Hepworth 13; HGC 4 #1332; Head Boeotia p.64. cf. Triton XIII #1195.Anaximander
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Boeotia, Thebes. Persephone and Poseidon Drachm.Greece. Boeotia. c.250 BC. AR Drachm (4.98ᵍᵐ 13.7ᵐᵐ 11ʰ) of Thebes, Third Boeotian League. Head of Persephone facing slightly right, wreathed with grain. / Poseidon stdg facing, head right, holding dolphin and trident. ΒΟΙΩΤΩΝ to left, ΔΙ (magistrate) to right, Boeotian shield below. VF. Bt. Gables Coin 1999. BCD Boiotia (Triton IX) #93; BMC Central p.42 #90; HGC 4 #1174; SNG Cop 3 (Aetolia-Euboea) #83 var (Δ𐊑); SNG Lockett 1773.Anaximander
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Boeotia, Thebes. Shield and Amphora Stater.Greece. Boeotia. 425-400 BC. AR Stater (11.66 gm,19.2mm, 3h) of Thebes Boeotian shield, with vestiges of club across upper half. / Two-handled amphora. ⨀-E in fields. VF. Bt. Herakles Numismatics, 2011. Ex-BCD Coll. BCD Boiotia (Triton IX) #388; SNG Berry 595; SNG Cop. 3 (Aetolia-Euboea) #286; SNG Delepierre 1357-1358; SNG Lockett 1744; BMC p.73 #72 (pl.XIII #12); HGC 4 #1325.Anaximander
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Boeotia, Thebes. Shield and Amphora with Bow Stater.Greece. Boeotia. 425-400 BC. AR Stater (12.20 gm, 17.3mm) of Thebes Boeotian shield. / Two-handled amphora. Bow to left, ⨀-E in fields. VF. Bt. Herakles Numismatics, 2014. Ex CNG 159 #63; ex BCD Coll.; ex Lanz 4/24/1979 #92. BCD Boiotia (Triton IX) #403, BMC p.67 #94 (pl.XIV #3); Babelon Traité III #248 (pl.200 #17); SNG Cop 3 (Aetolia-Euboea) #305. HGC 4 #1325.Anaximander
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Boeotia, Thebes. Shield and Dionysios Stater.Greece. Boeotia. 425-395 BC. AR Stater (10.91 gm, 17.4mm) of Thebes. Boeotian shield. / Bearded head of Dionysios, right, wearing ivy wreath, [⨀-E] in lower fields. VF. Bt. Herakles Numismatics, 2018. BCD Boiotia (Triton IX) #438ff; Babelon Traité III #241; SNG Berry 594; SNG Cop 3 (Aetolia-Auboea) #283 (same or similar rev.); SNG Delepierre 1356 (same); SNG Lockett #1743; HGC 4 #1326. cf. CNG 69 #285 (same rev. die).Anaximander
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Boeotia, Thebes. Shield and Kantharos Hemidrachm.Greece. Boeotia. 395-340 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.47 gm, 9.3mm) of Federal Coinage, possibly Thespiae. Boeotian shield. / Two-handled cup, kantharos, club above. BO - I voided crescent in fields, all in incuse circle. aVF. BCD Boiotia (Triton IX) #42; Babelon Traité III #365; HGC 4 #1166; SNG Cop 3 (Aetolia-Euboea) #176-177. cf. Triton IX #47.Anaximander
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Boeotia, Thespiae, AE-12, SNG Manchester 936, ΘΕΣΠΙ-ΕΩΝ Lyre, RRR !!Boeotia, Thespiae, AE-12, SNG Manchester 936, ΘΕΣΠΙ-ΕΩΝ Lyre, RRR !!
avers:- Veiled female head to the right,
revers:- ΘΕΣΠΙ-ΕΩΝ, Lyre ( turtle-shell lyre !!!).
exerg: -/-//--, diameter: 12,5mm, weight: 2,26g, axes: 9h,
mint: Thespiae, Boeotia, date: 146-27. B.C., ref: BMC,Cent.Gr. Pl-XVI:12,13, SNG Manchester 936, RRR!!
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Boeotia, Thespiae, AE-16 and AE-12, SNG Manchester 937 and 936, ΘΕΣΠΙ ΕΩΝ Lyre in wreath and Turtle-shell Lyre, RR !!Boeotia, Thespiae, AE-16 and AE-12, SNG Manchester 937 and 936, ΘΕΣΠΙ ΕΩΝ Lyre in wreath and Lyre, RR !!
avers:- Veiled female head to the right,
revers:- ΘΕΣΠΙ-ΕΩΝ, Lyre in wreath and turtle-shell lyre.
exerg: -/-//--, diameter: 16mm and 12,5mm, weight: 3,88g and 2,26g, axes: 1h and 9h,
mint: Thespiae, Boeotia, date: 146-27. B.C., ref: BMC,Cent.Gr. Pl-XVI:12,13, SNG Manchester 937and 936, RR!!
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Boeotia, Thespiae, AE-16, SNG Manchester 937, ΘΕΣΠΙ-ΕΩΝ Lyre in wreath, RR !!Boeotia, Thespiae, AE-16, SNG Manchester 937, ΘΕΣΠΙ-ΕΩΝ Lyre in wreath, RR !!
avers:- Veiled female head to the right,
revers:- ΘΕΣΠΙ-ΕΩΝ, Lyre in wreath.
exerg: -/-//--, diameter: 16mm, weight: 3,88g, axes: 1h,
mint: Thespiae, Boeotia, date: 146-27. B.C., ref: BMC,Cent.Gr. Pl-XVI:12,13, SNG Manchester 937, RR!!
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Boeotia-Thebes; 275-250 BCAR-Hemidrachm
Obv: Boeotian shield,federal coinage.
Rev: BO-IΩ around Kantharos, Thunderbolt in upper field,all within concave circle
Size: 13.5x14mm;2.57gm
Ref: BMC Central Greece,vol.8,Pg.35,No.30
SNG 172
Sear- 2396 var.Brian L
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Boeotia. ThespiaeSGCV 2458; BMC Central Greece pg. 90, 4; SNG Copenhagen 401-402
AR obol, .63 g., 9.78 mm. max.
Struck ca. 431-424 B.C.
Obv: Boeotian shield
Rev: ΘEΣ, upward-facing crescent comprised of three lines.
Thespiae was a member of the Boeotian League. In 424 B.C. during the Peloponnesian War, the Thespian contingent of the Boeotian army sustained heavy losses in the Athenian invasion of Boeotia at the Battle of Delium. In 423 B.C. the Thebans dismantled the walls of Thespiae, apparently as a measure to prevent a democratic revolution. The terminus of this emission coincides with these events.
The crescent on the reverse of this coin refers to Aphrodite Melainis, who was worshipped at Thespiai as a moon goddess. The legend is an abbreviation for ΘΕΣΠΙΕΩΝ of Thespians.Stkp
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BOEOTIA. Federal Coinage. Circa 225-171 BC. AR Drachm BOEOTIA. Federal Coinage. Circa 225-171 BC. AR Drachm (18mm - 5.02 g). Laureate head of Poseidon right / Nike standing left, holding wreath in right hand, scepter in left; monogram before. BCD Boiotia 118; BMC Central Greece pg. 42, 96. VF, lightly toned, rough obverse, nice reverse.
Philoromaos
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BOEOTIA. Thebes. AR Stater.Circa 425-400 B.C. AR Stater (12.08gm, 20mm, 5h). BCD Boiotia-388; Head Pg. 36-classy, pl. III#8; SNG Cop. 286. Obverse: Boeotian shield with club across lower half. Reverse: Volute amphora with fluted shoulders, Θ-E across fields, all within incuse square. Well struck on a very good metal. Struck in high relief. Scarce variety. Choice aEF.
Ex Pars Coins
The coins of Boeotia prominently feature the Boeotian shield on its obverse. This particular coin we have from the city-state of Thebes was minted between 425-400 B.C. during the Peloponnesian War. Thebes, at that time, alongside the rest of the 10 Boeotian poleis, sided with the Peloponnesian League under the hegemony of Sparta against the Athenian Empire. The Boeotian Confederation instituted a form of federal coinage based on the Aeginetic standard. A particular period of Theban coinage reached its numismatic artistic merit at around the same period that this coin was minted (425-400 B.C). Although the obverse always shows the shield, the reverse features the head of Dionysos, Herakles or a volute amphora. The amphora eventually became more popular after 400 B.C on the reverse of most Boeotian coin. Early staters showing the amphora on the reverse could be identified by a rounder vase and the city ethnic in the field and all are contained within a square incuse. Later coinage features the same amphora on the reverse and generally includes various magistrates name and less of the city’s ethnic and all are within a round incuse. The obverse also has a more distinct rounder shield on later coinage. At this later date in the mid- 4th century B.C. Thebes was the leading power in Greece and almost united all the Greek city states, freed Messene from Sparta and subdued the latter. Ironically, this paved the way for Macedonian conquest of Greece and in the process, destroyed Thebes and sold its population into slavery by Alexander the Great in 335 B.C.
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BOEOTIA. Thebes. Ca. 395-338 BC. AR stater (12.05 gm). NGC XF 5/5 - 3/5BOEOTIA. Thebes. Ca. 395-338 BC. AR stater (12.05 gm). NGC XF 5/5 - 3/5. Kalli(machus?), magistrate, ca. 363-338 BC. Boeotian shield / Amphora; KA-ΛΛI across fields; all within concave circle. BCD Boiotia 555.Mark R1
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Boeotia; federal coinage, 426 - 395 BC; Hemidrachm; shield / kantharos13mm, 2.55g
Boeotian shield
Θ - EB; Kantharos; above, club right; all within incuse circle
ex Numismatik Lanz (eBay)
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Boeotian HemidrachmA Boeotian hemidrachm minted in Boeotia between 379-371 AD. 2.69 g
Obverse: Boeotian shield
Reverse: Kantharos; Thyrsos above, ivy leaf at r
Attribution: SNG Copenhagen 175chuy1530
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Boiotia, Federal Coinage 395-340 BCAR Hemidrachm
14mm, 2.45 grams
Boeotian shield
Kantharos; above, club right; all within square of concave edges
BCD Boiotia 21-2
JBGood
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Boiotia, Federal coinage. Ca. 300-250 B.C. AE 13 (13.mm, 1.4 g).Obv. Boeotian shield.
Rev. BOIΩTWN, ornamented trident, dolphin to right.
References: BCD 77; BMC 108. VF, Black patina.Canaan
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Boiotia, Tanagra AR Obol, Shield & Horse (BCD Boiotia 277) Greek (Classical). Boiotia, Tanagra AR Obol (8.5-11mm, 0.90g), early-mid 4th century BCE.
Obv: Boiotian shield.
Rev: T / A (above l./below r.). Forepart of rearing horse right; all within incuse concave circle with curved edge.
Ref: BCD Boiotia 277 (this coin); see also SNG Cop 230; Head, Boeotia p. 52; Dewing 1499.
Prov: Ex BCD Collection (Triton IX [10 Jan 2006], Lot 277 [LINK]); HJB 223 (22 Jun 2023), Lot 67 [LINK] (corr.; die match to, not ex, V. Luneau, Platt 27 Mar 1922, 494).Curtis JJ
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Boiotia, Thebes AE Chalkous, Shield & Trident (Ex BCD Collection)Photo Credit: Kolner [LINK].
Greek (Classical). Boeotia, Thebes AE Chalkous (?) (14mm, 1.64g, 6h/12h), c. 338-300 BCE.
Obv: Boeotian shield.
Rev: ΒΟΙΩΤΩΝ. Upright ornamented trident, curved crossbar; to right, dolphin upward, acorn(?) below.
Ref: BCD Boiotia 57.
Prov: BCD Collection (duplicates, not in Triton IX sale), with his tag (not yet photographed or transcribed).
Curtis JJ
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C. Graffito: Marcian AV Solidus, Constantinople, 450-7 CE, cross etched in obv. fieldRoman Imperial / Byzantine. Marcian AV Solidus (4.45g, 20mm, 5h), Constantinople, c. 450-457 CE.
Obv: D N MARCIANVS P F AVG. Helmeted & cuirassed bust facing three-quarters right, holding spear & shield decorated with equestrian motif (horseman spearing fallen enemy). Graffito (cross) in r. field.
Rev: VICTORIA AVGGG Z / CONOB in exergue. Victory standing left, holding cross; star in right field.
Ref: RIC 510; DOC 481.
Prov: Ex-Auctiones Gmbh 34 (22 Feb 2015), Lot 136.
Notes: "Graffito" (pl., "graffiti") may seem to be nothing more than damage, detracting artistically. But oftentimes it contributes something as well. It may give us evidence for an additional chapter in the "object biography" of a coin, telling us how it was used and what it meant to its users in antiquity.
The reasons for scratching characters into the surfaces of their coins are often lost to us, but not always. In this case, at least the surface meaning is obvious. It is an example of the pervasive religious graffiti in the form of crosses found on "Byzantine" (i.e., late Eastern Roman) gold coins.
But questions do remain: Was it just a widespread cultural custom to inscribe crosses anywhere possible? Was it a means of showing religious affiliation and cultural membership? Was it meant as a blessing, possibly with some anticipated benefit, either for the person, for the transaction, or even for the Emperor (next to whose face it is inscribed)?
Beyond the technical ease with which it is scratched, perhaps gold money especially required purification, given its distinctly worldly character. (It is worth noting the rev. design already included a cross; perhaps this individual felt that wasn't sufficient, and that the absence of a cross on the obverse demanded remedy.)
See Also: For graffito with religious significance, but in the much older context of a small hoard of Boeotian Theban staters (interpreted as the religious dedication of a "tithe" of spoils), see Liampi (AJN 2008) "NIKA, ΛEIA: Graffiti on Sicyonian and Theban Staters in a New Hoard from Boeotia / Beginning of 2000": https://www.jstor.org/stable/43580312Curtis JJ
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EB0032 Boeotian shield / KantharosThebes, Boeotia, AR Hemidrachm, 338-315 BC.
Obverse: Boeotian shield.
Reverse: Kantharos, club above, BO to left, I and crescent to right.
References: Sear SG 2396, SNG Copenhagen 176-177, BMC 55.
Diameter: 15mm, Weight: 2.82g.EB
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EB0200 Veiled head / LyreThespiai, Boeotia, AE 16, c. 210 BC.
Obverse: Laureate female head (Arsinoe III) right, wearing modius and veil.
Reverse: ΘEΣΠI/EΩN, Lyre, all within wreath.
References: SG 2461; BMC 8.14-21; BCD Boiotia 612; SNG Cop. 406.
Diameter: 16mm, Weight: 4.152g.EB
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EB0201 Shield / Trident & DolphinBoeotia, AE 15, 338-300 BC.
Obverse: Boeotian shield.
Reverse: Ornamented trident upward; [BOIΩTΩN] upward on left, dolphin upward on right.
References: BCD Boiotia 49-53.
Diameter: 15.5mm, Weight: 2.325g.EB
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GREEK, BoeotiaCeca: Boeotia
Datación: 345-307 aC
Valor: Estátera
Catálogo: Sear Greek Coins 2400 variante (diferente magistrado)
Conservación: MBC
Metal: AG
Peso: 12,12 gr.
Diámetro: 22 x 21 mm.
Anverso: Escudo beocio
Reverso: Ánfora flanqueada por la marca de magistrado
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GREEK, Boeotia, Thebes AR stater (395-338 BC) o/ Boeotian shield.
R/ Decorated amphora with two handles; ΚΑ-ΛΛΙ
12.25g. 22.06mm
SNG Cop 340 Augustin Caron
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GREEK, Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander III the great, Tetradrachmstruck by Kassandros in the name of Alexander III
Pella
317-314 BC
head of young Heracles in lionskin right
Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter
boeotian shield left; snake under the throne
AΛEΞANΔPOY
Price 249; SNG Copenhagen 728. Muller 754
17,19g
ex CNG
ex Aurea auction 49J. B.
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GREEK, Thebes, BoeotiaAe18, 5.6 gm, 18.8 mm, 221-197 BC, Sear (GC) 2413
Obv: Anepigraphic with head of Persephone at three/quarter right facing angle.
Rev: ΒΟΙΩΤΩΝ
Poseiden, naked and standing left with right foot set on rock and holding trident.
ex-Berk
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Kingdom of Macedonia AR TetradrachmKassander as Regent. Pella Mint. Circa 317-315 B.C. AR Tetradrachm in the name and types of Philip II, 14.31g. Le Rider-531 (D281/R436), SNG ANS-450 (same dies). Obverse laureate head of Zeus right. Reverse ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY nude youth, holding palm frond and reins, on horseback right; coiled serpent below, Boeotian shield below foreleg. EF, lightly toned, some die wear on obverse, die break and die shift on reverse. Attractive style.
Ex CNG.Jason T
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Kings of Macedon, Demetrios I Poliorketes, 306-283 BC, AR Tetradrachm - Corinth ca. 290-287 BC Head of Herakles right wearing lion skin headdress.
BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, Nikai on throne back, cornucopia in left field, NO beneath throne.
Price 691; Müller 877; Commerce ("Seleucus I") Hoard 2005 (CH 10.265) 339-374 (same obv. die as 376 a Price 691 variant). Struck ca. 290-287 BC in Corinth by Demetrios I Poliorketes.
Struck from worn and rusty dies.
(28 mm, 17.16 g, 4h).
ex- Commerce ("Seleucus I") Hoard 2005 (CH 10.265)
The Commerce ("Seleucus I") Hoard 2005 (CH 10.265) is believed to have been a part of Seleukos’ treasury at the time he was assassinated by Ptolemy Keraunos. The coins in the hoard consist of tetradrachms and drachms, of early the Hellenistic period accompanied by one Boeotian and five Athenian civic issues. The Hellenistic royal coinage derived from the mints of Alexander the Great, Antigonos Monopthalmos, Demetrios Poliorketes, Lysimachos and Seleukos. The hoard was found in an undisclosed location in Asia Minor. Its composition is inferred from 1,721 coins in commerce in 2005-06, although the total hoard is believed to have consisted of more than 3,000 coins. The hoard appears to have been closed around 281 BC at the time of the murder of Seleukos.
n.igma
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Macedon. Philip II AR TetradrachmKingdom of Macedon. Philip II AR Tetradrachm. Pella, circa 323-317 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Youth on horseback right, holding reins and long palm branch; coiled serpent below, Boeotian shield to right, ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ around. 14.38g, 25mm. Mint State. Leo
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Macedonia, Kings, 016 Alexander III., (The Great, 356-323 B.C.), Price 0351, Macedonian, AE-16, (Half Unit), Horse galloping right, below Boeotian shield, #1Macedonia, Kings, 016 Alexander III., (The Great, 356-323 B.C.), Price 0351, Macedonian, AE-16, (Half Unit), Horse galloping right, below Boeotian shield, #1
avers: Young male head wearing diadem right.
reverse: ΑΛΕΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Horse galloping right, below Boeotian shield.
exergue: -/-//Boeotian shield, diameter: 16mm, weight: 4,73g, axes: 9h,
mint: Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III, date: 336-323 B.C., ref: Price 0351,
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Mykalessos, Boeotia400 - 375 B.C.
Silver Obol
0.68 gm, 10 mm
Obv.: Boeotian shield
Rev.: Vertical thunderbolt between M-Y in concave circle
Sear 2430; BMC 8, p.51, 1, 2Jaimelai
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N12Greek Coin. AE12 'Federal Coinage' of Boeotia. c. 300-250 BC. Obv: Boiotian shield. Rev: Ornamented trident with dolphin to right / BOIΩTΩN. BCD Boiotia 77; BMC Central 108.
Imperial Numismatics (December 2022)Sebastian H2
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N16Greek Coin. AE19 'Federal Coinage' of Boeotia. 287-244 BC. Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet. Rev: Trophy of arms / BOIΩTΩN. BCD Boiotia 82; SNG Copenhagen 376.
Imperial Numismatics (December 2022)Sebastian H2
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Nabataean Kingdom: Aretas II, and/or Obodas I, Rabbel I, Aretas III AE15, 2.9g, 12h; Damascus Mint, 110-62 BCE (?)
Obv.: Head of Athena (?) right, wearing crested Boeotian helmet.
Rev.: Nike standing left, wreath in right hand, uncertain object in left / crescent / Λ
References: Meshorer 1, Schmitt-Korte 1
Notes: Style II
John Anthony
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Seleukid Empire: Alexander I Balas (152-145 BCE) Æ Unit, Antioch on the Orontes (SC 1790.4b; HGC 9, 899; SNG Spaer 1473)Obv: Head of Alexander Balas to right wearing flanged Boeotian helmet
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY; Nike standing left holding wreath and palm; in outer left field, ear of grain; ΛYB monogram in inner left and A on the exergue
Dim: 18.5 mm, 5.70 g, 1 hQuant.Geek
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Seleukid Kingdom, Seleukos I Nikator, 312-281 BC, AR Tetradrachm - Susa Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY (of King Alexander) Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, wreath above horned horse head in left field; Boeotian shield to right of wreath; BE above strut of throne.
SC 164.4(b); HGC 9, 10g; ESM 286; Price 3865 (same obv. die); Kritt ESMS S-10 Al.11 same dies A7/P2.
Susa Mint, 311-305 BC.
(25 mm, 16.96 g, 11h).
ex- William K. Raymond collection.
This coin is amongst the earliest issues of Seleukos I Nikator from the mint at Susa. With the addition of Seleukid symbols (in this example a horned horse head) it follows the preceding Susa wreath group struck in the interval 316-311 BC by Aspeisas, under the authority of Antigonos Monopthalmos.n.igma
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Tanagra - AR obol387-374 BC
boeotian shield
forepart of horse right
TA
BCD Boiotia 280; SNG Copenhagen 231
0,9g 8,5mm
ex Gitbud and NaumannJ. B.
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Tanagra, Boeotia387-374 B.C.
Silver Obol
0.69 gm, 10 mm
Obv.: Boeotian shield.
Rev.: Forepart of prancing horse.
T-A across field, grapes? below; all within incuse concave circle with curved edge.
SNG Cop 227;
BMC CentralGreece p. 63, 45Jaimelai
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Tarsos; Head of Athena right/ B [A] around Boeotian shield; AR 9CILICIA, Tarsos. 333-326 B.C. Balakros, satrap; 9mm, 0.7g. Obverse: helmeted bust of Athena right. Reverse: B [A] around Boeotian shield. Göktürk 28 SNG France 489a. Ex areich. Photo credit areichPodiceps
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Thebes Thebes Stater
20 mm 12.25 gm
O: Boeotian shield
R: Amphora with fluted decorationKoffy
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Thebes - AR hemidrachm426-395 BC
Boeotian shield
Kantharos; club above
Θ_EB
BMC 64; SNG Cop. 289
2,52g 12mmJ. B.
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Thebes, Boeotia 426-395 BC
AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 2.51g)
O: Boeotian shield.
R: 0E - BH on either side of kantharos, club above, all within incuse square.
SNG Cop 296; SNG Delepierre 1359; Sear 2385; BMC 8,78
ex Vaughn Rare Coin Gallery
"The god commands us to expel from the land of Thebes
An old defilement we are sheltering.
It is a deathly thing, beyond cure;
We must not let it feed upon us longer."
~ Kreon (Aeschylus, Oedipus Rex)Enodia
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Thebes, Boeotia, Federal Coinage, AR HemidrachmBoeotian shield.
Kantharos (amphora) and club above, O left field, ? right field
SNG Cop 90, 338 - 331 BC.whitetd49
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Thebes, Boiotia363 - 338 B.C.
Bronze AE 13
1.82 gm, 13 mm
Obv.: Youthful head of Herakles left wearing Nemean Lion skin headdress
Rev.: Club left laying on top of strung recurve bow with string down, APIΣ above
HGC 4, 1393; BMC Central p. 85, 178/9; Head Boeotia p. 70, type c;
[BCD Boiotia 564b; SNG Cop 360; SNG Christomanos 792]
Ex Forvm GB74946, ex BCD Collection - "Procured near Thebes"
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Thebes, c. 379-338 B.C. Stater, shield/ Amphora; ΠΤ left, OI rightBoeotia, Thebes, c. 379-338 B.C. Stater, 12,09g, Boeotian shield, countermark / Amphora; ΠΤ left, OI right. BMC 160; SNG Cop 349; Hepworth 84.Podiceps
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