Stater of Thebes
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Stater of Thebes
Place of OriginGreece, Thebes, Boeotia
Date371-338 BCE
DimensionsL: 1 in (2.5 cm).; W: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
MediumSilver coin
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineGift of Carl B. Spitzer
Object number
1934.3
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DescriptionObverse: Boeotian shield; Reverse: amphora and abbreviated magistrate's name.
Label TextWhen Thebes headed the federation of Boeotian city states, it issued this coin showing a volute krater, the city’s symbol.Comparative ReferencesSee also Head, B.V., Historia Nummorum, Oxford, 1887, p. 297.
cf. Kraay, Colin and Max Hirmer, Greek Coins, London, 1966, no. 459, pl. 145 for a similar reverse.
about 92 BCE
about 450-423 BCE
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