Thespiae, Boeotia AR Obol
|
Size: 12 mm Weight: .80 grams Die axis: 3h
Early-Mid 4th century BCE
Obverse: Boeotian shield decorated with crescent (crescent near worn off on this coin).
Reverse: Head of Aphrodite Melainis (the black) to right, Θ to right, EΣ to left, letters retrograde.
Notes:
- Thespiae (or Thespiai) was one of the few Boeotian cities to oppose the Persian invasion. They sent a force to fight at Thermopylae with Sparta and remained for the final battle. After the Persian victory, Thebes finally sided with the Persians, leaving only Thespiae and Plataea as Boetian states opposing the invasion. Both cities were burned by Xerxes, yet Thespiae still furnished hoplites for the Battle of Plataea.
Ex Classical Numismatics Group (CNG) eAuction 177 (2007), lot 74, Ex BCD Collection
|
Sammlung :
Ancient Greek Coins
