Rare drachm minted in an unknown mint of the Boeotian League around 250 BC.
Boeotia
Federal Coinage, Drachm ca. 250 BC
Obverse: head of Demeter or Persephone slightly to the right in wreath of ears of corn
Reverse: naked Poseidon standing to the right, leaning on a trident and holding a dolphin, in the right field monogram above the Boeotian shield
BOIΩTΩN
Weight 5.0 g
The offered drachm was minted at a time when Boeotia was already past its glory years. The Boeotian League was established as early as the 6th century BC and from the end of the 6th century it minted coins with a unified obverse - the Boeotian shield - in its various centers (headed by Thebes). In the 3rd century, Boeotia was already under the influence of Macedonia, and in the next century it came under the authority of Rome, but before it happened, League coins of the type appropriate for the Hellenistic period were minted in Boeotia - a comparison of the drachma and hemidrachma of the Thessalian League and the Achaean League from the second century BC, on the obverse of which is the head of Zeus, very similar to Poseidon from the then Boeotian coins.
