BOEOTIA, Thebes. Circa 480-456 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 5.56 gm). Boeotian shield / Amphora in incuse square. BMC Central Greece pg. 69, 19; SNG Copenhagen 261. Good VF, lightly toned, reverse double-struck.
This rare drachm is from the period after the end of the Persian Wars and before the Athenian invasion of Boeotia in 456. Most of the Boeotian League had Medized during the Persian Wars. After the Greek victory, the region went into a political and economic decline, with little coinage being produced.
