BOEOTIA: THEBES – Silver Stater (20mm, 12.16 gm.) Struck 425-400 B.C. Reference: BCD Boiotia 389; BMC 74. Boeotian shield. Θ – Ε. Amphora, two ivy leaves and berry hanging from the right handle; above club left. This federal issue were formerly attributed to the period following the great Theban defeat by Philip of Macedon in 338 B.C. Thebes (Θῆβαι) was a Boeotian city-state (polis), situated ...