225 BCE - 215 BCE | BOIΩΤΩN
Overstruck variety
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[2], [4]
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Triton IX, 10 Jan. 2006, n°109.
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Demeter or Kore (Persephone) facing slightly right, wearing wreath of grain ears.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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BOIΩΤΩN (Greek) Poseidon standing left, right foot on rock, holding trident.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Boeotia (uncertain mint)
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Boeotia
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:
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Boeotian league
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 225 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 215 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.24.2 g <br />4,200 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 88 mm <br />0.8 cm <br />
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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BCD Boeotia, n°109
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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BMC Central Greece1BMC Central Greece, n°81-89, SNG Copenhagen 32SNG Copenhagen 3, n°81 (pl. VI, 8), Vlachogianni 20003Vlachogianni 2000, BCD Boeotia4BCD Boeotia, n°109, HGC 45HGC 4, n°1182
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Herakles head
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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horseman, nude, crowning his horse
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 274 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 239 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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frequent
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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sure
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"Overstruck on Æ of Antigonos Gonatas of the type SNG Cop. 1214-1221; the overstrikes are also reversed on this coin, and the undertypes are particularly clear, even more so than the overtypes."
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References
- ^ Head, Barclay Vincent, Poole, Reginald Stuart (1884), British Museum. Catalogue of the Greek coins : Central Greece (Locris, Phocis, Boetia and Euboea), London, lxix, 158 p., 24 pl.
- a b SNG Copenhagen 3. Thessaly-Illyricum. Epirus-Acarnania. Aetolia-Euboea. Attica-Aegina. Corinth. Philiasia-Laconia. Argolis-Aegean Islands, Copenhagen, 1982.
- ^ Vlachogianni, Elena (2000), "A hoard of coins from Thebes: the problem of the Boitian overstrikes", Nomismatika chronika 19, p. 78-113.
- ^ Demetriadi, Basil (2006), Triton IX (The BCD Collection of the Coinage of Boiotia), 10 Jan. 2006, Lancaster
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
- ^ Gaebler, Hugo (1935), Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands, unter Leitung von Theodor Wiegand. Band III, Makedonia und Paionia. 2. Abt., Verlag W. de Gruyter, Berlin
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
- ^ Panagopoulou, Katerina (2020), The Early Antigonids. Coinage, Money, and the Economy, New York, ANS, xlv, 390 p., 63 pl.
