3211 - Boeotia (uncertain mint) (Boeotian League) (AE Demeter/Poseidon) over Antigonus Gonatas (Heracles/rider) (Triton IX, Jan. 2006, 103)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3211

225 BCE - 215 BCE | BOIΩΤΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Ref Gonatas Hercule horseman (no mono).png [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Triton IX, 10 Jan. 2006, 103.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Basil Demetriadi coll.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Demeter or Kore (Persephone) facing slightly right, wearing wreath of grain ears.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BOIΩΤΩN (Greek) Poseidon standing left, right foot on rock, holding trident.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Boeotia (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Boeotia

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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:

Boeotian league

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

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.154.15 g <br />4,150 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1010 mm <br />1 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	BCD Boeotia, n°103	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	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°103, HGC 45HGC 4, n°1182
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/boeotian league.bmc.81-9

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Herakles head

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

horseman, nude, crowning his horse

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Macedonia (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Macedon

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Antigonus II Gonatas (Antigonid king, 277/6-239 BC), Macedonian kingdom

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

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Gaebler 19356Gaebler 1935, 12-14, SNG Copenhagen 32SNG Copenhagen 3, n°1214-1221, HGC 3.17HGC 3.1, n° 1046-1047, Panagopoulou 20208Panagopoulou 2020, n°9.8.1
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/antigonus ii panagopoulou.9.8.1

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on Æ of Antigonos Gonatas of the type SNG Cop. 1214-1221. The profile of Herakles is clear on the obverse under the facing head while on the reverse the rear part of the horse is visible."