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2940 - Boeotia (uncertain mint) (Boeotian League) (AE Demeter/Poseidon) over Antigonus Gonatas (Heracles/rider) (Triton, IX, Jan. 2006, 107)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2940


225 BCE - 215 BCE | BOIΩΤΩN

Images
Overstriking coin
Boeotian_League_Triton, _9, _10_Jan._2006, _107.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Antigone_gonatas_heracles_rider.jpg [2], [4]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Triton, IX, 10 Jan. 2006, 107
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : 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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.633.63 g <br />3,630 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: BCD Boeotia, 109 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, 109, HGC 45HGC 4, n°1182
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Horseman riding right, monogram below
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Macedonia (uncertain mint) Ancient regionAncient region.  Macedon Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : 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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : 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:
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, with much of the undertype showing"