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25305 - Boeotia (uncertain mint) (Boeotian League) (AE Demeter/Poseidon) over Antigonus Gonatas (Heracles/rider) (Athens, Agora - Kroll 1993, 595a)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 25305


225 BCE - 215 BCE | BOIΩΤΩN

Images
Overstriking coin
Boeotian_League_Athens_Agora_Kroll_595a.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Ref Gonatas Hercule horseman.png [2], [4]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Athens, Numismatic Museum, n° iota tau 23
Archaeological contextArchaeological context: Athenian Agora

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, resting foot on rock and leaning on 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: 3.773.77 g <br />3,770 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Kroll 1993, n° 595a 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), Kroll 19933Kroll 1993, n° 595a, Vlachogianni 20004Vlachogianni 2000, BCD Boeotia5BCD Boeotia, 106, HGC 46HGC 4, n°1182
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Heracles head r. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: (Greek) horseman r., nude, crowning his horse
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)
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 19357Gaebler 1935, 12-14, SNG Copenhagen 32SNG Copenhagen 3, n°1214-1221, HGC 3.18HGC 3.1, n° 1046-1047, Panagopoulou 20209Panagopoulou 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: