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3026 - Boeotia (uncertain mint) (Boeotian League) (AE Demeter/Poseidon) over Antigonus Gonatas (Heracles/rider) (Triton IX, Jan. 2006, 109)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3026


225 BCE - 215 BCE | BOIΩΤΩN

Images
Overstriking coin
CNG_BL_109.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Ref Gonatas Hercule horseman.png [2], [4]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Triton IX, 10 Jan. 2006, n°109.

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: 4.24.2 g <br />4,200 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 88 mm <br />0.8 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: BCD Boeotia, n°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, n°109, HGC 45HGC 4, n°1182
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

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. : 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; the overstrikes are also reversed on this coin, and the undertypes are particularly clear, even more so than the overtypes."