3795 - Boeotia (uncertain mint) (Boeotian League) (AE Demeter/Poseidon) over Antigonus Gonatas (Heracles/rider) (Triton, IX, Jan. 2006,101)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3795

225 BCE - 215 BCE | BOIΩΤΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Ref_Gonatas_Hercule_horseman.png [2], [4]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	CNG, Triton IX, 10 Jan. 2006,101.
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: 4.594.59 g <br />4,590 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	BCD Boeotia, n°101	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°101, 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:	"The profile of Herakles shows under the facing head of Demeter and on the reverse the forward part of the horse and the monogram of the Macedonian piece are also visible"