1459 - Boeotia (uncertain mint) (Boeotian League) (AE Demeter/Poseidon) over Antigonus Gonatas (Heracles/rider) (Solidus Numismatik, 85, Sept. 2021, 228): Difference between revisions
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|Coin series reference=BMC Central Greece, n°81-89; | |Coin series reference=BMC Central Greece, n°81-89; BCD Boiotia, 100; HGC 4, 1182 | ||
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/boeotian_league.bmc.81-9 | |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/boeotian_league.bmc.81-9 | ||
|Overstruck obverse description=Helmeted head of Athena right | |Overstruck obverse description=Helmeted head of Athena right | ||
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225 BCE - 215 BCE | BOIΩTΩN
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Herbert Grün, 64, 20 Nov. 2014, 613 = Solidus Numismatik, 85, 21 Sept. 2021, 228 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Peter Robert Franke coll. |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Demeter or Kore (Persephone) face slighty right, wearing wreath of grain-ears | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | BOIΩTΩN (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.: | Ancient regionAncient region. | Boeotia | Modern countryModern country: | 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.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.034.03 g <br />4,030 mg <br /> | ||
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | BMC Central Greece1BMC Central Greece, n°81-89, BCD Boiotia2BCD Boiotia, 100, HGC 43HGC 4, 1182 | |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Helmeted head of Athena right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Pan right, erecting trophy to right, B-A across upper field, monogram of Antigonos between legs |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Amphipolis; Pella | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Macedonia | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Antigonus II Gonatas (Antigonid king, 277/6-239 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 277 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.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | SNG Copenhagen 34SNG Copenhagen 3, n°1205 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ Head, Barclay Vincent, Poole, Reginald Stuart (1884), British Museum. Catalogue of the Greek coins : Central Greece (Locris, Phocis, Boetia and Euboea), London, lxix, 158 p., 24 pl.
- ^ BCD Boiotia
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
- ^ SNG Copenhagen 3. Thessaly-Illyricum. Epirus-Acarnania. Aetolia-Euboea. Attica-Aegina. Corinth. Philiasia-Laconia. Argolis-Aegean Islands, Copenhagen, 1982.
