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1459 - Boeotia (uncertain mint) (Boeotian League) (AE Demeter/Poseidon) over Antigonus Gonatas (Heracles/rider) (Solidus Numismatik, 85, Sept. 2021, 228)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1459


225 BCE - 215 BCE | BOIΩTΩN

Images
Overstriking coin
Boeotian League on Antigonos Gonatas - Solidus Numismatik, 85, 21 Sept. 2021, 228.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Boeotian League on Antigonos Gonatas - Solidus Numismatik, 85, 21 Sept. 2021, 228 overstruck variety.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Herbert Grün, 64, 20 Nov. 2014, 613 = Solidus Numismatik, 85, 21 Sept. 2021, 228
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : 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 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: 4.034.03 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, Catalogue BCD Boiotia2Catalogue BCD 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. : Amphipolis; Pella Ancient regionAncient region.  Macedonia Modern countryModern country: 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. 277 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 : 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

  1. ^  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.
  2. ^ Catalogue BCD Boiotia 
  3. ^  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.
  4. ^  SNG Copenhagen 3. Thessaly-Illyricum. Epirus-Acarnania. Aetolia-Euboea. Attica-Aegina. Corinth. Philiasia-Laconia. Argolis-Aegean Islands, Copenhagen, 1982.