225 BCE - 215 BCE | BOIΩΤΩN
Overstriking coin
Boeotian league Demeter Poseidon.png
Overstruck variety
Boeotian League on Antigonos Gonatas - Solidus Numismatik, 85, 21 Sept. 2021, 228 overstruck variety.jpg
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Demeter or Kore (Persephone) facing slightly right, wearing wreath of grain ears.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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BOIΩΤΩN (Greek) Poseidon standing left, right foot on rock, holding trident.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Boeotia (uncertain mint)
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Boeotia
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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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:
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Boeotian league
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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
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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: 3.983.98 g <br />3,980 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 88 mm <br />0.8 cm <br />
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Christomanos coll., 818
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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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°108, SNG Christomanos5SNG Christomanos, n° 818, HGC 46HGC 4, n°1182
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Herakles head
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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horseman, nude, crowning his horse
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Mint and issuing power
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
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
